2015-02-25 Structure: past simple/progressive

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 7 exercise 3 and p. 12 (A, B, C)
exercise 3
- Our teacher wants a profile (non-action)
- dictionary defines (fact, always true)
- Why does she want that?
- friends call me (frequency/routine)
- my initials actually sound in German
- I study / I am studying
- Maybe you are asking yourself
- "Why does he want...?"
- I come from Austria
- I'm always trying to improve
(Maybe you are asking yourself, "Why does he want to leave Miami for Colorado?")
(Maybe you are asking yourself why I want to leave Miami for Colorado.)
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p. 12
part A
1 helps
2 is working ("these days" = "now" = extended present)
3 Do
4 understand
5 usually go
part B
1 'm looking for
2 think
3 isn't carrying
4 need
5 see
6 is standing
7 is waiting
8 sounds
9 don't believe
10 wants
part C
- How are you doing these days?
- we don't live in California anymore / we're not living in California anymore
- we're expecting a baby
- because it has good nicknames
- How do those nicknames sound to you?

How are you doing? (informal, especially with friends)
How do you do? (much more formal, probably with someone you've just met)

God be with you. -> God b'ye. -> Good bye.
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Elizabeth: Liza, Lisa, Ellie, Beth, Betty, Betsy, Eliza, Elise, Liz, Lizzie
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p. 15
part A
1 research
2 couple
3 opponent
4 recover
5 influential
6 cover
illness = sickness
injury: for example breaking your arm
part B
1 during
2 after
3 after
4 Before
5 before
6 during
7 during
8 after
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1900 - she went to Paris
1902 - she met him
1904 - she left Paris
1) She met him  while she was in Paris. (while + clause)
2) She met him during her time in Paris. (during + noun)
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When she met him, they were in Paris.
= She met him DURING her time in Paris.
("when" is similar to "while")

When I got home, I cooked dinner.
= FIRST I got home. SECOND I cooked dinner.
("when" is similar to "after")
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When she met him, 		they were in Paris.
They were in Paris		when she met him.

She met him 			while they were in Paris.
While they were in Paris,	she met him.

while + clauses about longer actions, events, or situations (often PROGRESSIVE)
when  + clauses about shorter actions, events, or situations (often SIMPLE)

While you were studying, the phone rang.
The phone rang while you were studying.
(studying is the longer action)

You were studying when the phone rang.
When the phone rang, you were studying.
(phone rang is the shorter action)
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Homework: p. 18 and 19 (exercises 1 and 2)