Last week we were working on the topic Holidays. In this unit we study 2 of the past tenses: Simple Past and Past Continuous. We use the Simple Past when we are talking about an action which is complete. We use the Past Continuous when we are talking about an action in progress or when we want to focus the attention on the time spent on that action.

When we combine  those tenses in a text the Past Continuous refers to an action which takes longer in time than the Simple Past. The action in Simple Past often occurs while the action in the P. Continuous is going on.

Ex: We were getting ready to leave when got the news.

Getting ready to leave takes a  while, whereas getting the news only takes a moment.

We listened to a radio broadcast where people told their horror story about a holiday. We learned some words and expressions:

going abroad: travelling to a foreign country.

nearly: almost

We need to study the past form of most irregular verbs. Here is a list of verbs you should make sure you know:

Say - said
Tell - told
Pay - paid
Buy - bought
See - saw
Make - made
Spend - spent
Put - put
Let - let
Sit - sat
Stand - stood
Understand - understood
Break - broke
Catch - caught
Can - could
Take - took
Come -came
Bring - brought
Drive - drove
Ride - rode
Mean - meant

I meant to write 20 verbs and I ended up writing 21. I guess it doesn't matter.

For Homework, as I asked you last Wednesday, please write about a holiday you took in the past. It may be your last holiday or another one. Answer the questions on pg. 17, Ex. 6. but connect all the answers to the questions to make a unified text.