UNIT 7
LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

1 |  |  | Look at the examples below. Complete the table with the sentences from the magazine article.

Past Continuous and Past Simple
when | Ann 1... the Philippines when she had the idea for the torch.
while | Shubham 2... the printer while he 3... in secondary school. She was studying electronics while her friends were playing video games.

2 | Complete the sentences using the past continuous form of the verbs. 1 Dr Taylor was working (work) in a hospital while she was living (live) in Germany. 2 The Spencers ... (stay) in a hotel while the builders ... (build) their new house. 3 I ... (write) an article about solar energy while my sister... (listen) to music. 4 Damla and Kamran ... (use) my tablet while I ... (do) homework. 5 You ... (read) a book about Ada Lovelace while I ... (watch) a film. |
| LOOK! Don’t forget to include the past of be in past continuous sentences. Alexander Fleming was studying bacteria when he discovered penicillin.

3 | Read the text and choose the correct options.

4 | Choose the correct answers.
1 I was taking a photo ... • when my cell phone fell in the pool. • while my cell phone was falling in the pool. | 2 The students were playing with Play-Doh ... • when the teacher talked. • while the teacher was talking.

5 | Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what you were doing at these times. 1 last Sunday afternoon 2 last night at 10 pm 3 while your English teacher was explaining the last activity
What were you doing last Sunday afternoon?
| I was building a model.

1To suddenly go somewhere and become impossible to find

| WORKBOOK p.38, p.40 and p.42