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I read a book

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You read a book

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The robot

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The robot read a book

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The class read a book

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My class and I read

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My class and I read a

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My class and I read a book

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Which tense are we looking at now?

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What is the form of the past simple? + Q

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What is different about the +, -, and Q forms of the past simple? + Q

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When do we use the past simple?

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When do we use the past simple? To speak about something that is: in the past finished we understand the time and/or place

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions I didnt borrow a book from the library

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions You didnt read a Dickens book

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions My cousin didnt study literature at school

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions The baby didnt write a novel last month

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions Why didnt anyone make a film about Shakespeare?

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions Didnt JK Rowling win the Booker Prize last year?

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions Stephen King didnt release a new horror last year

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions Keith didnt check my essay!

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Dont be so negative! Change these negative sentences/questions into positive sentences/questions The author didnt eat tomato, cucumber, olives, cheese, bread, and egg for breakfast today

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He was reading his book when the door opened. He looked at the figure that was entering the darkly lit room. The woman was wearing a hood so he couldnt see her face.

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He was reading his book when the door opened. He looked at the figure that was entering the darkly lit room. The woman was wearing a hood so he couldnt see her face. He only saw her face as she was driving the axe into his side. She was smiling but her eyes werent looking back at him.

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He was reading his book when the door opened. He looked at the figure that was entering the darkly lit room. The woman was wearing a hood so he couldnt see her face. He only saw her face as she was driving the axe into his side. She was smiling but her eyes werent looking back at him. His last thought, as he was dying on the cold floor was.....

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Why Little Red Riding Hood? Why? I am only a poor old wolf.

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But she wasnt listening to the wolf, she was thinking about her next victim.....

.....as her Grandma was sleeping next door.

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What is the form of the past continuous? + Q

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What is different about the form of the past continuous for you, we, and they? + Q

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When do we use the past continuous? When we speak about something that:

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When do we use the past continuous? When we speak about something that: at a particular time in the past that started before that time that was not finished at that time

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In pairs: A and B A: make the question in past continuous form B: answer the question

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In pairs: A and B A: make the question in past continuous form B: answer the question You + To Do + 09:00

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In pairs: A and B A: make the question in past continuous form B: answer the question You + To Think + plane arrived in Cyprus

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In pairs: A and B A: make the question in past continuous form B: answer the question The Sun + To Shine + Yesterday afternoon

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In pairs: A and B B: make the question in past continuous form A: answer the question You + To Do + September 11th 2001 (9/11)

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In pairs: A and B B: make the question in past continuous form A: answer the question How + Keith + To Feel + 10:00 on his birthday

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In pairs: A and B B: make the question in past continuous form A: answer the question Most people + To Do + 5 o clock this morning

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This lesson we are practicing past tenses but before this lesson started We had practiced present tenses

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Before you came here in July: We hadnt met You hadnt been to Cyprus The new British Prince hadnt been born Keith hadnt taught Ukrainian students Keith had taught Uzbeki students You hadnt eaten tomato, cucumber, olives, bread, cheese, and egg for breakfast

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What is the form of the past perfect? + Q

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Is the form of the past perfect different for any particular subjects? + Q

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When do we use the past perfect?

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When do we use the past perfect? To speak about: Action in the past before another action in the past Past in the past!

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In pairs: What other things had you done/not done before you came to Cyprus?

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According to his unofficial autobiography Michael Jackson had been taking prescription drugs for many years.

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At the time of his death people were confused at the spelling of his surname. This is because he had been spelling his name differently throughout his life.

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British author George Orwell had been writing highly politized works right up to his death. However, it wasnt until 1984, the same year as the name of his most famous book, that people really started to notice his vision of the future.

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How do we form the past perfect continuous? + Q

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When do we use the past perfect continuous? We use it:

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When do we use the past perfect continuous? We use it: in a similar way to the past perfect but to show longer actions before another past (longer past in the past)

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In pairs: What things had/hadnt you been doing before you came to Cyprus? e.g. I had been practicing English I hadnt been going to the beach every week