El fondo de la escena y la acción que la interrumpe.
Colegio Ángeles del NorteInglés · L. R. Montaño Rincón
🎲Calentamiento · warm-up · 10 minutos
Two Minutes of Silence
Dos minutos de silencio
How to play · Cómo se juega
1
Two minutes of complete silence. Write down every sound you hear, in English.
Dos minutos de silencio absoluto. Anota en inglés todos los sonidos que oigas.
2
Use the sentence pattern on the next screen: «I can hear…» or «Someone is…»
Usa el patrón de la siguiente pantalla: «I can hear…» o «Someone is…»
3
Compare lists. Two points for a sound nobody else heard.
Comparen las listas. Dos puntos por un sonido que nadie más oyó.
Example · ejemplo
I can hear a motorbike. Someone is laughing outside. The fan is making a noise.
Oigo una moto. Alguien se ríe afuera. El ventilador hace ruido.
Useful English · frases que necesitas
I can hear a dog.
Oigo un perro.
Someone is walking.
Alguien está caminando.
I heard that too!
¡Yo también lo oí!
Nobody else heard it.
Nadie más lo oyó.
🎮Two Minutes of Silence · el juego
Los patrones y el vocabulario que vas a necesitar
Escribe con estos patrones. Abajo, los sonidos más comunes en inglés.
Patrón 1
I can hear + a noun.
Oigo + un sustantivo. Ej.: I can hear a car.
Patrón 2
Someone is + verb-ing.
Alguien está + verbo. Ej.: Someone is talking.
Patrón 3
The + noun + is + verb-ing.
El/la + sustantivo + está + verbo. Ej.: The fan is turning.
Vocabulario
a car · a motorbike · footsteps · a door · voices · laughing · shouting · birds · the wind · a phone
un carro · una moto · pasos · una puerta · voces · risas · gritos · pájaros · el viento · un teléfono
❓Antes de aprender · pregunta problematizadora
What were you doing when it happened?
01Piensa en algo que te interrumpió ayer.
02¿Qué estabas haciendo antes?
03¿Qué pasó de repente?
🎯Al terminar este tema podrás
Desempeños
I
Formar el past continuous con was / were + verb-ing.
II
Contrastar acciones en desarrollo con acciones puntuales.
III
Usar when y while para narrar historias.
💡La idea central
La escena y la interrupción
El past continuous pinta el fondo: algo en desarrollo. El simple past entra de golpe y lo interrumpe.
“I was walking home when it started to rain.”
La línea larga es el continuous; el punto es el simple past.
🧩La fórmula
Sujeto
I / She / They
+
Auxiliar
was / were
+
Verbo
verb + -ing
They were studying at eight o'clock.I / he / she / it → was. You / we / they → were.
Afirmativa · Negativa · Pregunta
Affirmative
I was reading. She was cooking. They were playing.
was / were + -ing
Negative
I wasn't reading. She wasn't cooking. They weren't playing.
wasn't / weren't
Interrogative
Was I reading? Was she cooking? Were they playing?
Yes, I was. / No, I wasn't.
📌Conectores
When marca · While acompaña
WHEN + simple past
when
the phone
rang
when
she
arrived
when
it
started
when
we
saw him
WHILE + past continuous
while
I was
sleeping
while
they were
eating
while
he was
driving
while
we were
talking
Cuándo usar cada uno
Acción en curso — past continuous
At 7 pm I was studying.
Acción puntual — simple past
The lights went out.
Dos acciones a la vez — while + continuous
She was cooking while he was reading.
Interrupción — continuous + when + past
I was sleeping when you called.
Secuencia — simple past encadenado
He woke up, got dressed and left.
Atmósfera — continuous para describir
The sun was shining.
🏠Así se dice en la vida real
Lo que estabas haciendo cuando pasó
En casa
I was watching a video when she called.
We were having dinner at eight.
The wifi died while I was playing.
My phone rang while I was sleeping.
En el colegio
I was copying the board when the bell rang.
They were talking during the exam.
While the teacher was explaining, he arrived.
We were leaving when it started to rain.
En la calle
I was waiting for the bus.
