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** YES, KEEP VERY, VERY CALM! ** ** a.s. 2017/2018 **

 **JUNE 2018: summer work**  __**Dystopia in English literature** __ **Il tema della distopia in alcuni "classici" della letteratura inglese (a volte "conditi" con un pizzico di horror...)**  **__In vista del prossimo anno, si richiedono 2 letture (semplificate, ma non troppo!) a scelta tra quelle proposte qui sotto__:**  **Romantic Age:** **- //Frankenstein// (or Prometheus unbound) by** **Mary Shelley** **(level B2)**  http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/en/books/frankenstein-en  **Victorian Age:** **- //The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde// by R. L. Stevenson** **(level C1)**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/en/books/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-the-en-2 <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Modern Age:** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**- //1984// by G. Orwell** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**(level B1)** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> https://www.pearson.it/opera/pearson_longman/0-5263-1984 <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**- //The Time Machine// by E. G. Wells** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**(level B1)** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/en/books/the-time-machine-5

oppure lo stesso testo, stesso grado di difficoltà, in un'altra edizione :

https://www.pearson.it/opera/pearson_longman/0-5271-the_time_machine

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**MAY 2018** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Build your own resume for the future! Yes, but... how? Open the link and see:**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Alternanza scuola lavoro in Inghilterra: lo sapevate che ...** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Aprite il documento qui sotto. Vi servirà anche per meglio tradurre alcune espressioni utili per la stesura della vostra //cover letter// e del résume** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Attività di consolidamento (cover letters, full texts), anche in preparazione alla verifica scritta:**

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<span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**Per martedì 22/05 : portare il testo Witness Concise. Rivedetevi la presentazione Prezi qui sotto per meglio seguire le attività in classe ;-)**

<span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**THE ROMANTIC AGE** ... through "flipped" methodology!
 * <span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">__2nd STEP__: Pre-romantic poets **

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 * <span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">William Blake: video presentation **
 * <span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">"The Lamb" & "The Tyger" - an easy approach to their themes, imagery and symbolism **


 * <span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">__1st STEP__: let's get started! **

<span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**At the end of the presentation, you will find the first video lesson on the Romantic Age.**
 * <span style="color: #ed074c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">For you, but also for your parents, here's a short presentation which gives you an idea of what a "flipped clssroom" is. **

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 * <span style="color: #f00c17; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">And now, the first video lesson. I'm sure you will like the new teacher 's explanation (YES, a NEW teacher, an American teacher, to become familiar with some American accents). **


 * <span style="color: #f00c17; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">After watching it, download this file to answer some questions on the contents of the video lesson. **

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 * <span style="color: #f00c17; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The assignment is scheduled for next Tuesday (8th May). ****<span style="color: #f00c17; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Enjoy the "flipped" classroom! **

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**APRIL 2018**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Test del 4/05 : 2 types of questions**

**- Multiple Choice:**

1. The Augustan Age is a- the age of drama b- the age of blindness c- the age of fiction

2. In the end, when Robinosn Crusoe was rescued, Friday a- went to York with him b- preferred to stay on the island c- committed suicide

3. “A Sentimental Journey” was written by a- Daniel Defoe b- Tom Jones c- Lawrence Sterne

4. In “Tom Jones”, the protagonist is a- Allworthy's grandson b- an adopted child c- Blifil's best friend

Etc...

**- Complete the sentence briefly (ogni 10-11 quesiti, troverete anche domande da completare tipo le seguenti)**

1. The setting of the novels presented in this module is …..............................

(mi aspetto almeno l' aggettivo: //realistic//, oppure una brevissima descrizione : the setting //is often characterized by real places, with a lot of geographical references// )

2. "Gulliver's Travels" is more than an adventurous novel, it's an example of …................................... (… social satire ) Etc..

