a) Look at the grammar box and find the past simple forms in the texts in task 4. Highlight them in one colour. b) Now find the past progressive forms and highlight them in another colour. c) Use the grammar box to complete the sentences with the correct form of the past tense. 1. Sam was walking 1 (walk) home from the public pool one day when he suddenly 2 (hear) someone shouting for help. While he 3 (look) for the person, it 4 (get) darker and darker until he couldn’t see a thing. 2. On our way to the water park, our car 5 (break) down. We 6 (wait) for hours before the tow truck came and 7 (take) us to the garage. 3. Florence 8 (get) a dog for her birthday. What a great surprise! Everybody 9 (chat) and 10 (dance) in the garden when her parents 11 (surprise) her with the present. 4. One day I 12 (swim) in the sea when I 13 (be) hurt by a jellyfish, not something I can recommend! Writing: An event in the past Now choose one event from your holidays and write about it in detail by using both the past simple and the past progressive. Write a text of about 100 words. You could start like this: It was at the beginning of the holidays … I was on my way to … One of my best memories of summer is … 6 Word bank after that • before • suddenly • when • while • until W Focus on form: Past tense simple and past tense progressive 5 Grammar See 1 G 1 What were you doing when it happened? Past tense progressive Past tense simple I was walking home when I suddenly heard my name. We were having dinner when my friend called. What were you doing while something else was going on? Past tense progressive Past tense progressive What were you doing while you were waiting? He was reading while she was watching TV? G 11 1 eleven Nur zu Prüfzw cken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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