2B HOW WE MET

RELATIONSHIPS (1)
PAST CONTINUOUS: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, QUESTIONS
JAMBOARD

What did you

last week?

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LISTENING AND SPEAKING
 To
To talk
talk about
about an
an action
action that
that was
was in
in progress
progress when
when another
another
(shorter)
(shorter) action
action happened.
happened.

PAST CONTINUOUS To
The
The longer
longer action
action might
might continue
continue after
after this
this point.
point.

To talk
talk about
about an
an activity
activity in
in progress
progress at
at aa point
point in
in time
time in
in the
the
past.
past.

 I was travelling back from China and we met on the plane.

Subj
Subj was(n’t)/were(n’t)
was(n’t)/were(n’t) verb-ing
verb-ing complement.
complement.

longer
longer action
action Past
Past Continuous
Continuous

shorter
shorter action
action Past
Past Simple
Simple

now
past future
VERB-ING
stop write wait travel get live go

Verb-ing: spelling rules examples

Most verbs: add -ing go – going wait - waiting
Verbs ending in –e: take off –e live – living
and add -ing write - writing
Verbs ending in consonant +
vowel + consonant: double the get – getting
last consonant and add -ing stop – stopping
travel - travelling
 saw
was talking didn’t say
was waiting stopped

offered invited
was
 RELATIONSHIPS

meet someone for the first time

ask someone out
go on a date
go out with someone
Fall in love with someone
Get engaged to someone
Get married to someone
Break up with someone
Get divorced
 John’s going out with a woman from work. have
have aa romantic
romantic relationship
relationship
 I’m going out with my classmates this evening. socialize
socialize with
with someone
someone
 go on a date on
on one
one occasion
occasion
 go out with someone aa longer-term
longer-term relationship
relationship
 get married to someone get
get married
married with
with someone
someone
 break up with someone split
split up
up with
with someone
someone
 be in love (with someone)
 be engaged (to someone) ‘be’
‘be’ is
is also
also possible
possible
 be married (to someone)
 1. Because most of the people who came to the museum were tourists.
2. 15 minutes
3. Because he was shy.
4. They were waiting for Claire’s flight.
5. He was waiting by the door to her flat.
 PAST CONTINUOUS:
QUESTIONS
 What were they doing when Ray gave Claire a present?
 What was Ray doing when Claire arrived home in Paris?

QW
QW was/were
was/were subject
subject verb-ing
verb-ing complement?
complement?

Past
Past simple
simple
 was doing
was doing
did meet were flying
Was going
did go
asked Was going out

did get did get