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**WebQuest : scheda di approfondimento**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Gli ultimi due gruppi, per ragioni di tempo, hanno dovuto un po' sacrificare le loro presentazioni. Chiedo quindi a tutti voi di scaricare la scheda qui sotto, con le dovute integrazioni, anche in vista del quiz test del 4/05 (a proposito, il test su Cover Letter slitterà, come ho già precisato, a fine maggio)**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Module 5- English for life** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Materiale integrativo (p****arts of a letter)** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**MARCH 2018**


 * MOCK TEST (reading text in preparazione alla verifica scritta del 16/03) **



Keys T/F a- T b- T c- F (no, his sense of insecurity in evident from the very beginning) d- F (Obviously, the real villain is NOT Othello, but the one who plots against him)

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Module 5: the rise of the novel**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**__Group work__: a //"treasure hunt"// on the rise of the English novel** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Before working in groups (the groups will be formed on 15th March), I advise you to watch this video: it will provide you with** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**a historical and cultural background of 18th century England:**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**- from "Utopia" to the development of a new literary genre**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Step one- Introduction. Before we get started, please, watch this short video below: it will help you focus on some important historical and cultural events that paved the way to the rise and development of the novel.**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**How does "Othello" fit into school project ASL?** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Download the document below, read it and answer the questions for February 27th ;-)**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Per scaricare il copione di //Othello//, __tornate sulla home page__, fate click sul link "Let's go to the theatre" (menù, a sinistra) e troverete due documenti PDF. Il copione dell'opera è il secondo documento.** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Come è scritto sul registro elettronico, leggete il 1° Atto.** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Sempre per martedì 20/02, dovrete fare anche una breve descrizione dei personaggi e il loro ruolo all'interno della tragedia (lavoro assegnato a gruppi, come stabilito giovedì 15/02)**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**January 2018** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Compito per martedì 30/01 da scaricare. Si tratta di un brano di comprensione, tratto da "New Atlantis" di F. Bacon, con vari quesiti, come se fosse un test :**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Cross-curricular module:** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**from "Utopia"** **//Of their Trades and Manner of Life//** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> **- Keys** **(ex 1 and 2):**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> **The life of Saint Thomas More: here below, the video you watched** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> **after Xmas holidays**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Durante le vacanze, studiare la sintesi dei due capitoli del libro di testo (the Stuart age) e rispondere ai quesiti :**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**December 2017**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**La verifica di martedì, ribadisco ancora, valuterà la __capacità di comprensione__ (NON le competenze letterarie! ) __di un testo in inglese moderno__ su uno degli argomenti trattati in classe nell'ultimo mese** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**intorno alla vita di Shakespeare. Una vita così piena di misteri da avere alimentato dibattiti e ... "gossip" interminabili !**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Eccovi un testo con quesiti (ricordate quello che vi ho ribadito più volte a proposito delle risposte : coerenza, chiarezza, coesione, correttezza) per chi vuole ancora "allenare" le abilità di comprensione scritta:**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**I più curiosi, possono aprire il link qui sotto e leggere questo articolo sulla misteriosa "Dark Lady" alla quale Shakespeare ha dedicato alcuni dei suoi bellissimi sonetti (gli altri sapete a chi sono stati dedicati ...). Buona lettura !** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Questa pagina è stata aggiornata il 15/12 alle ore 16.00**

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/unmasked-the-identity-of-shakespeares-dark-lady-81490.html

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Module 3- Utopian literature in the English language**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Sir Francis Bacon**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**After last Thursday's lesson ( Anti-Stratfordians vs Stratfordians or the Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship), another problem related to the authorship: was //Hamlet// written by Shakespeare or... "stolen" from Thomas Kyd?** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"><span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Download the document below, read the text and answer the questions for next Tuesday (12th Dec.) Take it as a m** **ock test ;-)**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Do some reading practice for the next test (reading comprehension)Here are a couple of links for you.** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**This is what I mentioned during the lesson on Friday, 1st Dec :**

https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0115/lgib.html

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**The second link takes you to an interview with Al Pacino, a world famous American actor.** **He played the role of king Richard in "Richard III" and Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" :**

