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D. Look at the highlighted words in the text and  3.GRAMMAR
   match them with their meanings a-e.
                                                  PAST SIMPLE vs PAST PROGRESSIVE -
1. merchant                                       TIME CLAUSES (when, while, as, as soon as)
2. handed
3. raising                                        Read the examples and notice the words in bold. Then
4. entire                                         match them with a-c.
5. response                                       1. While I was travelling on an MRT train, I saw a

a. answer                                            strange sign.
b. moving something upwards                       2. I was looking at the merchant while he was cutting the
c. whole
d. gave                                              fruit in half.
e. a person that sells things                     3. As soon as I finished eating the piece, the merchant

E. Discuss.                                          offered me some more.
• What do you think of the writer’s experience?
• Would you ever try durians? Why?/Why not?       a. The two actions were happening at the same time.
                                                  b. The two actions happened one after the other.
2.VOCABULARY                                      c. One action was in progress when the other

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING FOOD                           happened.
Look at the table below and tick () the
appropriate columns for cake and pizza.                              Grammar Reference p. 86

                                                  4.PRACTICE

                                                  Complete the text with the past simple or the
                                                  past progressive of the verbs in brackets.

                                                  I (1) (watch) TV when my sister

                                                  (2) (walk) into the house with a paper

                                                  bag. There were vegetables in it. She (3)

                                                  (want) to make something different for dinner. She

                                                  (4) (leave) the bag on the table,

        coffee  lemons  cake  pizza               (5) (open) the fridge and
          
sweet                                            (6) (start) taking out some of the
bitter
salty                                             vegetables. ‘You’re going to love this!’ she
spicy
fresh                                             (7) (say). As she (8)
sour
                                                  (take) the vegetables out of the fridge, some snails

                                                (9) (get) out of the bag. As soon as I
                   
                                                  (10) (see) them, I (11)

                                                  (begin) shouting: ‘They’re moving! They’re alive!’

                                                  and my sister (12)  (laugh) and

                                                  (13) (say) ‘Come on! It’s just a snail!’

                                                  5.SPEAKING

                                                    Talk in small groups. Discuss the questions below.
                                                    • Do you like trying unusual food?
                                                    • Have you ever had a strange food experience?
                                                    • Where were you? What happened?
                                                    • How did you feel before and after tasting the food?
                                                    • What did the food taste like?

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