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5 Should All Family Members
Share Housework?
1 Read the text. Order the steps to bake cookies.
Grammar Yesterday, all the members of my family were helping each other to do

Past progressive affirmative different tasks. Mom and I baked delicious chocolate chip cookies while
Value: Cooperation Dad and Ajay, my brother, were mowing the lawn.
GSE:
After I finished mixing all the ingredients, I added the chocolate chips
42 Reading: Can follow the
sequence of events in simple in the dough. Yummy!
narrative texts by recognizing Then, Mom was mixing butter and sugar with the electric blender and
common linking words /
phrases. I added one egg, one teaspoon of vanilla, one cup of flour, and oats.

37 Speaking: Can talk about First, Mom took out all of the ingredients while I was lining two baking
common past activities, using trays with wax paper.
simple linking words.
Finally, we divided the mixture into ten equal sized dough balls and
41 Writing: Can write a story,
linking simple sentences after Mom placed them on the baking trays, I pressed them down into
together in a sequence. a cookie shape. We put them in the oven. I was impressed to see how
fast we made the most delicious cookies. It took only 15 minutes!

Think Right At 6 pm, Dad and Ajay finished mowing the lawn and the cookies
were ready. It was a great evening. We watched a movie while eating
Think of some household chores
you did last week. the cookies.
Explain the importance of doing
those tasks.

2 Circle the verbs in past progressive in the text.

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Past Progressive (affirmative)

We use past progressive to:

• express an action that was happening at a specific time in the past:

Mom was mixing butter and sugar with the electric mixer.
• describe two actions happening at the same time:
We were eating cookies while we were watching our favorite movie.
• describe an action that was happening when another action occured.
We were walking home when it started to rain.
• an action that continued for some time:
They were mowing the lawn.

Subject Verb be in past Verb + –ing Complement

I / He / She / It / was mixing butter and sugar

You / We / They were mowing the lawn.

When adding –ing to a verb, make sure to follow these spelling rules:

For verbs ending in –ie + –y • Change the –ie to –y and add –ing: lie - lying

For verbs ending in –e • Drop the e and add –ing to the end: bake - baking

For verbs with one syllable that

end with a consonant + short • Double the last consonant and add –ing: put - putting
vowel + consonant pattern

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3 Match.

I was walking the dog for 15 minutes.

They were making the hamburgers when we arrived.
Yesterday at 5 pm I was doing the laundry.
I was drying the dishes while my brother was cleaning the table.

a. Describes two actions happening at the same time.

b. Describes something that was happening when another action occured.
c. Shows that an action continued for some time.
d. Expresses an action that was happening at a specific time in the past.

4 Complete each sentence with the correct auxiliary.

a. Janet unloading the dishwasher.

b. Pete folding clean clothes.

c. Sofi and John cleaning the bathroom.

d. Charly and Sam washing the windows.

e. Cleo washing the car.

f. Rafa and his mother preparing a delicious soup.

5 Complete each sentence using one verb from the box in past progressive. There is one extra choice.

dust cook clean vacuum sweep

Yesterday at 5 pm, While Dad was mopping, I the fish tank

I dinner. I , and Mom when a fish jumped out the
. fishbowl.

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6 Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

a. Sara was (set) the table.

b. Michael was (wash) the dishes.
c. Sandra and Fred were (clean) the cat’s litter box.
d. Pamela and Jim were (tie) some ropes
to hang the laundry.
e. Kevin was (do) the laundry.
f. Felisa was (water) the plants.

7 Circle the correct option.

Grammar Coach
a. Mayumi and his family the house yesterday morning.
Remember to follow the
were cleaning cleaning was cleaning –ing spelling rules.
b. They were all with different tasks.
was helping helped helping
c. At 3 pm, Mayumi was a noodle soup.
preparring preparing was preparing
d. Her brother dumplings.
were cooking was cooking cooking
e. Mayumi and her family were when I called.
eating were eating was eating

8 Complete the conversation using the verbs in parentheses.

What were you doing

when it started raining?
I
(hang out) the laundry.

Really?
Yes. Mom (feed) my
baby sister and Dad
(take) a shower so I had to take all the
I (help) Dad to paint
clothes in by myself. What were you doing?
the fence. It was a mess. We got all wet!
Fortunately, my brother
(clean) the windows at that moment, so he saw Your brother is always very
that we needed help and he rushed to help us. kind and helpful. I wish mine
were the same.

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9 Think about the last time you and your family did the housework together. Use the graphic organizer to
record details. Follow the example.

brother • was washing the dishes

10 Use the information you recorded in the graphic organizer in Activity 9 to narrate what you and your family
were doing. Illustrate.

