America's Independence from Great Britain

Past Progressive (Continuous) vs Simple Past Tenses

Online excercises to practice:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/past-simple-vs-past-continuous

Class Activity:

Write down as many past progressive sentences as possible while watching a segment from the movie Hugo.  

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father.

Geography Features

Using Past Participles

The following videos can help you practice some common past participles.