Join the two halves of the sentences below. a They were listening to musie as she was stroking it 1 b As he was reading the paper when they noticed the thiet, 2 ¢ They drove to the station ‘and the cat was sitting on the rug. 3 d The fire was burning brightly hhe was eating his toast and drinking his tea. 4 e The dog bit the child's hand then they loft the car and took the train. 5Exercise 7 Work in pairs, A and B to tell a story from prompts. Be careful! The prompts are not in the correct order. ‘Student A; look at the prompts 1 to 3. ‘Student B: look at the prompts 4 to 6. Make sentences about your prompts in order to be able to tell parts of a story. Tell your partner your parts of the story - you are the person who sees the fire and calls the fire service. Together, put your sentences in the correct order to tell the full story. Student A prompts = new sentence 7 2 7.30 in the morning / sun shine / leave home to go to work stand & watch fire / wait for fire department to arrive { people run out of apartment building I! smoke pour from windows hear shout trom above i woman stand at top-tloor window {shout ‘Help’ i/ not able to got out ‘Student B prompts = new sentence 4 pass an apartment building near house / notice smoke // see man at ground-floor window // shout ‘tire’ // call fire department on cell phone later that day / cook dinner / doorbell ring 1 woman trom apartment building stand at door #f thank me & give me huge box ot chocolates, fire engine arrive / tiremen put ladder up to window // rescue woman & carry her down then put out fire Complete the sentences below with the verbs in brackets, using either the past simple or the past continuous tense. 1 The television a strange noise all evening while | it. (make, watch) Tho Chinese vase... .. olf the table and ... as it hit the hard floor. (fall break) She ... . the road when the car wher. (eros, hit) The sun .. ..and the birds in the trees, (rée, sing) 1 a really good sleep until you me. (have, wake)