by the end of the lesson you will be able to make up short stories using past simple and past continuous.

Outcome:

Sofia was watching the news when someone knocked on the door.

“Watch TV” “Knock on the door” “watched” “Knocked”

The light went out when …

Do homework

What happened with The light!!!

Go out

Anita and I were doing our homework .

work It was very late and I was still

working when suddenly…

There was a blackout. So we had to light candles.

• I was doing my homework when the phone rang.

“DO HOMEWORK” “RING”

“DID” “RANG”

I was buying a new cell phone when someone stole my wallet.

“buy” “steal”

“bought” “stole”

Carlos was studying pharmacy at the university when he decided to get married.

“study” “decide”

“studied” “decided”

A man was talking on the phone when a baby cried.

“talk” “cry”

“talked” “cried”

Oscar and Maria were dancing when somebody turned off the radio.

“dance”“turn off the radio”

“danced”

“turned”

When I was chatting with my friends, I remembered that I had to do my homework.

“chat” “remember” “chatted

”“remembered

”

I was playing volleyball when my grandmother came to visit me.

“play” “come”

“played” “came”

My sister was reading a book when her boyfriend called.

“read” “call”

“read” “called”

Angel was surfing on the beach when…

“surf”“surfed”

The girls were drinking martinis While they were talking about their experiences.

I was thinking about you While I was walking down the beach.

Last Christmas was wonderful because during the winter holidays we all dedicated ourselves to play with huge snowballs.

I was cooking dinner while my sister was listening to music in her room.

My mum was cleaning our kitchen while my brother was writing a letter.

My parents were cooking dinner when my friend and I came from the school.

My best friend met Sara when they were studying at Alas Peruanas University. At the beginning everything was nice but then…

Your girlfriend wasn`t having a shower…

The piggy wasn’t flying it was crying...

The Litle Goat

It was early morning and time for the goats to graze. Little Goat and his mother were following the flock to the field when they bypassed a stream.

One of the dogs which was guarding the flock said,

"Anyone who is thirsty may stop for a drink. I will stand guard over you."

A goat eating grass in a field.

Little Goat was thirsty, so he crossed over to the stream. Just as he was about to drink from the stream, Little Goat saw his own reflection in the water. There, right on his head, were two newly grown horns! Little Goat was so excited that he jumped up and cried, "I’ve got horns! I’ve got horns!"

Verb “give”

Three weeks ago my father gave a laptop as soon as I got home. It was my birthday!!!

Yesterday when I was going to the university a tall guy was following behind me. I was kind scared so I decided to get into a bank and waited for half an hour…

Congratulation!!!

Now, you know how to tell short stories.