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/11/30/al_pacino_the_merchant_of_venice_interview.shtml

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**None and neither made easy! Watch this very short video ;-)** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">media type="custom" key="29474715"

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**November** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**The tragedy of ambition : //Macbeth//**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Macbeth's monologue (the assignment is due on Thursday 23rd November):**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**October/November 2017**

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Hamlet, a revenge tragedy**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Shakespeare's "dark" tragedies: HAMLET**
 * William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is a play with five acts and is his longest play. This "dark", powerful tragedy was not only popular during his lifetime, it remains one of the most-performed today. **

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Act 1, Scene 5: Hamlet sees the spirit of his father** The ghost explains to Hamlet that he is the spirit of his father who cannot rest until revenge is taken upon his murderer. It is revealed that Claudius poured poison into the King’s ear while he was sleeping. Read the scene again (on your handout) and watch the video clip from "Hamlet" directed by Kenneth Branagh in 1996:

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**October 2017** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Module 2** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Reporting verbs: revision** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Here below, the link to the list I gave you this morning (Tues. 24th). Open it, so you can __do the online activities__ to make some practice:**

http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/FCE/reported_speech.html

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Here's another activity on reporting verbs!**

http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/reporting-verbs.html

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Module 2- SOS verbs :** **Collocations**
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">NEW !!! **
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">Bring or Take? **
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">Here's a link to a very "visual" explanation of the difference **
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">between "bring" and "take". You will also see another nice **
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">"pair" (go and come) just in case you need it... **

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.it/2012/01/confusing-verbs-come-go-bring-and-take.html


 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">And here, some collocations with "bring" and "take". Have fun! **

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Do or Make? Compare this map with what you wrote as homework**




 * 4F- PRACTICE ON COLLOCATIONS**


 * Open these links and do the online activities. It 's a less boring way to learn collocations in English !**

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Literature

The **TEST** will be based on **all the stories in the book "Love In Shakespeare"** and on the **typical features of Shakespeare's comedies**.

You will have to choose among three anwers, like this:

- How does Cleopatra die? a- She dies of consumption b- she commits suicide c- she is killed by Antonio

- Where does Romeo meet Juliet for the first time? a- in Church b- at a ball c- in the street Etc.. or answer "traditional" questions: Who is Orsino in love with at the beginning of the "Twelfth Night" ? .............................................. Who is Iago in the tragedy "Othello" ? .................................................................. Etc.  ON Shakespeare's comedies, for example: - What is the "legacy" to the past when we study Shakespeare's comedies? - Who were the Latin playwrights who influenced Shakespeare the most? Etc. etc..

MODULE 1- **SHAKESPEARE :** The Taming of the Shrew Download the document below and answer the questions (for Friday, 6th October)

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Watch this video clip carefully. It is taken from the film "The Taming of the Shrew" (directed by F. Zeffirelli, 1967)**

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<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**September 2017**

MODULE 1- **SHAKESPEARE** PART 1: Shakespeare's comedies : introduction



**TWELFTH NIGHT**


 * It is suggested that Shakespeare was simply going to call this play //What You Will//, but another playwright, John Marston,** premiered a play also entitled What You Will. As a consequence, Shakespeare changed the name to Twelfth Night or What You Will. This title prepares the audience for the jovial festive atmosphere of this play, filled with dancing and general self-indulgence.

'Twelfth Night' is an allusion to the twelfth night after Christmas Day, known as the Eve of the Feast of Epiphany. This day marks the end of the merry making of Christmas, and most importantly, commemorated the magi. The festivals of Twelfth night would be lead by the 'Lord of Misrule' who, temporarily leaving their position of authority, would call for entertainment, songs and mummery (folk plays). This play has been regarded as preserving these festive traditions of licensed disorder.


