1. Unit 9: Grammar – Start-ups; Past Continuous; Past Simple (pp 102-104)
English Communication
Unit 9: Grammar – Start-ups;
Past Continuous; Past Simple (pp )

2. TASK - Talk to other students in your group and find out…
i. their name, hometown, and major,
ii. their favorite SNS, why, and what they use it for,
iii. what kind of smart phone user they are,
iv. if they know who started Facebook & when.

3. Meanwhile, my wife was sending Kakao messages,
Past Continuous – Activity in progress in the past (was/were + ing)
Last night at 9 o’clock,
Meanwhile, my wife was sending Kakao messages,
I was watching TV.
T – Which verbs describe an activity in progress in the past?
At the same time, my daughter was sleeping.

4. While I was teaching yesterday,…
Past simple – Shorter, completed actions
While I was teaching yesterday,…
…one student sent a kakao message, another stood up and went to the bathroom and didn’t come back, and a few fell asleep.
T – which verbs describe a completed action in the past?
T – Which verbs describe an activity in progress in the past?

5. I lived in Thailand for 1 year.
Past Simple,
i. Completed actions
I got married in 2007.
ii. Long-term situations
I lived in Thailand for 1 year.
iii. A sequence of activities
I met my wife, got married, and then had a daughter.
iv. Repeated actions or events
I studied hard when I was a student.

6. I was hitting my brother, when my mum shouted, “Stop fighting!”
Compare
Which are the activities in progress in the past?
Which are the (shorter) completed actions?
I was hitting my brother, when my mum shouted, “Stop fighting!”
I was hitting on a really attractive woman when she suddenly slapped me across the face.
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