1, The teacher asks learners about their favourite stories when they were young. Learners volunteer stories., 2, The teacher gives out a short story and asks learners to underline examples of the past simple in blue and examples of the past continuous in red., 3, The teacher clarifies the form with examples (she went / she was going) on the board and then gives out a series of rules of use of the verb forms. Learners decide which rules go with which verb form and pick out examples from the text., 4, The teacher asks questions to check understanding., 5, Learners complete sentences, deciding whether the past simple or continuous is more appropriate., 6, The teacher divides the class into three groups. Each group makes up a story., 7, The teacher forms new groups, comprising one person from each of the other groups. The learners tell each other their stories..

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