
Was/Were, Could/Couldn’t
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Was/Were, Could/Couldn’t
(Language Awareness)
Pulse 2/Page 25/English Book 3
Lesson 36
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Success Criteria:
By the end of the lesson, I will be able to:
Study the table given and fill in the blanks with was/wasn’t and were in Task 1.
Complete the questions with was or were in Task 2.
Study the notes about could/couldn't and complete the tasks.
Fill in 7/14 blanks correctly with was/were/could/couldn’t in the text given about Charles Dickens.
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Complete the following questions with was or were.
Example: Were you interested in books five years ago?
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Multiple Select
___________ the Harry Potter films good?
Was
Were
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Multiple Select
__________ Sherlock Holmes a real person?
Was
Were
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Multiple Select
___________ any of Shakespeare's plays comedies?
Was
Were
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LOOK!
there's (there is) / there are -------> there was / there were
There's a film festival this week.
There was a film festival last week.
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Complete the conversation with
could or couldn't.
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Fill in the Blanks
Jenny: Was the play good last night?
John: Yes, but
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
John: We
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Jenny:
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
John: Ye, we could. This play was in modern English so we
Type answer...
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Next task....
Write questions with could.
Example: Could you read when you were four?
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Open Ended
ride a bicycle / when / six?
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Open Ended
use a computer / when / eight?
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Open Ended
speak English / when / ten?
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Open Ended
cook / when / 12?
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Complete the following text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
refer to the passage (Task 6) in Pulse 2 page 25.
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Multiple Select
Who ___________ Charles Dickens?
is
was
are
were
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Multiple Select
He was an English writer who __________ from 1812 to 1870.
live
lived
living
lives
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Multiple Select
He ________ 15 novels, including A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist.
write
writes
wrote
writing
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Multiple Select
What did he write about?
A lot of his books __________ about poor people.
is
was
are
were
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Multiple Select
They didn't have an easy life in the 19th century.
Dickens ____________ people should live in bad conditions and he tried to make people think about these problems.
do not think
does not think
did not think
don't think
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Multiple Select
Why did people like his books?
Because they ___________ exciting stories and interesting characters.
has
had
have
having
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Multiple Select
Everyone loved them even people who __________ read!
They paid other people to read the books to them!
couldn't
could
can
can't
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Was/Were, Could/Couldn’t
(Language Awareness)
Pulse 2/Page 25/English Book 3
Lesson 36
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