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    The document summarizes a passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It describes Alice sitting in the garden feeling bored. She sees her sister reading and her cat mewing. Suddenly, a white rabbit runs by saying "Oh dear, I shall be too late." Alice follows the rabbit down its hole and sees objects like books and bottles along the sides. The passage is then followed by comprehension tasks analyzing the tense and sequence of events.

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    The document summarizes a passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It describes Alice sitting in the garden feeling bored. She sees her sister reading and her cat mewing. Suddenly, a white rabbit runs by saying "Oh dear, I shall be too late." Alice follows the rabbit down its hole and sees objects like books and bottles along the sides. The passage is then followed by comprehension tasks analyzing the tense and sequence of events.

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    Tarek Ben Ziad Secondary School Miss : ABDELLAH

    Read the following passage taken from "The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor".

    .....Unfortunately, when I reached the summit, the island began to move. At first, I thought it was an
    earthquake, but then I realised that the ‘island’ was not an island at all. It was a whale! I started to run
    back to the ship, but before I reached it, the whale threw me down in the water. When I came back to the
    surface, I realised that the ship was sailing away from me. Soon I saw nothing around me, except water
    and a floating box. I climbed on the box and let myself float on the sea for many days and nights until I
    landed on an island, a real island this time.......

    Consider the following example then do the task .


    The whale threw me down the water .
    Task: 1. In which tense is the underlined verb in the sentence ?
    a) Future simple b) past simple c) Future perfect
    2. Complete the following table :
    Affirmative The whale threw me down the water .
    Negative .................................................................
    Interrogative ..................................................................
    ....................................................................
    Stating the rule : 1. The rule of form

    a. Affirmative

    b. Negative

    C.Interrogativ
    e
    2. The rule of meaning . Fill in the gaps to get the rule
    The past simple is used for actions which ............... and ......................in the .....................
    Task . Write affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in the PAST SIMPLE.
    a. Alison went to the cinema yesterday.
    .......................................................................................................................................
    ........................................................................................................................................
    b. Did you buy a new CD last week ?
    ........................................................................................................................................
    ........................................................................................................................................
    c. Kevin didn’t find his book in the classroom .
    ........................................................................................................................................
    ........................................................................................................................................

    Study the following situation then answer the questions


    Jim , Bob and jack played football from 2 P.M . to 4 P.M. yesterday
    What were they doing at 3 P.M ?
    ................................................................................................................................................................
    The action of playing at 3 p.m was :
    a. in progress and not finished b. the action is not in progress C. The action was finished
    The tense used in the sentence is :
    a. past simple b. Future perfect C. past continuous .
    Complete the following table with the above example .
    Affirmative ................................................................. .
    Negative .................................................................
    Interrogative ..................................................................
    ....................................................................
    Stating the rule . 1. The rule of form
    a. Affirmative

    b. Negative

    C.Interrogativ
    e
    2. The rule of meaning . Fill in the gaps to get the rule
    The past continuous is used for .................... actions in the ....................that were in ......................
    Activity
    2-Read what Rachid and karim did yesterday.

    6.30 woke up. 7.30 -8.30 have breakfast 9.20-10.15 run until the park.

    11.00-12.45 revise lessons 1.00-2.15 had lunch 2.30- 4.45 play chess

    6.05-6.45 visited a friend 8.30-9.00 cooked a meal 9.30-11.00 listened to music

    3- Pair work : ask and answer questions about what Rachid and karim were doing at the times
    bellow.

    Example : a- What were they doing at 9.45 am ?

    b- They were running until the park.

    8.00 am 3.00 pm 8.45pm 11.30 am 6.30 pm 10.00pm

    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ..................................................................................................................
    ............................................
    Read the following passage taken from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland then do the tasks
    It was spring, and Alice was sitting in the garden. She had nothing to do. Her sister was reading while her
    cat Dinah was mewing. But Alice did not find the book interesting .”How stupid !“ she thought , ” a book
    with no pictures or conversation in it “ §1

    The weather was very hot , and Alice felt she was going to sleep . She was just considering what to do when
    suddenly a white rabbit passed near her. §2
    That was not very extraordinary, and Alice did not think it was very strange when she heard the rabbit say to
    itself,” Oh dear ! Oh dear ! I Shall be too late.” She understood later that it was not real ; it was just a bizarre
    dream. But then the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket and looked at it. She was very surprised and curious
    .She got up and hurried after it.”Rabbits don’t have pocket watches” she told herself. §3

    She went after the rabbit into its hole , running very fast. Before she could stop , she found herself falling ,
    falling .falling .But how strange ! There were cupboards and bookshelves , pictures and maps , all down the
    sides of the hole . She was looking at al objects when she was a little bottle on one of the shelves. It was marked
    ‘ DRINK ME ‘ . §4

    Task 01. Work in pairs. Join a line in A with a word in B and a line in C to make correct sentences.

    A B c

    1. Her sister was reading When she saw a little bottle


    2.She was considering what to do her cat was mewing
    While
    3.She was looking at the objects a rabbit suddenly passed near by

    Task 02 . Tick the correct one .


    1. The actions in sentence 01 are actions that:
    a. happened at the same time b. one interrupted the other c. one happened after the other .
    2. The actions in sentence 02 and 03are actions that :
    a. happened at the same time b. one interrupted the other c. one happened after the other

    Task 03. Complete the following table

    Sentence
    Tense + Connector + Tense
    + +
    + +
    Task 04. Use the information in task 02and 03 to fill in the following gaps
    The past continuous / progressive is used for both actions that ..........................................in
    the .............. Both actions are joined with the connector ............... The past continuous and the past
    simple are used together in order to say that one action is in ..........................when the other ..................
    it . Both actions are joined with ..............
    Activity Complete the sentences with the verbs in the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

    1-While I ………………………………(have) a bath this morning , the


    telephone…………………………( ring)
    2- I ………………………….(run) for the bus when……………..( fall) over.
    3-While…………………………. (walk) in the park, a dog …………………..( bite) me.
    4-I …………………………………………..( read) a book when the light ……………………….
    (go) out and I let myself …………………..(fall ) asleep.
    5-I…………………………….(have) a beautiful dream when I …………………(hit) my foot on the
    bed.
    Write affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in the PAST
    SIMPLE.
    . ______________________________________________________________  __________
    ____________________________________________________ 
    _____ ______________________________________________________________ c.
    Kevin didn’t find his book in the
    classroom. _____________________________________________________________ ___
    __________________________________________________________ d. Did you sing with
    your friends at the
    party? ___________________________________________________________ _________
    __________________________________________________ e. The police didn’t catch the
    thief.___________________________________________________________ __________
    _________________________________________________ f. Anne and Thomas didn’t
    review for their
    test. _____________________________________________________________ ________
    _____________________________________________________ g. Were you at the
    dentist’s yesterday
    evening? __________________________________________________________

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