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11 Play Charades using your narration in Activity 10.

• Get into teams.

• Mime the activities in your narration.
• The rest of the group has to guess the activity you are miming
and say a sentence using the past progressive.
• If they guess correctly, they score a point.
• The team with the most points wins!

12 Write the sentences you said in Activity 11.

13 Look at the picture and discuss the questions with your class.

• How does she feel?

• Is it fair to have only one person doing
all the household chores? Cultural Note
Home appliances help
us to do household
chores, but they were
not invented until the
20th century. Before
Contentment household applicances
If you practice contentment, you will be able to appreciate all your were invented, people
experiences, even the ones you consider unpleasant. did all the chores
How can you make housework fun? manually.

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6 How Can We Express Gratitude?

1 Read the title and look at the picture. What do you think the story
is about?
Grammar
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chocolate Cake
Past Progressive (negative and
interrogative) Frida planned her birthday party for weeks. She wanted it to be
perfect. It isn't every day that you turn eleven, right?
Value: Gratitude
The party was celebrated last Saturday. By noon, Frida was
GSE:
decorating her garden. Was she using balloons to decorate? No, she
39 Reading: Can predict what a wasn't. She knew balloons weren't eco-friendly; instead, she made
short, simple text is about from some colorful pinwheels with recycled paper and put them all around.
the title, a picture, etc. if guided The garden was looking beautiful!
by questions or prompts.
All her classmates were invited. The first guests arrived around 3 pm.
37 Speaking: Can ask what There was a little pool, a trampoline, and some swings hanging from a
others were doing in the past, tree in Frida’s garden. By 4:30 pm, a magician was giving a wonderful
given a model. show. Were Frida’s friends having fun? Of course, everybody was
40 Writing: Can write about past very happy, especially Frida who could not wait to cut her delicious
activities using simple language, chocolate cake. She asked her brother to take the cake out and put it
given a model. on a table that was in the garden. As soon as the show finished, Frida
asked her friends to gather around the table, but when they got there
the cake had disappeared! They were shocked!
Think Right Frida knew only Rebeca and Daniel could help her to solve this
mystery. Rebeca and Daniel weren’t standing around the table. Where
Think of an experience in which could they be? Frida found them behind a tree looking for clues.
somebody helped you to solve a “Don’t worry Frida. We’ll help you to find your cake,” said Daniel.
problem.
How did you thank the person
who helped you?

2 Underline questions and negative sentences that have the verb

to be in past and the main verb + –ing in the text.

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Past Progressive (negative and interrogative)

Negative
Subject Verb be in past Main verb + –ing Complement
I / He / She / It wasn’t (was not)
using them.
You / We / they weren’t were (not)

Interrogative
Verb be in past Subject Main verb + –ing Complement
Was I / He / She / It
having fun?
Were We / You / They

Common time expressions used with past progressive

when while always

constantly all that time in those days

all day all evening for hours

When speaking or in
informal writing, we can use
the contraction wasn’t instead
of was not.

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3 Write A for affirmative, I for interrogative, and N for negative.

a. A magician was giving a wonderful show.

b. Frida wasn’t cutting her cake.
c. Frida was decorating the garden.
d. Was she using balloons to decorate?
e. Were Rebeca and Daniel looking for clues?
f. They weren’t standing around the table.

4 Circle the verb that best completes each sentence.

Rebeca and Daniel, who were known to solve the most difficult mysteries, started to ask questions
to try to understand what had happened with the cake…

a. Were all the guests haveing / having fun in the garden when the cake disappeared?
b. Was Frida’s brother sitting / siting near the table?
c. Was Frida swiming / swimming in the pool?
d. Was Sofi jumping / jumpping on the trampoline?
e. Were Jacob and Janet chaseing / chasing Frida’s dog?
f. Was Pedro climbing / climb a tree?

5 Check (✔) the word(s) that best complete each sentence.

Rebeca and Daniel started their investigation. Frida’s aunt showed a video she recorded with
her smartphone. After watching it, they found out that…

a. Frida’s brother was near the cake. weren’t not

b. Frida wasn’t a swimming suit. wearing not wearing

c. Sofi was on the trampoline. not jumping not jumping

d. Jacob and Janet weren’t with the dog. not playing playing

e. Pedro on a tree branch. was standing were standing

f. Frida was with Daniel. talking talked

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6 Unscramble the words to make questions.

a. 6 / at / were / pm / What / doing / you / ?

b. watching / the / Were / show / you / magician’s / ?
c. sitting / near / table / Were / you / the / ?
d. you / Were / waiting / cake / cut / the / to?

