Metodika uzbek 2018. indd

Activity 4a Read Aziz’s story and answer the question.  7 min
Objectives: to present the new structure (Past Continuous Tense); 
to practise reading for gist 
STEP 1: The pupils read the text silently. 
STEP 2: When they finish, ask them to answer the question. The 
answer may be: “The children were busy because their rooms were untidy, 

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and they were tidying them up”. You can accept any answers with correct 
information, even if there are mistakes in the language. The pupils may 
also want to add what each of the children was doing.
STEP 2: Ask the pupils:
1) When did the grandfather and grandmother come? (At 11 o’clock.)
2) Was the house clean? (No.)
3) What were the children doing when the grandparents came? 
Write on the board the answers: Sabina was dusting the room. Madina 
and Davron were working in the yard. Aziz was cleaning the rug.
4) Underline was dusting – were working
Establish that this is the Past Continuous Tense. (Continuous action 
in the past).
Say that the pupils can find more information about Past Continuous 
on Page 122.