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Simple Past and Past Progressive

This lesson focuses on the differences between the simple past and past progressive tenses, including their structures and usage in sentences. Students will learn through explanations, vocabulary, exercises, and discussion questions. The objective is to enable students to use these tenses correctly in conversations and writing.

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Simple Past and Past Progressive

This lesson focuses on the differences between the simple past and past progressive tenses, including their structures and usage in sentences. Students will learn through explanations, vocabulary, exercises, and discussion questions. The objective is to enable students to use these tenses correctly in conversations and writing.

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Lesson: Simple Past vs.

Past Progressive

Objective:

By the end of this lesson, students will understand the differences between the simple past
and past progressive and how to use them correctly in sentences and conversations.

1. Explanation of Simple Past and Past Progressive

A. Simple Past

• Used for completed actions in the past.

• Often used with time expressions like yesterday, last week, two days ago, in
2010, etc.

• Structure: Subject + verb (past form) + rest of the sentence.

• Examples:

• I watched a movie last night.

• She visited her grandmother yesterday.

B. Past Progressive (Past Continuous)

• Used for actions that were happening at

Used for actions that were happening at a specific moment in the past.

• Often used with while, when, as, at that moment, at 5 PM, etc.

• Structure: Subject + was/were + verb -ing + rest of the sentence.

• Examples:

• I was watching TV when the phone rang.

• They were playing soccer while it was raining.

2. Vocabulary for the Lesson


Common Past Time Expressions

• Yesterday

• Last night

Last week

• Two days ago

• In 2010

• At 7 PM

• When I was a child

Verbs to Practice

• Regular verbs:

• Walk → walked

• Play → played

• Study → studied

• Cook → cooked

• Irregular verbs:

• Go → went

• Eat → ate

• See → saw

• Buy → bought

• Sleep → slept

3. Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. I __________ (watch) TV when my mom __________ (call) me.

2. While they __________ (walk) in the park, it __________ (start) to rain.

3. She __________ (cook) dinner when the lights __________ (go) out.
4. He __________ (study) all night for the test.

5. I __________ (see) a shooting star while I __________ (look) at the sky.

6. We __________ (play) soccer yesterday afternoon.

7. The baby __________ (cry) while his mother __________ (talk) on the phone.

8. I __________ (lose) my keys last night.

4. Discussion Questions (Open-Ended)

1. What did you do last weekend?

2. Where did you go on your last vacation?

3. What were you doing yesterday at 8 PM?

4. Tell me about a time when something surprising happened to you.

5. What were you doing when you heard some big news?

6. Have you ever seen something strange while you were walking down the
street?

7. What were you doing the last time it rained?

8. What was your last dream about?

9. Tell me about a childhood memory.

10. What were you doing when you met your best friend?

11. What did you study in school?

12. What was your last meal? What were you doing while eating?

13. Tell me about a time when you were very busy.

14. What were you doing when you got your first phone?

15. What were people doing when the last power outage happened?

16. What was the last movie you watched? Did you like it?

17. Have you ever lost something important? What happened?

18. What were you doing one hour ago?

19. When was the last time you had a great day? What did you do?

20. What were you doing at this time last year?

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