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 ritej2010
 
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							| Hi all, could you make me a favour please? How can I teach the past continuous to pre intermediate learners? thx in advance 
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 GIOVANNI
 
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							| Playing games is also a good way to learn. You could cut up time cards and activity cards and distribute them among the class.
 Each student should get a time card and an activity card.  You can then ask
 � �what were you doing at 7:00 a.m. this morning � �.  The person then looks at the activity card and gives the activity.  e.g.  I was getting ready for school.
 You could also ask questions such as  � �what was I doing when you entered the class � � etc.
 As Aliciapc pointed out, there are a lot of worksheets on the site which will help you.
 
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 cunliffe
 
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							| Hi, I haven �t checked out the link aliciapc sent, but here is what I do. Give a reading passage and youtube clips about Titanic (past simple focus) then move on to p c. I put the students in twos and give out action picture cards - sleeping, dancing, eating, swimming etc and they have to ask each other,  �What were you doing when the ship hit the iceberg? � Then into groups of four,  �What was he/she/they doing.... � etc. You could also try it with a murder mystery, one is a cop and one is a suspect.  �What were you doing when Mr Smith was shot? � and they have to make up an alibi. 
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 ritej2010
 
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							| Thank you all dear friends |  6 Mar 2012     
					
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