Blog Session 6

Dear Class,


Today is the third time -out of four- you'll choose what to blog about. Blog Session 8, will be the last time you have to decide the topic.
Remember to check regular and irregular verbs in the past, if you're not sure, you can check a list with the three columns. If you're to write about something that happened to you last weekend, last week or last year you need the correct conjugation. Also, you can use past continuous. When we are telling stories, we often begin with the action or actions that started first and were in progress (past continuous) when the main actions  happened. Most of the details of the story are then told in the past simple. This is used much more often than the past continuous. Look at these example:


I was staying in the centre of the city and there was a bomb scare. They closed all the roads, so we missed our flight home.
I was talking on the phone when the doorbell rang.


On the other hand, if you'd like to talk about something that could happen, use conditional forms (first, second and/or third one). And if you are writing about the future, you can predict by using future continuous as in: In 2018, people will be watching digital TV and 3D films at home because it's going to be more popular than today.


Hope you can find a topic of your interest to blog about.


Good luck,


Belén