School marks
How are things at school?
Going extremes
Match the words with the pictures
Answer the questions
1. When was the last time you did something adventurous or unusual?
2. What did you do on your last holiday?
3. Would you like to try some extreme activities? Which and why?
At 3.00, he was skydiving.
2. the background situation at the time of a story:
The sun was shining.
To form Past Continuous, we use was/were and the -ing form of the verb.
Put the verbs into Past Continuous
What were they doing?
Ask questions about the people
Example:
Was John climbing?
Who was fishing?
- to canoe
- to fish
- to wear helmets
- to wear life jackets
- to have a picnic
- to climb
- to have a good time
The tornado
Listen and mark the correct word in bold
Read and remember
We use Past Simple and Past Continuous in the same sentence to describe a past action that was interrupted by another action.
Example:
When the tornado started, mum was watching TV.
They were playing football, when the tornado started.
Time expressions
Read the rule and remember
We often use time expressions to say when something happened. We use them with Past Simple when we talk about an action or situation which is finished.
in (a period): I started school in 2010.
last: They moved house last year.
yesterday: I finished the book yesterday.
on(a day or a date): They arrived in Mumbai on 24 January.
ago: She broke her arm three weeks ago.
Tick the correct word
Invent an incredible story
Look at the pictures and make up a story
Look at the pictures and make up a story
Sam Carter, 16, and Daniel Green, 17 survived a week at sea with no food and no water.
Wordlist
1. sail | 3. rain |
2. fish | 4. rescue |
Useful language
- to drift into the open sea
- to feel scared
- to climb into a fishing boat