Unit 12: A vacation abroad Lesson: 5 – Language focus

Unit 12: A vacation abroad
Lesson: 5 – Language focus
(2- 3 P 199- 120)
Warm up
Chatting
* What did you do last night?
Presentation1
At five o’clock yesterday afternoon.


Mai was cooking dinner.
Ba was playing the guitar.
Bao and Song were playing soccer.

Practice
At eight o`clock last night.

Hoa
have/ dinner
Bao
study/his lesson
Ba/ take/ a shower
Nga
write/ a letter
Na/take/her dog
for a walk
Lan/ bring/fruit to
her grandmother
+ What was Ba doing at eight o`clock last night?
? He was taking a shower.
Concept check:
The past progressive tense
Form: S + was/ were + Verb- ing
Use: To indicate an action that was in the progress at a point of time in the past.
He
She
It
I
was + V - ing
You
We
They

Were + V- ing
Further practice
“At five o’clock last Sunday afternoon?”

S1: What were you doing at five o`clock last Sunday afternoon?
S2: I was chatting with my friends.
Presentation II
Look at the following pictures then do the matching
* The Le family is sleeping when the mailman came.


a
b
c
d
e
f
Practice
Example exchange
* The Le family was sleeping/ the mailman came.
+ What was the Le family doing when the mailman came?
The Le family was sleeping when the mailman came.
Example exchange
* While Hoa eating/ the phone rang.
+ What happened while Nga was eating?
? While Nga was eating, the phone rang.
+ Past progressive + when + Past simple
+ Past simple + while + Past progressive
Form