2nd ESO Past Continuous

The past continuous puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.

Form

	Positive	Negative	Question
I / he / she / it	I was speaking.	I was not speaking.	Was I speaking?
you / we / they	You were speaking.	You were not speaking.	Were you speaking?

Exceptions in Spelling

Exceptions in spelling when adding ing	Example
final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed)	come – coming (but: agree – agreeing)
after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled	sit – sitting
l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English)	travel – travelling
final ie becomes y	lie – lying

Use of Past Progressive

• puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
  Example: He was playing football.
• two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
  Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.
• action going on at a certain time in the past
  Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

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1st ESO The weather

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1st ESO Notting Hill Carnival Wordsearch

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2nd ESO The weather

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1st ESO subject and object pronoun

Exercise 1

Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's day is celebrated on 17th March,the day St Patrick died.
St Patrick was born in Britain. When he was a boy, he was kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland.
St Patrick's mission was to convert the Irish to Christiany. His mission lasted over 20 years in Ireland.
The Celtic druids did not like St Patrick.
There are no snakes in Ireland because St Patrick drove all the snakes into the sea where they drowned .
(It is a legend!)
On St Patrick's Day, you have to wear green clothes. If you don't wear green on St Patrick's Day,children pinch you !

The Leprechaun

 A leprechaun is a littke Irish fairy.
 A leprechaun is a shoemaker.
 A leprechaun hides a pot of gold.
 Leprechauns do not like being with people (they are unfriendly and they live alone).
 In order to find a leprechaun, you have to listen to the sound of his hammer.
If you stop looking at a leprechaun, he disappears.

Interactive game
 Try this funny game.
http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/games/stpatrick/index.html

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY