Beginning Academic ESL Past and Past Progressive
Overview
Introduction of past tense and past progressive tense for beginning level academic English.
Past and Past Progressive
Past and Past Progressive
Grammar Focus: Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive Tense
- Audio Activity:
- "Don't You Want Me?" By Human League
- or other past tense songs: Pink, Rasputin, Adele and Gloria Gaynor
- Introduction to Past Tense VS Past Progressive
- Present Current Event news story
Watch this video about using simple past and past progressive tenses
Copyright Information: [oomongzu]. (2016, Aug 5). Past Continuous Tense vs Past Simple [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/0_lrUe7sAAc
Do a little practice using the past and past progressive tenses
Copyright Information: [kisdobos]. (2017, Aug 31). A Single Life [Video File]. Retrieved from https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/single-life-past-simple-vs-past-continuous-practice
- Go to the discussion board What time did you .....? and post video responses to the questions there.
- Go to VOA: A Day in Photos
- Pick any date to review the "Day in Photos" for that day. Copy the link address.
- Send me the link by email
- Look at the photos for that day, and then choose one photo.
- Think about what was happening when the photo was taken.
- Tell a story using the past tense and past progressive tense about the photo.
- For example, who are the people? What happened just before the photo was taken?