Lesson 32 – Writing about the past
May 30, 2018
Summary
Writing more accurately in past tenses
The topic of this lesson is past experiences. I had chance to
- review past simple and past continuous tenses used when telling a story
- focus on the use of ‘when’ and ‘while’ when telling a story
- look at the structure of a story including topic sentences and paragraphing
- write a paragraph describing a past experience.
[Grammar]
When + past Simple
Example
- I was listening to music when she called me
- When my wife came home, I was cooking her dinner.
While + past Continous
Example
- While I was listening to music, she called me
- My wife came home while I was cooking her dinner.
[Writing a story]
- Topic sentence (When + What + Where)
- Description (What)
- Conclusion (Feeling + lessons learned)
OR
STAR method
- Situation,
- Task,
- Actions,
- Result