 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">JUNE 2017 **


 * IL PROGRAMMA CONSUNTIVO DI LINGUA E CULTURA INGLESE (QUELLO FINALE, DEPOSITATO ANCHE IN SEGRETERIA) E' SCARICABILE QUI **




 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">SUMMER WORK **
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Hi there! ****<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Qui sotto, potete reperire le schede di revisione (sintassi, morfologia, etc). **
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Attenzione: le schede NON sono state prese, come avevo inizialmente ipotizzato, ****<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">dal testo di grammatica che acquisterete per il prossimo anno ( ****<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">non riesco a fare la scansione delle pagine da scuola, i pc sono affollati...) **
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Ho sopperito raccogliendo esercizi di vario tipo che vi prego di __svolgere con una certa regolarità:__ sarebbe davvero POCO o punto produttivo mettersi a lavorare i primi giorni di settembre! **


 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Ricordate che verrà effettuata __una verifica scritta a fine__ ****<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">__settembre__ sul lavoro di revisione degli argomenti studiati ;-) **

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<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Lettura estiva : acquistare il volumetto con CD incorporato "LOVE IN SHAKESPEARE" (quello che vi ho mostrato l'ultimo giorno di scuola). Leggete le cinque opere in versione semplificata e svolgete gli esercizi di comprensione: somministrerò un test valido per l'orale al rientro dalle vacanze (nessuna scusa!)**

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> > <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Letture facoltative:** > **- Gulliver's Travels (by J. Swift)** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**scaricabili in versione originale qui sotto**
 * <span class="product_label">Editore: <span class="product_text">[|Black Cat-Cideb]
 * <span class="product_label">Collana: <span class="product_text">[|Reading and training]
 * <span class="product_label">Data di Pubblicazione: <span class="product_text">2011
 * <span class="product_label">EAN: <span class="product_text">9788853010971
 * <span class="product_label">ISBN: <span class="product_text">8853010975
 * <span class="product_label">Pagine: <span class="product_text">112
 * <span class="product_text">prezzo vara dai 9 Euro (su Amazon anche meno)
 * <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**- Robinson Crusoe (by D. Defoe)**

https://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/Gullivers-Travels.pdf http://www.lem.seed.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/livrosliteraturaingles/robinsoncrusoe.pdf

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Volendo, potete anche "ascoltare" Robinson Crusoe per fare un po' di pratica di ascolto:**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iQBVuFg9m8

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**E, last but not least, per chi vuole migliorare le proprie competenze linguistiche, ecco il link alla piattaforma** <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"> <span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**di cui vi ho spesso parlato:**

[| https://www.busuu.com/it]

<span style="color: #0c32ea; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;">**Guardate, è da provare, e poi è assolutamente free :-))**
 * E' possibile scaricare l'app sul proprio smartphone, of course...**
 * HAVE A SUPER SUMMER!**

<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MAY 2017 <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Preparazione alla verifica di recupero del 25! <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MYSTERY, MIRACLE AND MORALITY PLAYS : short outline for revision <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Historical and social context: from the Middle Age to Humanism

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">As I told you last Thursday, the assignment due for next Monday (15th May) is all about the historical and social framework to the "Canterbury Tales". So, you have to study the 2nd part of the old photocopy and invent 10 questions on it! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(avete capito bene: siete voi che dovete inventare __10 domande sulla seconda parte della vecchia fotocopia su "Middle Age__"! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">E' un modo più o meno simpatico di ripassare la forma interrogativa ;-)  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Have a super weekend! <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Canterbury Tales, prologue : the Wife of Bath (middle English and modern English version+ questions) homework for next Thursday: <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Italian translation <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Canterbury Tales, prologue : the Prioress (Italian translation) <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Homework due (8th May) <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- the Prologue (extract pp. 34-35, read it carefully again) <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- ex. A, B and C p. 35 <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">LITERATURE: THE AGE OF CHAUCER <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In order to better understand //The Canterbury Tales// by Geoffrey Chaucer <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">watch this video carefully. It provides you with the historical and social <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">background (you already know a lot, don't worry!) <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="custom" key="29167769" <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Canterbury Tales: introduction <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="custom" key="29167789" <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">HOMEWORK (Tuesday 2nd May) <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Try this online activity ( it had to be part of your test ) http://www.englishlab.net/hp/quiz26_mixed_tenses_2_active_into_passive_1.htm

