Mockery of a BBC news report about a man being friendly to strangers: Past tenses

BBC news report about an overwhelming threat:

a man being friendly to strangers

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‘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?

Lesson 1 Task 5: Time traveling

Let’s change the verb tense ofo this text! It’s in present and you have to write it again twice, one in past, and the other one in the future simple (Imagine you are a futurologist!).

Before getting started, review:

- The past: regular & irregular verbs

- The past: affirmative, negative & interrogative sentences

- The future: affirmative, negative & interrogative sentences

- will / (I, we) shall (formal; suggestions):

We can use shall instead of will with I and we in statements. Its use is more formal:

We shall never forget the holiday we had in Vietnam.

When we use shall I and shall we in questions it is usually to make suggestions rather than to refer to future time:

It’s getting late. Shall we go home?

Shall I invite Louisa and Jill to the party?

Past Tenses

English Grammar - Past Tenses Review - Teaching... por teflcourses


The following clip is pretty coarse and tasteless, but the animation helps understand the use of the past simple and the past continuous. You might find it more entertaining.

Here's the answer key to the clip above: