Activities!

Activity 1
Answer these questions:
1) Which word class gives us the tense in a sentence?
2) Why is it important to know tenses?

Go to http://padlet.com/wall/m848gf3sfpzp to enter your responses!

Activity 2
In groups, open the google doc for your group. Within 60 seconds, identify as many verbs as possible by highlighting them. Once done, gather on the floor.

Activity 3 (Individual work)
Read the notes below and access the links for worksheets to complete.

Simple Past Tense

I watched television last night.
I visited my cousin last year. 
It snowed yesterday.

At one particular time in the past, this happened. It began and ended in the past.

Past Progressive Tense

He was sleeping when I arrived.

He went to sleep at 10:00 last night. I arrived at 11:00. He was still asleep. His sleep began before and was in progress at a particular time in the past. It probably continued.(at least for a while)
Try these exercises:  Past Simple vs Past Continuous Worksheet 1  Worksheet 2
Complete the above exercises by writing your answers in your English notebook.

Read more here: http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Verb_Tenses_Diagram.pdf