She was running when she fell.
We were walking home when we saw them.
It was raining all afternoon.
Ahora cámbialo por tu versión: tu grupo, tu juego, tu horario.
La escena vs. el suceso
Past continuous
She was walking home.
Acción larga, sin final definido. Es el escenario.
Simple past
It started to rain.
Acción corta y terminada. Es el evento.
Regla rápida: while + acción larga, when + acción corta.
📖Lectura contextualizada
The Storm at the Cocora Valley
While Marta was walking through the valley, the sun was shining and a soft breeze was blowing. Suddenly it started to rain. Her family ran to a nearby eco-lodge, where they drank hot chocolate while the storm was passing.
past continuoussimple past
💬Cómic · conversación
The Blackout
A
Ana
What were you doing when the lights went out?
B
Bryan
I was studying. My brother was watching television.
A
Ana
Were you scared?
B
Bryan
No. While we were looking for candles, my mother started to sing.
Foco del diálogo: escena e interrupción. Después de escucharlo, léanlo en parejas cambiando los nombres por los suyos.
🔊Pronunciación · una frase a la vez
La escena y el golpe
Estaba viendo una transmisión en vivo.
Estaban jugando cuando se cayó el internet.
Ella estaba bailando en el escenario.
De repente la música se detuvo.
¿Qué estabas haciendo a las ocho?
Mientras hablábamos, él llegó.
No estaba escuchando al profesor.
Se apagaron las luces.
En «was» y «were» la vocal es corta. La acción que interrumpe suena más marcada.
📺Lectura para proyectar
The Stream That Went Dark
Cincuenta mil personas veían la final cuando algo pasó. Escena en past continuous, golpes en simple past.
Nivel A2 · 115 palabras · unos 2 minutos y medio leyendo en voz alta
Lectura · transmisión en vivo
The Stream That Went Dark
Fifty thousand people were watching the final. The two teams were playing the last round and the chat was moving too fast to read.
Sofía was sitting on her bed with her laptop. Her brother was shouting in the next room.
Suddenly the screen went black. The stream stopped. Nobody knew what happened.
While the fans were writing angry comments, the streamer was looking for a cable under his desk. He found it in four minutes.
When the stream came back, his team had lost the round — but he had thirty thousand new followers.
Glosario
round — ronda
shouting — gritando
went black — se puso en negro
angry — molesto
Después de leer
01What were the two teams doing when the screen went black?
02What was the streamer looking for?
03Find three verbs in past continuous and three in simple past.
✅Opción múltiple · 1 de 3
I ______ TV when the lights went out.
Awatch
Bwas watching
Cwatched
Dhave watched
✅Opción múltiple · 2 de 3
While she ______, the baby woke up.
Acooked
Bwas cooking
Ccooks
Dhas cooked
✅Opción múltiple · 3 de 3
They were playing football ______ it began to snow.
Awhile
Bwhen
Csince
Dduring
🤔True or False
¿Verdadero o falso?
While suele ir con past continuous.
TRUE
FALSE
“I was go to school” es correcto.
TRUE
FALSE
El past continuous se forma con was/were + verbo -ing.
TRUE
FALSE
La acción que interrumpe va en past continuous.
TRUE
FALSE
Con they se usa were.
TRUE
FALSE
🔗Asociar · matching
Inicio → final de la oración
Haz clic en la mitad izquierda y luego en su final.
I was cooking
While they were talking,
She was reading
We were sleeping
when the storm started.
while it was raining.
the bell rang.
when he arrived.
📝Completar el espacio
Fill in the blanks
was
while
were
when
1. He running in the park.
2. They watching a film.
3. It happened we were eating.
4. I was studying you called me.
🔢Ordenar la oración
Build the sentence
the
out
reading
went
lights
was
when
I
🔍Encontrar el error
Find the mistake
She werewalkinghome
They was playinthe park
While I ate the phone rang
🏁Después de aprender
Lo esencial
was/were + -ing para el fondo · simple past para el suceso · while acompaña, when interrumpe.
Tarea: narra en seis oraciones algo que te interrumpió esta semana, usando los dos tiempos.