Blended Learning General English A2 – B1 3 rd virtual session – 16 th July 2013, 7:00 PM - 8:20 PM Kristina Anastasova

1.Past Simple vs. Present Perfect 2.Pronunciation of English sounds - diphtongs. 3.Practical English: (1) Checking in, (2) Asking for directions, and (3) Checking out Our previous s:

What do you think of the movie? What was the sentence Mr. Dufresne got? Is it a fair sentence? Why/why not? Do you agree with life sentences? Did you find the movie clip helpful for understanding our grammar? What do you think of the movie? What was the sentence Mr. Dufresne got? Is it a fair sentence? Why/why not? Do you agree with life sentences? Did you find the movie clip helpful for understanding our grammar?

Today’s learning goals 1.Practise the Past Continuous and Past Perfect tenses + speaking, writing, reading and listening! 2.Comparison: Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect? 3.Practise the correct pronunciation of English sounds - consonants. 4.Practical English: (1) Buying clothes, and (2) Buying a present

Examples of Past Continuous What was he telling you when I called? I saw a rare bird while I was driving the car. While she was speaking on the phone, she was also cooking dinner. When you came in, we weren’t listening to the news. They weren’t playing cricket at 7 PM last night.

While and when with Past Continuous went to

Where were you yesterday at 7 PM? What were you doing?

They had practised before they did it.

Typical time expressions: just already yet ever never once 3 times before until then since for

Instructions 

The time is yesterday, 8 PM… Now, try to prove you had been busier or more productive up to then than the rest of us… For example: “By 6 pm yesterday, I had typed 20 A4 pages” “That’s nothing. By 6pm yesterday I had made 20 phone calls” “Really? I still think typing is more difficult though…”

Go through the wall. Do as much as you can!