7 Complete the dialogue by changing the affirmative sentences to negative.

Grammar Coach
Remember to check
Rebeca had two suspects… No, subject-verb agreement
when writing sentences
in past progressive.
I think Bones was
eating the cake at 5:05.

The raccoons
were stealing No,
the cake at 5:15.

8 Complete the text with auxiliaries and verbs from the box. Say who took Frida’s cake.

take shine talk look watch pay happen

All of us the magician’s show and we attention to what

around us. We didn’t notice that the cake frosting was melting.
Frida’s mom through the window? Yes! I saw her and she probably realized that it was
very hot. We were so entertained that we didn’t notice that around 5:05 pm, Frida’s mom
the cake inside. Then the phone rang, and she went upstairs. When we started looking for the cake, she
on the phone. That’s why she didn’t notice that Frida was upset about her cake. Look!
There she is, taking the cake back to the table. Let’s go and sing Happy Birthday to Frida!

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9 Get into teams. Use the graphic organizer to write ideas for a detective story.

What happened?

When? Where?

Who? How was it solved?

10 Work in pairs. Write six questions that a detective may ask to solve the mystery you wrote about in
Activity 9. Then ask and answer the questions in pairs.

Were you riding your bike yesterday at 12 pm?

No, I wasn’t riding my bike. I was walking.

Questions Answers

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11 Work in teams. Act out the story you wrote about in

Activity 9. Don’t forget to include an action to show
gratitude to the people who helped you to solve the
mystery.

12 Write questions about another team’s detective story.

13 Look at the picture and discuss the question with your class.

Cultural Note
World Gratitude Day
• How can you express gratitude? is celebrated on
September 21. Sri
Chinmoy, an Indian
spiritual leader who
was working for
the United Nations,
Gratitude suggested it as a
way in which people
Helping people appreciate what they received in life, strengthens
around the world could
relationships.
be grateful for all the
Do you think it's important to be grateful? Why or why not? good things they have.

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7 How Do Friends Enrich Our Lives?

1 Read the captions and circle the one that contains a cause-effect
Grammar relationship.

Simple past Vs. Past progressive adventureboy …

Value: Friendship
My friends and I went camping
GSE:
last weekend.
38 Reading: Can identify the #Puntallen
parts of some short, non- #beautifulmexicanbeaches
fictional text types (e.g. notes, #happykids
captions, blogs, instructions).
37 Speaking: Can talk about
basic personal experiences,
using simple linking words.
38 Writing: Can write simple
captions for pictures.

Think Right
What do you like to do with your
friends?
How would your life be with no
friends?
Rob, Regina, and I were kayaking Meanwhile, Romina, Ivan, and Sara
at noon. were making sand sculptures.
#artinthebeach #kayaking #noon

We were eating marshmallows and

We were snorkeling when a turtle telling scary stories when it started The fire went out and we got
appeared. to rain. #campingfood #goosebumps all wet.
#snorkeling #sealife #marinesports #campingfire #campingvibes #soaked#bffs

2 Underline the verbs in simple past. Circle the verbs in past

progressive.

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Simple Past Vs. Past Progressive

One of the uses of past progressive is to express two actions happening at the same time.
Rob, Regina, and I were kayaking at noon.
Meanwhile Romina, Ivan, and Sara were making sand sculptures.

We use simple past to talk about completed actions and facts in the past
The fire went out.

Past Progressive Simple Past

past tense of be
Auxiliaries did
(is, am, are)
Main Verb –ing form base form

Time while, when, constantly, always, by the

yesterday, last, ago, recently, etc.
Expressions time, etc.

We use past progressive and simple past together to indicate that:

An action (A) was happening in the past when an action (B) interrupted

A We were eating marshmallows and telling scary stories.

B It started to rain.

Use when to link two actions.

We were eating marshmallows and telling scary stories when it started to rain.

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3 Write SP if the sentence is in simple past and PP if it is in past progressive. In case you have both tenses
in the same sentence write 2.

a. Brenda was playing video games at home last

Friday evening when Lina called.
b. She invited her to the movies.
c. They watched a 3D movie.
d. They were eating popcorn and drinking soda
while watching it.
e. They had a great time.

4 Match the sentence halves.

One use of simple past is a. to express two actions happening at the same time.
One use of past progressive is b. in the –ing form.
A time expression that can be used with c. to talk about completed actions.
simple past is
A time expression that can be used with d. in its past form.
past progressive is
The main verb in simple past is e. yesterday.
The main verb in past progressive is f. when.

