Unit 3

Think about the activities that you

have done this week.

Comment with your partner.

Content

Examples

I was watching the sunset

I was singing with my friends

I drank some beers

I had a great time

Grammar

Past

progressive

Past Continuous

and Simple Past

I was eating my dinner

You were sleeping at 10pm

I was eating when you called me

You were sleeping when they

arrived

Was/ Were

ING

Was/Were

ING

ED

Practice

While they were sleeping, the fire started.

The fire started when they were sleeping.

WHEN WHILE

Show that a past

action interrupted

another past action.

Show the action was

happening before the

interruption.

Grammar

What were you doing at 8 o’clock last night?

I was watching television.

I was walking home, whistling happily, when I saw

two masked men run out of the bank.

While we were talking, it started to rain.

I was playing a computer game when my dad fell

down of the ladder.

Past Continuous

Past continuous and Simple past

Blank

Check your answers!

Video

Movie scene

Vocabulary

Transport and

Roads

bus coach van

lorry moped On foot motorbike

helicopter ship ferry hovercraft

yatch Rowing boat Country lane Dual

carriageway

motorway footpath pavement

Transport and

Roads

Question

What have you learned today?