Unit 8�Against The Odds�Forms, Meaning & Function

Done by: Entisar Al-Obaidallah

Mega Goal 3.2

Lesson Objectives

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Open

Your student’s book ,

p.( 120)

Past Progressive

Affirmative

I

She

He

It

was

V-ing

I

She

He

It

was not

wasn’t

V-ing

Negative

You

We

They

were

V-ing

You

We

They

were not

weren’t

V-ing

Example:

He was sleeping.

He wasn’t sleeping

They were playing .

They weren’t playing .

Past Progressive

Use the past progressive when we describe �what was happening at a specific time in the past.

Example:

Last night at 6 p.m. , I was eating dinner .

They were playing at 9 a. m. yesterday .

In August ,he was working at a summer camp.

Specific time

Specific time

Specific time

Past Progressive

Use the past progressive when we talk about

a temporary state or action.

Example:

A few years ago, I was living in Dubai .

Temporary state

A few months ago, he was working at a hotel .

Temporary state

Past Progressive

Use the past progressive with always to describe

a repeated or annoying action.

Example:

They were always fighting when they were younger.

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Repeated action

My mum was always complaining about my room when she got there.

Repeated action

Past Progressive

Use the past progressive to describe two actions that were happening at the same time

Example:

I was studying when my brother was watching TV.

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Parallel actions

I was reading when my brother was playing video games.

Parallel actions

We use was/were going to/about to + base form

to talk about something, we planned or intended to do but we didn’t.

Example:

We were going to visit our grandparents, but it was raining.

V –base form

I was about to leave when the telephone rang.

V –base form

Correct the verb using “ Past Progressive”:

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Last night at 10 p.m. ,She _____________

TV program.

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was watching

Correct the verb using “ Past Progressive”:

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He ________________a few minutes ago .

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was sleeping

Correct the verb using “ Past Progressive”:

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They ________________ football at 4 p.m. yesterday

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were playing

Student's book p.( 120)

was

was about to

rushed

knew

was lying

happened

was listening

hit

were burned

had

followed

was carrying

traveled

Open

Your student’s book ,

p.( 121)

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The past perfect is used to make it clear that ONE event happened BEFORE another in the PAST. The past perfect is made from : had + V .past participle(3)

Example:

I had saved my document before the computer crashed.

Ali had gone out when I arrived in the office.

He realized he had lost his keys after he arrived home.

By the time I got home , the food had cooled down.

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action 2

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action 2

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action 2

action1

action 2

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Ali and Salem had been playing football when it started to rain.

The students had been solving math problems when one of them fainted.

We had been looking for the wallet for 2 hours when Ali found it.

The past perfect progressive tense describes a past action which started in the past and continued after another action in the past. We form it using : had + V-ing

Example:

Past perfect progressive

Past simple

Past perfect progressive

Past simple

Past perfect progressive

Past simple

Find the Fib

They had been played outside when the weather got worse.

We have to omit the (ed) and add (ing)

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They had been playing outside when the weather got worse.

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Find the Fib

She is so a beautiful girl that everyone stares at her

We have to omit the (so) and write (such) instead

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She is such a beautiful girl that everyone stares at her

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Find the Fib

We was going to visit our friends, but it rained

We have to omit the (was) and write (were) instead

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We were going to visit our friends, but it rained

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Find the Fib

I had saves my project before the computer crashed.

We have to omit the (s) and add (d) instead

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I had saved my project before the computer crashed.

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Student's book p.( 121)

had cooked

caught

arrived

had stopped

had been

appeared

had never traveled

went

had already taken

arrived

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attempted

Spent-had spent

bought or had bought

had made

felt

had planned

went

tried

decided

left

tried

discovered

took

thought or had thought

forgot or had forgotten

Past Simple in The Holy Quraan

On workbook p. ( 308 ) ,

exercise ( P )

Homework

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