Teacher Guide / Instructions
A playful way to extend a lesson on the present continuous and introduce the past continuous. Show them the verb is in the same form, but the verb preceeding it ("to be" or otherwise) has changed to the simple past.
Have the students write down a list of as many continuous verbs as they know then work together to add them to the story. Some will work but many will not match the sense of the sentence. After laughing about any ridiculous sentences produced, let them have a go at fixing it but moving their verbs around or adding new ones.
Some useful continuous verbs for this story are: sitting, breaking, walking, standing, moving, shouting, drooling, eating, coming, dancing, laughing, running, playing.
Teacher Guide
A playful way to extend a lesson on the present continuous and introduce the past continuous. Show them the verb is in the same form, but the verb preceeding it ("to be" or otherwise) has changed to the simple past.
Have the students write down a list of as many continuous verbs as they know then work together to add them to the story. Some will work but many will not match the sense of the sentence. After laughing about any ridiculous sentences produced, let them have a go at fixing it but moving their verbs around or adding new ones.
Some useful continuous verbs for this story are: sitting, breaking, walking, standing, moving, shouting, drooling, eating, coming, dancing, laughing, running, playing.
Teacher Guide
A playful way to extend a lesson on the present continuous and introduce the past continuous. Show them the verb is in the same form, but the verb preceeding it ("to be" or otherwise) has changed to the simple past.
Have the students write down a list of as many continuous verbs as they know then work together to add them to the story. Some will work but many will not match the sense of the sentence. After laughing about any ridiculous sentences produced, let them have a go at fixing it but moving their verbs around or adding new ones.
Some useful continuous verbs for this story are: sitting, breaking, walking, standing, moving, shouting, drooling, eating, coming, dancing, laughing, running, playing.