<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">APRIL 2017 **<span style="color: #134ebc; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">PREPARAZIONE AL TEST SCRITTO (27/04) ** **<span style="color: #134ebc; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">- Svolgete gli esercizi rimanenti sulle forme passive e su "have" che trovate nel ****<span style="color: #134ebc; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">workbook (Unit 12 ). L ****<span style="color: #134ebc; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">e soluzioni degli esercizi, incluse quelli delle ultime settimane, sono qui sotto: ** <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">
 * Tipologia di esercizi da cui attingo per la costruzione della prova: **

** SUL PASSIVO ** __** è necessario: **__ a- People often buy vintage clothes in charity shops (= Vintage clothes are often bought in charity shops)   b- Did Mr Custard invite Peter? (= Was Peter invited by Mr Custard ?) etc. ** 2) __Scrivi le frasi al passivo usando il tempo verbale appropriato:__ ** a- The car/ not / take/ to the garage / yesterday (= The car wasn't taken to the garage yesterday) b- Olives / grow / in southern Italy/ for a long time (= Olives have been grown in sothern Italy for a long time, attenti qui alla "duration form"!) a- The results ....................... (announce) on the radio now    (= The results are being announced on the radio now)   b- (Debbie, invite) .................................... to Sarah's party if she doesn't go on Holiday?   (= Will Debbie be invited to Sarah's party if she doesn't go on Holiday?)
 * 1) __Trasforma le frasi alla forma passiva. Esprimi il compl. d'agente SOLO quando__ **
 * etc. **
 * 3) __Completa le frasi con la forma passiva__ : **

etc. ** VOLETE ALLENARVI SUI PASSIVI? ANDATE QUI ** ** - REGOLE GENERALI, SU TUTTI I TEMPI ** http://baladre.info/english/sedaviwebfront/passivemixed2.htm http://www.englishexercises.net/yypassive3.html http://eslbluesapps.com/bgpassiv.htm http://www.e-grammar.org/passive-voice/test1-exercise1/

** - ESERCIZI SUL "DOUBLE OBJECT" ** http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/objects_tenses.htm http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-verbs-two-objects-exercise-1.html

** SU "LET" e "MAKE" (as causative verbs) troverete due tipi di esercizi (che svolgerete ** ** per allenarvi! ) ai seguenti link: ** http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-72879.php http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8730

** SU "HAVE" causativo (Have something done) utilizzerò questo tipo di esercizio ** ** Trasforma queste frasi utilizzando "have" ** ** a- Someone made Jennifer'd dress = Jennife had her dress made ** ** b- They are repainting my flat this week = I'm having my flat repainted this week ** ** Oppure questo: ** ** Riscrivi queste frasi con " have" (o get) ** **ALLENATEVI QUI SOTTO** http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-76121.php http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/upper-intermediate/have-something-done
 * a- A friend of mine is going to fix my DVD player next week = I´m going to have my DVD player fixed next week (by a friend of mine)**
 * b- The doctor should test my eyes = I should have my eyes tested (by the doctor)**


 * BREAK A LEG!! **

<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">CAUSATIVE VERBS, part 2 <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Have as a causative verb


 * Have + object + past participle (have something done) **

We usually use 'have something done' when we are talking about someone who does something for us. It's often used for services. The form is 'subject + have + object + past participle'.
 * I had my car washed. (= someone washed my car, I didn't wash it!)
 * John will have his house painted. (= John will not paint his house, someone else will paint it!)


 * G **** et + object + past participle (get something done) **

We can also use 'subject + get + object + past participle'. This has the same meaning as 'have', __but is less formal.__ **So, there is no difference between "have" and "get ", don't worry! "Get" is only a bit more informal than "have"!** Now try this exercise: <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Here below, a short video lesson ( "have" and "get" as causative verbs) : media type="custom" key="29142841" <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Passive voice: the double object <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Be... "passive"! (what a lousy sense of humour)
 * The students get their essays checked.
 * I'll get my hair cut next week.
 * He got his washing machine fixed.

