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I can tell a short stery osiny past ttnses.

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1    $1.16 Read and listen. Are the sentences true or false?

1    Lauda had an accident on 1 August 1976.

2    It was raining that day.

3    Guy Edwards caused the accident.

On 1 August 1976, Niki Lauda was raclng m the German

Grand Prix when he had a terrible accident. The weather was bad - it was raining. While Lauda was going round a comer, he suddenly lost control of his Ferrari. The car crashed and caught fire. Another driver, Guy Edwards, was com ng towards the corner when he saw Lauda inside the burning car. He stopped and pulled Lauda out.

Look at the past continuous forms in the text. Complete the table with the correct form of the yerb be.

Past continuous

affirmative

I_sleeping. We_reading.

negative

It_raining. They_listening.

lnterrogative

_you playing? What_he doing?

Study the information in the Learn this! box. Underline one example of each use in the text in exercise 1.

^ 1 We use the past continuous to describe a scene in x the past.

The sun was shining. Birds were singing.

< 2 We use the past simple for a sequence of actions or events that happened one after the other.

I I stood up, walked to the door and left the room.

™ 3 We use the past continuous and the past simple I together when we describe a sudden action or event I that interrupted a longer action or event.

' While I was walking to school, my phone rang.

I    [longer action]    [interruption]

• • Grammar Builder (20): page 106

4    Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

It was 17 March 1984. Thousands of

people ¹_(stand) on the banks

of the rivcr Thames in London. They

¹_(wait) for the start of the

annual (Mord and Cambridge Boat Race. But while the Cambridge boat

’_(go) under a bridge, it

*_(hit) another boat Soon, it

was elear that the boat⁵_(sink),

so they⁶_(row) to the bank.

The race ’_(take place) the next

day - and Cambridge ⁸_(lose).

5    MUMMIMri Work in pairs. Look at the cartoon story and answer the guestions. Use the words in brackets to help you.

1    What was the weather like? (the sun/shine, warm)

What was the girl doing? (sit/on a bench, watch/baseball match)

2    What did the player do? (hit the bali)

What did the dog do? (run onto the pitch)

3    What did the dog do next? (catch the bali)

What happened to the player? (fali over)

4    What did the girl do? (take the dog off the pitch)

What were the spectators doing? (laugh and cheer)

6    Work in pairs. Look at the cartoon story for one

morę minutę. Close your books and tell the story to your partner. Use the past simple and past continuous.

The sun was shining. It was a lovely warm day.

A gid was sitting ...