5 Complete each sentence with the correct auxiliary.

a. Toby and Luca skating in the park yesterday evening?

b. Yes, Toby teaching Luca how to do an “ollie” on the ramp.
c. Luca paying attention to every move that Toby did.
d. Toby teach Luca the “kick turn”?
e. Luca learn how to do the “kick turn” but he learned how to “ride switch”.
f. they have fun?

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6 Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

a. Tamara (plan) a pajama party to celebrate

her birthday.
b. She (invite) her friends to sleep over.
c. They (eat) pizza.
d. Barbara was (paint) her nails when her
mother (knock) .
e. They were (play) ‘Truth or Dare’ before
going to bed.
f. Tamara (have) the best birthday ever!

7 Circle the correct option. Grammar Coach

Remember that did is
a. I on a school trip last month. the auxiliary for simple
past and the verb to
went go were going
be in past (was / were)
b. We for an hour. is used with past
progressive.
was walking were walking walk
c. Fred and I our binoculars to see a herd of deer when our teacher
us it was time to go back.
was telling told use were using used
d. I truly this time out with my friends.
enjoyed was enjoying enjoy

8 Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. If necessary, add an auxiliary.

a. Last summer I a theater workshop. ( join)

b. At the beginning, I sure if I was going to like
it. (not be)
c. It was fantastic! I wonderful friends there. (make)
d. We and all day long.
(dance / sing)
e. At the end, we a musical. (presented)
f. we it? A lot! (enjoy)

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9 Follow the instructions to play Snakes and Ladders.

• Get into small groups. You’ll need a token for each one and one dice.
• Roll the dice and move your token the number of squares it indicates.
• If you land on a ladder, say a sentence in past progressive.
• If you land on a snake, say a sentence in simple past.
• All the sentences should be related to activities that you share with your friends and the form depends on
the number on which you land:
• affirmative: 1, 5, 8, 12, 16, 22, 24
• negative: 2, 3, 10, 15, 19, 20, 23, 25
• interrogative: 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21
• The first player to get to the Finish square wins!

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10 Think of an activity you and your friends did and would like to share on social media. Draw or paste pictures
of what you were doing. Write captions and hashtags. Follow the model on page 38.

11 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the pictures in Activity 10.

12 Write the questions you asked your partner in Activity 11.

13 Look at the picture and discuss the questions with your class.

• Why do you think these friends are doing a Cultural Note

jumble sale?
• What can you do with your friends to help other The meaning of the
people? word friend has
remained the same
for hundreds of years.
About 1,500 years
ago, the word people
Friendship used was: frijōndz
Building friendship bonds among the members of a community helps which was the present
to attain common goals easily. participle of the verb
frijōną that means “to
How can you and your friends support each other to attain a
love”.
common goal.

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Lesso Review
Past Progressive (affirmative, negative, and interrogative)
Simple past Vs. Past progressive
GSE:
41 Listening: Can understand the reasons for someone’s actions or choice.

1 Listen to the conversation and answer the questions with complete sentences. 2

a. Did Rosy go to the amusement park?

b. Why were her parents angry at her?

c. What did she do?

d. What was Rosy doing when her friends showed up?

e. What were Vera and Kim doing while Rosy was mowing the lawn?

f. How did Rosy feel?

2 Write sentences describing the pictures.

Yesterday morning… Last Tuesday at 6 pm…

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3 Complete the table.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

Were they answering questions?
I wasn’t looking for clues.
He was eating carrots.

4 Complete the paragraph using the verbs in brackets in past or past progressive.

Last Friday, I (watch) TV when my phone (ring).

It was my friend Joshua. He (invite) me to his yoga class. I
(be – not) sure if it was a good idea to attend the class because I’m
not flexible at all but he (insist) so I (decide)
to give it a try. We (arrive) at a beautiful park where we
(see) the teacher standing next to a big tree. She (give) me a mat and
(tell) me to sit down and close my eyes. The class (begin)
with some breathing exercises and then we (do) some asanas. The
teacher (guide) the class while the birds were . (sing).
She didn’t (force – not) me to do the postures, but instead she
(say), “Only flow”. When the class (be) over, I
(feel) so relaxed and grateful that I (hug) Joshua very hard for
being such a good friend.

5 Write sentences about the picture.

Last Sunday at 6 o’clock… Use past progressive in affirmative form.

a.
b.

Use past progressive in negative and interrogative form.

c.
d.

Use past progressive VS simple past.

e.
f.

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