Lesson 32 – Writing about the past

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]
  1. Topic sentence (When + What + Where)
  2. Description (What)
  3. Conclusion (Feeling + lessons learned)

OR

STAR method

  1. Situation,
  2. Task,
  3. Actions,
  4. Result

 

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