How we met. Past Simple vs Continuous. Present Perfect

In this lesson, your students will:

• reflect on important people in their lives and share impressions
• predict and listen to stories of how real couples met
• sort and analyze sentences to discover Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
• complete gap-fill exercises to practice both tenses in context
• drill and ask/answer short questions using substitution prompts
• explore Present Perfect with for and since through guided discovery
• play oral drill games with Q&A patterns
• write and personalize their own sentences with target structures
• use role cards to ask and answer about people they know

This lesson includes 15+ exercises to help students become better able to narrate past experiences using Past Simple and Past Continuous and talk about relationships using Present Perfect with for/since.

Grammar: Past Simple vs. Past Continuous. Present Perfect with for/since

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