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EXERCISE =-ORAL: Perform and describe actions using while-clauses or wlien-clauses.
STUDENT A: Perform your action. Use the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE to describe what
you are doing. Continue to perform the action.
STUDENT B: Perform your action, then stop. . , ! i d .I
STUDENT A: After Student B stops, you stop too.
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Example: A: erase the board
B: open the door . IC! :I w 4 .(I ,I mriW :
TEACHER: (Student A), what are you doing?
STUDENT A: I'm erasing the board right now. .~ -
TEACHER: (Student B), would you please open the door? . . - , a ,
STUDENT B: (Student B opens the door.)
TEACHER: Thank you. You may both sit down again. (Student C), will you please
describe the two actions we saw?
STUDENT C: While (Student A) was erasing the board, (Student B) opened the door. OR:
(Student A) was erasing the board when (Student B) opened the door.
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1. A: Write on the board.
B: Drop a book on the floor. I t w s rtc&[ ~ .?
. . 2. A: Walk around the room.
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3. A: Look out the window.
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4. A: Draw a picture on the board.
B: Ask (Student A) a question.
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(a) Jane ccrB.d me yesterday.
(b) I talked to Jane for an hour last night.
(c) We went to Jack's house last Friday.
(d) What time did you get up this morning?
(e) I was stdying when Jane called me
yesterday.
( f ) While I was atuc&ing last night,
Jane called
(g) I opmed my umbrella when it &ega~
to rain.
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le simplo past describes activities or situations that
oegan and ended at a particular time in the past (e.g.,
yesterday, k t night).
The pastproprsruive describes an activity that was in
progress (was happening) at the time another action
happened. In (e) and (0: The smdying was in
progress when Jane called.
If both the when-clause and the main clause in a
sentence are simple past, it means that the action in the
wh-clause happened h t and the action in the main
clause happened second. In (g): First, it began to rain;
:ond, I opened my umbrella.
In (h): Fist, the phone rang; second, I answered it.
(h) When the phone ram, I answered i In (i): First, the studying was in progress; second, the
( i ) When the phone rang, I was phone rang.
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