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The document discusses the past continuous tense and interrupted past continuous sentences. It provides examples of sentences using these tenses and asks comprehension questions about the timing and completion of actions described. It also contains exercises asking the reader to identify the stressed words in sentences and fill in tables analyzing the structure of interrupted past continuous sentences.

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Guided Discovery Example PDF

The document discusses the past continuous tense and interrupted past continuous sentences. It provides examples of sentences using these tenses and asks comprehension questions about the timing and completion of actions described. It also contains exercises asking the reader to identify the stressed words in sentences and fill in tables analyzing the structure of interrupted past continuous sentences.

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Interrupted

Past-Continuous
Look at these sentences from the story. Answer the questions with your partner.

A. He was cooking breakfast when he saw a cat. B. When they were walking to the store, a thief stole a bag.

1. Did he start cooking before he saw the cat? (YES 1. Did the thief steal a bag before they started walking?
// NO) (YES // NO)
2. Did he stop cooking when he saw the cat? (YES // 2. Did Bob and his wife get to the store? (YES // NO)
NO) 3. Is walking a continuous action? (YES // NO)
3. Did he finish cooking? (YES // NO)


Look at the timelines below. Which one matches sentence A? Circle the right timeline.



Look at sentences A & B and the timeline above. Complete the rules below for interrupted past-continuous sentences.

1. We use (past simple // past continuous) for the action that happened first.
2. We use (past simple // past continuous) for the action that happened second.
3. In these kinds of sentences, the past-continuous action usually (did // didnt) finish.
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Interrupted Past-continuous. Fill in the table for the sentence below. Look at the DARK words.

when past simple (verb 2) verb-ing be verb

A. He was cooking breakfast, when he saw a cat.

______________ + _________________ + _______________ + ________________

Look at the sentences below. Are they OK or NOT OK?
When he was cooking breaking, he saw a cat.




Pronunciation
Look at the sentences below. What words do you think are stressed? Put a circle above them.


He was cooking when he saw a cat. He was walking to the store when a thief stole a bag.

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