<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MODAL VERBS IN THE PASSIVE : <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">IMPORTANT!!!! <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Downolad and print this worksheet : you'll have to use it on 11 th April. __DON'T DO the exercise on the worksheet for the moment__ (it's for Easter Holiday !) <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MARCH 2017 <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">THE PASSIVE VOICE (Unit 12) Before approaching Unit 12, watch this short (but effective) video on __how__ to change the verb from active to passive voice with some useful examples:

<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="custom" key="29107609" <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Medieval poetry <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Download the text below and print it. It's another popular medieval ballad that has a lot of things in common <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">with "Lord Randal" .... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Its title is "Edward, Edward". Read it carefully and do all the exercises (both text and exercises are taken from <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"Lit & Lab", Vol 1, a textbook published by Zanichelli) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> The assignment is scheduled for 27th March! ** <span style="color: #161619; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">FEBRUARY 2017 <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">PREPARAZIONE ALLA VERIFICA <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Eccovi la scheda tanto agognata...  <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">you asked me to do more practice on if clauses http://www.es.edu.rs/download/e_ucionica/conditional-sentences_all_types.pdf http://www.kau.edu.sa/Files/0054376/Files/64604_Conditional%20Sentences.pdf

<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">JANUARY 2017 <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">USED TO ? BE USED TO ?? .... GET USED TO??? <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">HELP US, teacher! <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Ok, watch these videos below. I'm sure you will enjoy them :-) <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">And... DO the exercises in your workbook, please!!  <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="custom" key="28973735"

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<span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">There is no better way to begin the new year than by indulging in the old things... <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Download the "recuperone" test and do all the exercises. Have fun! <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">DECEMBER 2016 <span style="color: #d60d64; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">HAPPY NEW YEAR

<span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">HOMEWORK (for everybody) scheduled for 9th January <span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">MODULE 1, PART 2 : What is POETRY ? <span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Studiare l'intro (già spiegata in dicembre, ecco la presentazione qui sotto)

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<span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">MODULE 1, PART 2: TEXT ANALYSIS (January 9th, 2017)



Extra homework per coloro che risultano insufficienti allo scritto a- If-Clauses - Svolgere TUTTI gli esercizi on line segnalati alla pagina seguente http://www.e-grammar.org/if-clauses/

b- Past Tenses- Aprire i seguenti link e svolgete gli esercizi on line http://linguapress.com/tests/past-tenses.htm https://english.lingolia.com/it/grammatica/tempi-a-confronto/simple-past-past-perfect/esercizi

c- Verb patterns - Aprire questi link e... break a leg! http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/385_01.htm http://www.bloginglese.it/index.php/2011/06/esercizi-in-inglese-verbs-patterns/

d- Per chi è ancora in trouble con il reported speech, ecco una bella pagina d'aiuto : https://inglesedinamico.net/esercizi-inglese/esercizi-discorso-indiretto-inglese/


 * New Year brings just Happiness not Tear, **
 * Everybody loves only You Dear, **
 * And listen: all your Problems will Finish **
 * It's for You my Special NEW YEAR'S wish... **

<span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Prefixation: more negative prefixes in front of adjectives ! <span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">a) Do the activities in the document below for Tuesday 20th Dec.

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<span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Download this document: it can be useful for next Thursday's test:

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<span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">BREAK A LEG!

<span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">ALL THE **IRREGULAR VERBS** YOU SHOULD LEARN FOR THE NEXT WEEK 'S TEST <span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(YOU ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH MANY OF THEM, HOPEFULLY ...)

