2 Nivel Básico EOI Alcalá de Guadaíra

Hi there again!

Here's one of my favourite songs ever for you to listen to and get a shot of 'grammar in context':

Lyrics:

Lyrics | Soundtrack Artists Lyrics | If I Were A Rich Man Lyrics

or else, here's a video with English subtitles from the feature film 'The Fiddler on the Roof':

Have fun!

'A moment in Time'

Past continuous --> "What was happening when he took the photo?"

1. Speaking and reading: Students covered the text on page 18 and made guesses about what was happening in the photos. Then some students read the text aloud and the new grammar issue 'past continuous' was introduced.
2. Grammar: Past Continuous (was/were + verb + -ing) --> this tense is used to describe an action in progress at a specific moment in the past.

Grammar Exercises 1

Grammar Exercises 2

3. Self-Study, page 128. Grammar exercises, page 129 (a: 1 was working, 2 were waiting, 3 was wearing, 4 were doing, 5 wasn't listening, 6 was drinking, 7 wasn't raining. b: 1 broke/ was playing, 2 were driving/ stopped, 3 wasn't snowing/left, 4 didn't see/ was working, 5 called/ was talking)

4. Photocopy from 'English Grammar in use pre-intermediate'. Exercises 6.3 and 6.4

Homework: Photocopy, exercises 6.1 and 6.2