WRITING: A story (Past Simple & Continuous)

Worksheet: Complete the story

Translation task

Translation key

Reading - (PAST Simple & CONTINUOUS) The Streets Are Our Gallery

Worksheet

‘Don't blow your horn at old people!’ - Narration with Past Tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3sb5c6mTI

‘Don't blow your horn at old people!’

Narration with Past Tenses         

                   

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1. The matching of this vocabulary to its correct definition will help you understand the narration below.

drive-thru mouth lean horn order cashier embarrass rudeness receipt queue

a) to bend or tilt (the body) from a vertical position. b) person who operates a cash register. c) proof of payment. d) a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc designed so that customers can use it without leaving their cars e) lack of courtesy. f) an instrument for sounding a warning signal. g) line of waiting people, vehicles. h) request food or drink. i) to (cause to) become ashamed, uncomfortable. j) say without noise.

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense verb forms (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Present Perfect). Then watch the video and check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3sb5c6mTI

I am 83 years old I…………………………. (be) in the McDonald's drive-thru this morning.The young lady behind me …………………………. (lean) on her horn and …………………….. (start) mouthing some ugly things because I …………………………………. (take) too long to place my order. So when I ………………………………. (get) to the first window I ……………………………… (pay) for her order along with my own. The cashier must have …………………………… (tell) her what I …………………………….. (do), because as we …………………………… (move up) she ………………………. (lean) out her window and and ……………………………………. (wave) to me and she ………………………… (begin) mouthing ‘Thank you, thank you!’, probably feeling ………………………………. (embarrass) that I……………………………….. (repay) her rudeness with kindness. When I ……………………………. (get) to the second window I ……………………………………. (show) the server both receipts and I …………………………………. (take) her food too. Now she has to go back to the end of the queue and start all over again. Don't blow your horn at old people. We…………………………. (be) around for a long time. Is that good or what? I love it!

3. Answer the questions with full sentences (S+V):

1. Where was the old man?

2. How did the woman behind him feel? Why?

3. How did she show her anger?

4. Why did the young lady thank the old man later on?

5. What did the old gentleman do in the end? Why?

6. What do you think about the old man’s response?

Comic - Yesterday

Try to make a narrative comic in the past:

a) Brainstorm:
   a1- some past time expressions
   a2- some everyday activities
   a3- a few unusual ones.
b) Design the comic starting with the making of the sentences. Take into account:
- the regular and irregular verbs.
- the past continuous (was/were + V -ing) for continuous actions in the past.
c) You can divide the sheet of paper into 6 panels. Of course, they can have different sizes.
d) The topic suggested today is the past. Get started with a past time expression, for instance, "yesterday".

You don't have to be an artist...

You can make your comic with an online comic creator at https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator

Do you prefer a comic strip? Get some inspiration from the video below. Try not to be as cruel as its author:

Past Continuous and Past Simpl

Before watching the video, try to complete the sentences below:

1. The cat ................................... (walk) when the bird
   ................................... (attack) it.
2. The big dog ................................... (lie down) when the little one ................................... (pee) on it.
3.