Take a

good
look
Grammar!
Past simple and continuous
 Choose the correct form of the verbs

1. I didn’t hear / wasn’t hearing Elinor come into my room because I wore /
was wearing headphones
2. We all celebrated / were all celebrating when we got / were getting our
exam results
3. My Grandad found / was finding some gold coins when he worked / was
working in his garden
4. I broke / was breaking my arm when I learned / was learning to ski
5. My mum drove / was driving home from work when she got / was getting
my text, so she couldn’t answer it.
6. When Sonja opened / was opening the garage door she discovered / was
discovering her new bike.
7. I chatted / was chatting to a friend on the phone when the train went / was
going into a tunnel and I never heard / was hearing the end of her story.
 Complete the story with the verbs in the past
simple or past continuous
Was cycling
Marcus Jones was very lucky last weekend. He
Was snowing
(0)...................................................... (cycle) home from the city centre. It
slipped fell
(1)......................................................(snow) and the road was icy.
Was picking up saw
Suddenly his bike (2)...................................(slip) and he
Was moving
(3)................................. (fall off) onto the pavement.
jumped
He (4)................................................. (pick up) his bike off the road when
Hit
he (5)............................... (see) something in the sky. It
Wasn’t standing told
(6).......................................................... (move) towards him very fast. He
(7).............................................. (jump) back onto the pavement and the
 Make sentences. Use the past continuous or
past simple form of the verbs
1
I / visit / my friends. Afterwards, I / take / the bus
home.
I visited my friends. Afterwards I took the
bus home.
2
Luke / walk / into the door because he / not look /
ahead
Luke walked into the door because he wasn’t looking
ahead.
3
It / snow / at lunchtime, so I / not go / for walk
It was snowing at lunchtime, so I didn’t go for a
walk
 4
I / not be / hungry, so I / not have / anything to eat.
I wasn’t hungry, so I didn’t have anything to
eat
5
My sister / crash / into a traffic light when she / ride
/ her scooter.
My sister crashed into a traffic light when she was riding
her scooter.
6
I / think / about the holidays. Then suddenly, I /
realise / the time
I was thinking about the holidays. Then suddenly I realised
Vocabulary
Action words!
Catch
To take hold of
something. Especially
something that is
moving through the air.
Clap
To hit your hands
together, often
repeatedly, especially to
show you enjoyed a
performance.
Drop
To fall or to allow
something to fall
Hit
To touch someone or
something quickly with
force using your hand or
an object in your hand
Hold
To have something in your hand or
arms
Make a face
To make a strange or silly
expression with your face or to
show with your face that you do
not like something or someone.
Point
To show where someone or
something is by holding your
finger or a thin object towards it
Shake hands
To hold someone’s hand and
move it up and down when you
meet them for the first time, or
when you make an agreement
with them.
Throw
To make something move
through the air by pushing it out
of your hand
Wave
To raise your hand and move it
from side to side in order to
attract someone’s attention or to
say hello or goodbye.
Describing a
picture!
● Look at your picture carefully and
take a few moments to think
before you start talking.
● Talk for all the time you are given.
If you have one minute to do the
task, use every second.
● Practise the useful language
below so you can explain which
part of the picture you are talking
about.
 —what is in the picture?
● In the picture I can
see ...
● There’s / There
are ...
● There isn’t a ... /
There aren’t any ...
—say what is happening in the
present continuous

● The man is ...ing

● The people are ...ing
● It’s raining.
● At—where in theofpicture?
the top/bottom the
picture ...
● In the middle of the picture ...
● On the left/right of the
picture ...
● next to
● in front of
● behind
● near
● on top of
● under
 —if something isn’t clear

● It looks like a ...

● It might be a ...
● He could be ...ing
● Maybe it’s a ...
 More
speaking
practice!
 Think about your
favourite photos
● Who is in them?
● What is happening?
● Why do you like the photos?
What makes a
good photograph?
Why do some
people hate
having their photo
taken?
THANKS!
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