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Complete naturally:

I was walking home when suddenly…


(Students own answer) Possible Answer

I was walking home when suddenly I heard someone shouting my name. I turned around and saw my friend running toward me.

Why?

  • Past Continuous = background action
  • Past Simple = interrupting action
100

Identify categories of the verb 

  • know
  • run
  • believe
  • swim
  • own

Stative:

  • know
  • believe
  • own

Dynamic:

  • run
  • swim
100

What’s the difference between:

  • used to
  • would
  • used to → past habits AND past states
  • would → repeated past actions only
100

What does “be to” usually express?



  • official plans
  • formal arrangements
  • orders/instructions
  • destiny/future events
100

What does “future in the past” mean?


A future action viewed from a past moment.

Example:

I thought she would call me.


200

Tell a short story using:

  • Past Simple
  • Past Continuous
  • Past Perfect

Student’s own answer

I was studying in my room when the lights suddenly went out. I got scared because I had already watched a horror movie earlier that night.

  • was studying → background
  • went out → main action
  • had watched → earlier past action
200

Explain the difference:

I think you’re right.
I’m thinking about moving abroad.


Answer

  • “I think” = opinion → stative
  • “I’m thinking” = mental process happening now → dynamic
200

We used to going there every summer.
My grandfather would have a big beard.

Correct mistake 

We used to go there every summer.
My grandfather used to have a big beard


200

Rewrite formally:

The manager will meet the clients tomorrow.


The manager is to meet the clients tomorrow.


200

Explain the difference:

I was going to study.
I would study.


Answer

  • was going to = past plan/intention
  • would = future from a past viewpoint / promise / prediction
300

Correct the mistakes:

I was watching TV when my mom was calling me.
By the time I arrived, they already left.


I was watching TV when my mom called me.
By the time I arrived, they had already left.

  • “called” = short interrupting action
  • Past Perfect shows earlier past action
300

Correct the mistakes:

I’m understanding the lesson now.
She is owning two cats.
I’m loving this song.


I understand the lesson now.
She owns two cats.
I love this song.


300

Talk about childhood habits using:

  • 2 × would
  • 1 × used to

When I was a child, I would play outside every evening. My cousins would visit us every weekend, and we used to spend hours together watching cartoons.


300

Explain the difference:

You are to stay here.
You have to stay here.


  • “are to” = formal instruction/order
  • “have to” = obligation/necessity in general

“Are to” sounds more official or authoritative.


300

Correct the mistakes:

She said she will help me.
I knew he is going to be late.


She said she would help me.
I knew he was going to be late.