Past Continuous 7. Match the words in the box with the pictures. Write 1 8 in the boxes. 1. crisps 2. traffic lights 3. wig 4. cat s eyes 5. typewriter 6. biro 7. hair dye 8. TV a b c d e f g h 8. Read the texts. What do you think each person invented? Choose from the objects in exercise 7. 9. Listen to the complete stories and check your answers. (Track 22) It was 1933 and Percy Shaw, from England, was driving home at night along a dark road. He was worried because it was raining and he couldn t see very well. Then he saw something in the middle of the road. In 1853, in a restaurant in New York, people were having dinner. A man was eating fried potatoes, but he didn t like them. He called for the cook and told him that potatoes were too thick. The cook, George Crum, got angry. In the 1920s in Scotland, John Logie Baird and a friend were talking on the phone. Baird thought the telephone was an amazing invention. While he was listening to his friend, he began to think, I d really like to invent a machine like this but for the eye, not for the ear.
In 1907, a French chemist called Eugene Schueller was talking to a woman in his shop. She was getting older and her hair was going grey. In 1935, in a newspaper office in Budapest, a young Hungarian reporter was writing a story for the next day. He was unhappy with his pen because while he was writing, he had to stop many times to fill it with ink. And so he started to think. a. Listen again and answer the questions. 1. What did Percy Shaw see in the middle of the road? 2. Why was George Crum surprised? 3. Why was the French woman unhappy? 4. What was the young Hungarian s family name? 10. Look at the examples. Pency Shaw was driving home at night people were having dinner a. Underline other examples of the past continuous in the texts on pages 19 and 20. Then read the rule and complete the table.
11. Which sentences best describe the drawings. Affirmative Negative Interrogative Short answer I/he/she/it I/he/she/it I/he/she/ Yes, I/he/she/. working (was not) working it working? No, I/he/she/ (was not). you/we/they you/we/they weren t you/we/ Yes, you/we/they. working (were not) working they working? No, you/we/they (were not). We use the past continuous to talk about: a. An action happening in the past when another action interrupted it. b. An action in progress at a certain time in the past. c. Two or more actions which were happening simultaneously in the past. 12. What were they doing at 6 o clock yesterday evening? Use the prompts to ask and answer. Joe Ann & Tom ride a motorbike ( )/fly a helicopter ( ) drive home ( )/have a snack ( ) A: Was Max playing the piano? B: No, he wasn t. He was playing the violin. Max play the piano ( )/play the violin ( ) Tim read a comic ( )/walk the dog ( ) Bob & Liz listen to music ( )/watch TV ( )
13. Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous form of the verbs. 15. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the words in the box. 1. A: Where were you going (you/go) when I saw you this morning? B: I (run) to my friend s house. I was late and she (wait) for me. 2. A: What (you/do) when I phoned you? B: I (watch) TV. 3. A: (your parents/live) in Italy when you were born? B: No, they (live) in London. My father (work) for the Italian Embassy. 4. A: (your sister/dance) with Mary at the party last night? B: Yes, she was. They (dance) all night. 5. A: Who (you/play) tennis with yesterday? B: I (play) with Paolo. He s very good. 1. Jessica slipped on a skin, fell down and sprained her ankle. 2. Peter jumped off a, fell down and hurt his and his back. 14. Ask your classmate what he/she was doing at different times yesterday. 3. Tina fell of her and hurt her knee. A: What were you doing at seven o clock yesterday morning? B: I was having breakfast. 4. Jack crashed into a, hit his head and his wrist.
15. Read the dialogue. What do you think happened to Phil? Phil! What s the matter with you? Did you have an accident? Yeah! What happened to you? Well, believe it or not, I had two accidents yesterday. Two? But how? It s a long story. Yesterday morning I was riding my bike in the park. Suddenly, I saw two dogs. They were chasing a cat. And? Well, I fell off my bike and broke my arm. Ouch! But the dogs weren t chasing you. I know, but I m afraid of dogs. Oh yeah, I forgot. What about your head? Well, later in the afternoon we were driving home from the hospital with my mum and we crashed into a car. That s how I hurt my head. Poor you! Is your mum OK? Yeah, she s fine. She was wearing a seatbelt. Weren t you? No, I couldn t. My arm really hurt. 16. Write a short paragraph about an accident you had..