PAST TENSE CONTRAST

There are four main tenses that can be used to describe past events.

SIMPLE PAST

It is used to talk about a situation that happened and finished in the past, a completed action. We usually say or know when the action happened. The moment in the past is clearly defined.

PAST CONTINUOUS

It is used to talk about something that started before a certain time in the past and was still in progress at that time.
We usually use it to describe a situation, to give the background to a scene that happened in the past.
We use it to describe that a situation that was in progress was interrupted.

PAST PERFECT

It is used to talk about an earlier past, when something happened in the past before another thing, we use the past perfect for the first action (late past).

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

It is used if we want to emphasize that something had been in progress continuously up to a certain time in the past.

LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER BY ROALD DAHL

Lamb to the slaughter is a classic story in which profound love turns into hate.

Task:

If hypothetically you had to kill someone, what would you do for not being discovered?.

PRESENT TENSE EXERCISE

DECIDE IF THE SENTENCES ARE CORRECT OR NOT. CORRECT THE SENTENCES THAT ARE INCORRECT.

1-The plane is taking off tomorrow morning at eight o'clock.

2-It's quite warm today. I don't take a jacket.

3-What do you read at the moment?

4-I live with a family in Ireland for a month.

5-She's a writer so she's always working from home.

6-They don't go to the party next Saturday.

7-Are you usually wearing jeans to school?

8-My sister is always borrowing my clothes! It's really irritating!

CONTEXT

It is all the ideas surrounding a word; depending on the context, you use either one meaning or another.

Exercise:

Look up the word or words underlined in each sentence, and choose the meaning that fits the context. Write the meaning below each sentence.

1- Anna brought up four children by herself.

2- Marco looks after his pets every afternoon.

3- Emilio has a beautiful fair hair.

4- There’s a huge gap between teenagers and old people.

5- She’s always looking down on people.

6- A sail is an important part of a boat.

7- Men usually wear a tie in formal events.

8- I booked a concert ticket last night.

9- Young shouldn’t make up, they are naturally beautiful.

10- Plastic artists use a lot of oil when painting.

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

It is brief and concrete. It is written with your own words.

THE MASK OF BEAUTY

POEM

A POEM IS A TYPE OF TEXT DIVIDED IN STANZAS, IT USUALLY CONTAINS RHYME.

IN THIS SPACE YOU CAN SHARE THE POEM YOU CREATED.