¡Descarga Measuring Success: Narrative Tenses and Old Habits in the Workplace y más Transcripciones en PDF de Inglés Técnico solo en Docsity! LEARNING OUTCOME + By the end of the lesson, you will be able to use, appropriately and in context, narrative tenses, used to, and would to elaborate sentences about old habits. OI ATP Look at the infographic € match the people with their área of work: AGE, EXPERIENCE € SUCCESS Do people do their best work when they are young? Pop stars 1. Airline executive a ir . SIX HIGH-FLYERS from the business world. E 2. Inventor h e ge ad A ES sold dl (e for £82 million 3. technology executive 4. fashion entrepeneur Vv Ñ . / E] E bought Tel a 5. sports executive ronaldo ' praia mes al lp] ll e 6. telecoms magnate Read the text in the grammar box. Answer the questions. NARRATIVE TENSES REVIEW Brady and Slim were early starters: at the age of 23, 1 Which tenses are the verbs in bold? Brady took over as Managing Director of the club. And as a teenager, Slim bought shares in a local bank, then a past simple e past perfect simple worked for his father. Sandberg was working as a Vice os b past continuous — d past parfct continuous her. She"d had a job in govermment before Google, But not everyone found success quickly: Dyson had been trying to sell his revolutionary vacuum cleaner for ten years before he succeeded, TO BE VERBS E S+ Was/were S+V-ed They Were friends. She worked yesterday. o S+was not/were not+... S+didnot+ verb (base form) They weren't friends. She didn't work yesterday. Q Was/Were+S+..? Did +S+ verb (in base form)? They weren't friends. Did she work yesterday? Past Continuous We use the past continuous to talk about: Activities or events that describe the background to past actions. Examples: + My business was going really well, and | was happy. . Present Future a y $ an > 9 $ O 1 Y E ls > E O Y O A I was washing my car when She was cooking all moring, the accident happened! IAE e pi She was not sleeping when he came home. e Was/were + S+V-ing? Was she sleeping when he came home? SK Past Perfect Continuous O We use the past perfect continuous to talk about: an activity or state in progress before the main event took place. (Duration Before Something in the Past) Ex Past Present Future Examples: * James had been teaching at the university for more than a year before he left for Asia. SS .. A ira They had been playing tennis. EIA A They hadn't been playing tennis. Had +S + been +V-ing? Had they been playing lei? The boys had been playing soccer for about an hour when it started to rain. NERASIRROGRESSIVESTORY HI, My NAME TS NICK. YESTERDAY WAS TERRIBLE FOR I TRIED TO PLAy WITH My SISTER BUT SHE WAS ME BECAUSE I STAYED AT HOME ALL DAY. I WANTED TO DOING HER HOMEWORK. MyY FATHER waAS GO OUT BUT IT WAS RATNING OUTSIDE. TI WAS FEELING READING HIS BOOK AND My MOTHER WAS TIRED OF BELNG TRAPPED INSIDE THE HOUSE. WATCHING TV. AFTER LUNCH, L DECIDED TO SIT BY THE WINDOW AND NOw TI AMWATTING FOR MY FRIEND. WE WILL WATCH THE STREET. SOME PEOPLE WERE WAITING AT GO TO THE PARK TO PLAY FOOTBALL TOGETHER. I THE BUS STOP. WHILE TI WAS WATCHING THE STREET I INJURED My KNEE WHILE TI WAS PLAYING WITNESSED AN ACCIDENT. A CAR COULDN'T STOP AT FOOTBALL LAST WEEK BUT IT IS OXAY NOW. THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. LUCKILY MY TEAM NEEDS ME NOBODY INTJURED. E — OTHER PAST FORMS USED TO + VERB WOULD + VERB habits and states that took place in the past but do not happen or exist now habits that took place in the past but do not happen now : Used to + verb We use used to + verb to talk about: habits and states that took place in the past but do not happen or exist now. XXX XX Past Present Future Examples: * When l started the company, | used to do everything myself. Now | have ten staff. * There used to be a lot of problems with the internet connection, so we changed SL A provider. e Let's practice! Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. Sometimes, both options are possible. 1 Sue used to know / would know a girl called Gina. 2 Did Sue use to work / Would Sue work in a bank? 3 Where did Gina use to hide / would Gina hide Sue's toys? 4 She used to be / would be unhappy. 5 She used to cry / would cry when she was alone. CANVAS - MÓDULOS - WEEK 5 5 QRA Z UA Key words O pts 2 U4 Authentic listening skills: Collaborative listening E Opts 2 U4_4.1 TED Talk: "Success is a continuous journey” E E Opts 2 U4_4.1 Vocabulary in context (activity) E 0pts 1 U4_41 Presentation skills: Repeating key phrases £ Grammar extension: Narrative tenses (1) 2 Grammar extension: Narrative tenses (2) U4_4.2 Grammar Quiz O pts YN canvas O cencus V ME UA You yá
