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A QUESTION OF SPORT UNIT

11 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the verbs. Use past continuous for the longer
activity and past simple for the shorter one.
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arrive | go | have (x2) | ring
see | talk | walk | watch | write
@ GRAMMAR
0 I was writing an email.
Past continuous vs. past simple My phone r a n g .
1 Alex and Sue a film. Their
7 Look at these sentences from the stories on f r i e n d s .
page 78. Which verbs are in the past continuous 2 Marco breakfast.
and which verbs are in the past simple? He a great idea.
1 Lindsey Vonn cut her hand badly while she was 3 Cristina on the phone.
opening a glass bottle. Her father out.
2 When I was leaving the stage, I tripped and fell down 4 They in the mountains.
the steps. They a strange bird.
3 I was skateboarding down my road when I saw my
12 Join the sentences in Exercise 11 in two different
best friend.
ways. Use w en and w ile.
4 While I was waving, I rode into a lamppost.
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Look at the diagram. Which part tells us the
background action? Which part says what @ VOCABULARY
happened at one moment? Complete the rule.
Adverbs of sequence
/ was skateboarding down t e road.
i----------------------------------------------------- ► 13 Match the parts of the sentences.
I saw my best friend. I
At first, a 15 minutes, they phoned 999.
Then b they took me to hospital.
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RULE: Use the _________________________to After c I thought it was a really good shot.
talk about background actions in the past, and the Finally, d it came straight back towards me.
2 _________________________for actions which
happened at one moment (and sometimes interrupted 14 Complete the story with the words in Exercise 13.
the background action).

9 Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous
or past simple form of the verbs.
0 He was running (run) and he
suddenly f e l t (feel) a pain in his leg.
1 The b a l l ( h i t ) me while 1 , I was very 3 ten seconds, I
I ( w a t c h ) a bird. nervous. crossed the finish line
2 J e n n y ( s a i l ) with her father when 2 the starter fired and won! I was the world
s h e ( s e e ) some dolphins. the gun. champion!
3 H e ( c h a s e ) the ball and
h e ( f a l l ) over.
4 When I ( l o o k ) out of the window,
i t ( s n o w ) .
w enand while

10 Look at Exercise 9. Complete the rule. 4 the photographers 6 , I woke up.
took photos of me.
RULE: We often use when before the past ______ 5 an hour, they gave
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and while before the past ______ . me the gold medal.
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