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Sounding Natural
7 a Track 41 Listen to the sentences. How do we say was and were when we speak naturally?
1 It was coming towards me.
2 I was overtaking the bus.
3 We were standing on the street.
4 They were coming towards the traffic lights.
b Track 41 Listen again and copy the pronunciation.
Time to Talk
8 a Work on your own. Use the table below to make notes about an accident. It can be:
• an accident that happened to you
• an accident that you saw
• an accident that you heard about
background detail
the main events of
what I was doing at what other people other information. the story
the time were doing (weather, clothing, etc.)
standing on the a woman – riding about two years I saw a woman fall
street a bicycle, talking ago off her bicycle.
on her phone
b Work with a partner. Tell your story.
example About two years ago, as I was standing on the street,
I saw a woman fall off her bicycle. She was…
c Tell the class about your partner’s story.
example Rick saw a woman fall off her bicycle. Homework WXUQ WR SDJH
He was standing on the street…
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