<span style="color: #2f38d6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> **CROSS-CURRICULAR MODULE ( ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES) LIFE SKILLS, part 2** **A PROMISE IS A PROMISE... HERE BELOW THE DOCUMENT THAT __ALL GROUPS MUST READ FOR MONDAY 5TH__** **I'M NOT SURE IF THE NATIVE SPEAKER TEACHER WILL COME: IN THAT CASE I WILL MANAGE THE MATERIAL MYSELF,** **DON'T WORRY!**

**MODULE 2 - WRITTEN TEST** **In preparazione alla verifica scritta: soluzione esercizio mancante + esercizio nuovo, qui sotto** **altri esercizi, per allenarvi (reported speech, tutti i casi, tutti i tempi)** **RIPASSATE I TEMPI DELLA NARRAZIONE (nella verifica ci sarà un esercizio dedicato all'uso del simple past, past continuous e past perfect)**

**MODULE** **2 : REPORTED SPEECH** **From reported speech to dialogue: do the following activity on line and download the document to practise** **for the written test** 1- http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-68009.php 2-

**MODULE 2 : literary genres** **- HOMEWORK -** Assignment for 3rd November- Reported speech exercises on student's book and workbook

- A short story for 7th November: **THE PURLOINED LETTER** (a famous detective story by E. A. Poe)

Open the __link below__ and read the short story:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/poe/purloine.html

A few tips 1- You will come across many new words on reading the story. Help yourselves with an online dictionary! 2- Don't read any Italian translation (on 7th Nov I will ask you to do some language activities on this short story to check if you've read it in English... ) ** MODULE 2 ** ** Reported speech: mixed sentences ** **<span style="color: #c90a5d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">NEW!!! Homework (Thursday, 27th) ** ** Download this document and do the exercise on reported speech ** REPORTED SPEECH AND VERBS PATTERNS HI THERE! WATCH THESE __VERY INTERESTING **VIDEOS**__ **__ON REPORTED SPEECH__**. THEY HAVE BEEN UPLOADED FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WEREN'T AT SCHOOL LAST WEEK, BUT TAKE THEM AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES WHO NEED AN "EXTRA" EXPLANATION... IN THE VIDEOS THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL QUIZZES. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM... media type="custom" key="28781752" media type="custom" key="28781806" media type="custom" key="28781832" MODULE 1 TEST Here below, a mock test for you. Downoad it and give yourself 55 minutes. You can use a dictionary in class. **MODULE 1 - REVISION AND EXPANSION OF** NARRATIVE TENSES (AND HOW TO USE THEM PROPERLY) This module is about narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous – see details below). We use these tenses to sequence stories about the past. To master the use of these tenses you have to deal with their form and their uses.

**Form**: the simple past form of the verb. E.g. “We met on holiday, we talked about art and music, we fell in love, I asked her to marry me and when she said yes I kissed her passionately on the lips.” **Use:** To explain the main events of the story in sequence. We use ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘first’ and ‘finally’ to link them up. E.g. “First I finished work, then I went to the pub, after that I had a few pints, then I sat down by the river and then I fell asleep, after that the moon moved, and then I woke up and then an owl hooted and after that I heard a splash and then a monster tried to grab my leg and after that the Doctor rescued me and then he disappeared, and finally I went home. We can also use conjunctions to link up clauses with past simple verb forms. ‘When’ is probably the most common. E.g. “When I woke up, and owl hooted.” Or “An owl hooted when I woke up”.
 * PAST SIMPLE **

__** PAST CONTINUOUS **__ **Form:** was/were + -ing E.g. “We were talking about my Swiss bank account when suddenly she pulled me close and kissed me again.” **Use:** To describe longer or repeated actions. It’s often used to describe the general situation at the beginning of a story. E.g. “I was walking home when something strange happened.”

Also, we use it to sequence events when it is combined with the past simple. Past continuous is the long or repeated action which is interrupted by a short, quick past simple action. E.g. “The green hand was moving towards me when suddenly there was a blue flash and a man jumped onto the stairs next to me”.

We use ‘when’ or ‘while’ to link the actions in a sentence. E.g. “When I woke up, the wind was blowing. The wind was blowing when I woke up. While I was walking, something happened. Something happened while I was walking.”

