Simple Past Tense and Past Progressive

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Simple Past Tense andPast Progressive

• FOG Unit 2

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Background Notes

• Nobel Prizes are granted each year for
  extraordinary work in medicine, science,
  literature, economics, and peace.
• Conga is a type of fast Latin American music.

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Super Couples

• Mild-mannered gentle in behavior
• The man of steel nickname for Superman,
  because of his strength
• Propose ask someone to marry
• Accomplish achieve
• Physicist scientist who studies matter and
  energy
• Radioactivity quality of substances having
  radiation
• Talent special ability
• Convince persuade
• Solo alone

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Comprehension text 1 (p.10)

• What was the Curies researching?
• Who won the second Nobel Prize?

• Radioactivity
• Marie

http//nobelprize.org/physics/articles/curie/
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Comprehension text 2 (p.10)

• What was Gloria doing when she met Emilio
  Estefan?
• How did Gloria break her back?

• Studying in high school
• In a traffic accident

http//www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000
0028TU/refpd_sim_music_2/104-3968292-0346310?vgl
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Comprehension text 3 (p.10)

• When did Sergei and Ekaterina get married?
• What was Sergei Grinkov doing when he collapsed?

• two years after they winning their first Gold
  Medal.
• He was practising.

http//www.gg-corner.de/pictures1989.htm