English Primary 4

1. English Primary 4

2. Hello

3. grammar

4. PresentPast • SimpleProgressiveSimple • ????? Past Progressive

5. ?????????? Whatareyoudoingnow? I am watching T.V now. Present Progressive

6. What did you do yesterday? IwatchedT.Vyesterday. Past Simple

7. I was watchingT.V yesterday evening. was + watch + ing Past Progressive form was were + v. + ing What were you doingyesterday evening?

8. IwatchedT.Vyesterday. and Notice the difference between the following sentences: I was watchingT.V yesterday evening. BUT *We use Past Simple with its key word “yesterday” *We use Past Progressive with “yesterday evening”.

9. 2- To express long actions in the past: Example: I was studying all night yesterday. **The usages of Past Progressive 1- Specific time in the past: Examples: Dad was sleeping at 9 o’clock yesterday evening. Mum was cooking at 5 o’clock yesterday. The Children were playing yesterday morning.

10. 3- To describe the setting of story TOM

11. How can you describe this setting? What tense do we use? One summer day, Tom went to the zoo. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and people were having fun. ِAll verbs used in the setting description are in past progressive tense

12. 4- To express two actions happening at the same time in the past.Examples: a) While I was listening to the teacher, she was speaking. b) While mum was cooking, Dadwas reading the newspaper. c) While Tom was playing, his brotherwas studying.

13. What is the difference between: While Tom was playing, his brotherwas studying. and • Tom was playing while his brotherwas studying. No difference

14. Note that:As = While As Mary was singing, Noha was dancing. Mary was singing as Noha was dancing. • **Remember the spelling rules of the tense 1- come coming • 2- lie lying 3- swim swimming • 4- travel travelling

15. Negative Form • Just add “not” I was playing football They were watching T.V. not not Long form Short form was not wasn’t were not weren’t

16. Interrogative Form The boy was drinking water. • Was the boy drinking water? ***************** The girls were dancing. Were the girls dancing?

17. One day, the sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing and the boys were playing football. While Sam was running, a girl was crying. She was searching for her mum all day long. At 7o’clock evening, the girl was sitting quietly. :State the usage of the underlined action verbs in the following passage Action verbs usage :Practice was shining description of setting were singing description of setting was running/was crying actions happening together was sitting specific time in the past