**Form:** had + past participle E.g. “When I arrived at the airport I realised that she had stolen my wallet and passport”. **Use:** To express that an action happened before the main events of the story. E.g. “When I woke up, the moon had moved” [the moon moved, then I woke up], which is different to “The moon moved when I woke up” [I woke up, then the moon moved]. Sometimes it is used a bit like present perfect, but when everything is in the past. E.g. “I’ve never heard of moon goblins before” But for yesterday it would be “I had never heard of moon goblins.”
 * PAST PERFECT **

**Form:** had + been + verb (ing form)* **Use:** the main use of the past perfect continuous is to express actions or situations that were in progress before some other actions or situations. E.g."The boys had been quarreling for half an hour when we arrived home." We also use this tense to show cause of an action or situation in the past. E.g. "John was in a detention because he had been misbehaving." "Jessica got sunburnt because she had been lying in the sun too long."
 * PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS **

Remember that some verbs are not used in the continuous tenses !! These "stative" verbs are about state, not action, and they cannot express the continuous or progressive aspect. Here are some of the most common non-continuous verbs:
 * N.B. **
 * feeling: hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish
 * senses: appear, feel, hear, see, seem, smell, sound, taste
 * communication: agree, deny, disagree, mean, promise, satisfy, surprise
 * thinking: believe, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize, remember, understand
 * other states: be, belong, concern, depend, involve, matter, need, owe, own, possess


 * Is that clear? If you still find it difficult to understand the uses of the past tenses, you can watch the video below :-)**

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A short mystery story to present narrative tenses in English, including past simple, past continuous and past perfect. Listen to the story carefully:

media type="custom" key="28734888" **Practice - Here’s the transcript to the mystery story, but with some of the verbs ‘gapped’. Try to put them in the correct tense. Listen again to check.**

Last night I _ (walk) home next to the river thames, when something strange _ (happen) to me. It was late at night and I _ (have) a long and difficult day at work. There was a large full moon in the sky and everything was quiet. I was tired and lonely and I _ (just have) a few pints of beer in my local pub, so I decided to stop by the riverside and look at the moon for a while. I _ (sit) on some steps very close to the water’s edge and looked up at the big yellow moon and wondered if it really was made of cheese. I felt very tired so I _ (close) my eyes and after a few minutes, I _ (fall) asleep. When I woke up, the moon _ (move) behind a cloud and it was very dark and cold. The wind _ (blow) and an owl _ (hoot) in a tree above me. I rubbed my eyes and started to get up, when suddenly I _ (hear) a splash. I _ (look) down at the water and saw something. Something terrible and frightening, and unlike anything I’d ever seen before. Something _ (come) out of the water and _ (move) towards me. Something green and strange and ugly. It was a long green arm and it _ (stretch) out from the water to grab my leg. I was so scared that I couldn’t move. I _ (never be) so scared in my whole life. The cold green hand _ (move) closer and closer when suddenly there was a blue flash and a strange noise from behind me. Someone _ (jump) onto the stairs next to me. He _ (wear) strange clothes and he had a crazy look in his eyes. He shouted “Get Back!” and _ (point) something at the monster in the water. There was a bright flash and the monster hissed and disappeared. I looked up at the man. He looked strange, but kind. “Don’t fall asleep by the river when there’s a full moon”, he said “The Moon Goblins will get you.” I _ (never hear) of moon goblins before. I didn’t know what to do. “Who… who are you?” I asked him. “You can call me… The Doctor.” He said. I _ (try) to think of something else to say when he turned around and said, “Watch the stars at night, and be careful of the full moon”. I was trying to understand what he meant, when there was another blue flash and I closed my eyes. When I opened them again, he _ (go). I couldn’t believe what _(happen). What on earth were Moon Goblins, and who was the mysterious Doctor? And why had he saved me? I was determined to find the answers to these strange questions. I stood up, looked at the moon and quickly walked home.

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