2015-05-21 Structure: past and progressive

Greg Malivuk
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WE WILL HAVE CLASS ON MONDAY MAY 25
(The MBTA will have a Sunday schedule that day.)
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Homework: finish p. 15 and do p. 18 exercise 1
p. 15 part B (with a partner)
1 during (= at the same time)
2 after (she didn’t know he was Superman at the time he proposed)
3 after (she was in Paris at the time)
4 Before
5 before
6 during (“While she was recovering” = during her recovery)
7 during
8 after
p. 18 exercise 1
2 T
3 F
4 F
5 F
6 T
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Simple past: completed things in a past time (could be once or repeated)
I walked to the train station this morning.
I didn’t walk home yesterday.
Did you walk home?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
What did you do? (usually this means after or during another action)

Past progressive: actions that were in progress at a specific past time
I was eating dinner at 7:00.      They were watching TV.
I wasn’t playing football.        They weren’t studying.
Was she studying?                 Were you reading a book?
Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.   Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
What was he doing?                What were they doing?
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I was traveling in Mexico in 2007. (traveling took most or all of 2007)
I traveled in Mexico in 2007. (traveling may have been just a short part of 2007)
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She cooked dinner when I got home.
= First I got home, then she cooked dinner.

She was cooking dinner when I got home.
= First she started cooking, then I got home (then she finished cooking).
= When I got home, she was cooking dinner.
= While she was cooking, I got home.
= I got home while/when she was cooking.
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“during” is a preposition: during + noun
“while” and “when” are conjunctions: while/when + sentence

“before” and “after” are conjunctions: before/after + sentence
                     AND prepositions: before/after + noun

Kent and Lane met while they were working at the Daily Planet.
Kent and Lane met during their time at the Daily Planet.
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p. 19 exercise 2
A
1 saw
2 were
3 doing (= What were they doing when you saw them?)
4 were dancing (answer is the same tense as the question)
5 Did
6 get
7 gave
8 Did
9 bring
10 fell
11 bumped
12 found
B
1 were
2 doing (“What did you do?” asks about your reaction) (answer is progressive)
3 sprained
4 playing (because “was”)
5 were pretending (it continued the whole time we were playing)
6 hurt
7 was hitting (because “while”) (“when I hit” would make more sense)
C
1 Were
2 crying (not a specific past time, just some time before now)
3 did
4 know (“know” is a non-action verb)
5 wasn’t crying
6 came
7 Did you ever see (“Have you ever seen” is more correct)
8 was watching
9 was thinking
10 recovered
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Spelling Rules (ing and ed)

walk           walking            walked

move           moving             moved (ends with a SILENT -e)
see            seeing             (saw)
be             being              (was/were)

stop           stopping           stopped
begin          beginning          (began)
(open          opening            opened)
(play          playing            played) (not for -w, -x, or -y)
- repeat the last consonant if the verb ends with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant)
                               AND the last vowel has stress

study          (studying)         studied (ends with -Consonant-y)

die            dying              (died)
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Homework: p. 20-21 exercises 3-4 (in exercise 4, pay attention to when things start and finish)