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9 Play in pairs. Student A: say a past .: -11 Look at the information about Alex and his
continuous sentence. Student B: add a brother Richard. Write sentences using the past
' '
when clause. Use the verbs below. simple and past continuous.
clean make play read walk watch
Alex
arrive break hear fall over find phone
A ugust 1111 becomes a footballer
i was cleavúviQ the cupboard when... 1111-2002 pi ays professional football
June 2002 break* Wis leg and gives up football
... the door broke.
January 2005 starts to I earn Chinese

ZOOfo-WOI studies Chinese at university
she was reading a newspaper when ...
August 2008 goes to the Beijing Olympics
... her teacher arrived. 2001-2011 Works as a football coach in China

Richard
:í 10 Complete the text with the past simple or past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1118-2000 studies at school
October 2000 visits South America

2001-200ÿ studies Spanish at university
2005-2007 Works for a company in England
lAay200(o find? a job in Mexico
200(o-2011 live; in Mexico
July 2010 gets married

ÿ August 1999: Alex became a footballer white
We were ¿Ittina (sjt) in the back of a big jeep. tdiehard was, studying at school.

No one1_(talk). All of us 1 October 2000:
2
_(look) intently through the
windows of the car. Outside the African sun
2 June 2002:
3
-(shine), hot and bright, but
nothing4_(move).
3 January 2005:
Then suddenly, we&_(see) it - an
elephant. Itf_(appear) from a
small group of trees and '_(start) 4 May 2006:
to walk slowly towards the jeep. While it
®
_(come) towards us, I 5 August 2008:
i
-(get) my camera and
10
_(take) some photos. 6 July 2010:
The elephant"_(continue) in our
direction. It was huge, much bigger than you
' 2
_(can) imagine.
Self-evaluation Rate your progress.
Someone asked the guide, 'Is this dangerous?
Will the elephant stop?"The guide u u u
, 3
_(not say) anything. He switched
off the car engine and ,4_(give) a
signal to be silent.
Now some of us were getting nervous. My hands
, 5
_(shake) and my heart
,f
_(beat) very fast.
The elephant'7_(stop). It looked at
the jeep for a long time. Then it simply
'f
_(turn) around and
' ®
_(walk) back into the trees.
Everyone breathed again. It was amazing!

44 Past continuous