2B GRAMMAR past continuous © Look at the pictures and write the sentences. ‘Use the past simple and past continuous. = 1. She saw the spider when she was. buying some fruit. (see, buy) 2. His mobile _____when he (ring, drive) 3. Neil_— late when his boss —__aspeech. (arrive, make) 4 They football when it —__torain. (play, start) 5 We aparty when | ~ this photo. (have, tak 6 We_______the result when we ESS a France. (hear, travel) © Complete the story with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets. 7 _ (be) a beautiful, sunny day, so she Z (decide) to go to the hotel on her own. She* _____ (go) outside and ___— (look) for a taxi. A lot of people "" _____— (wait), (catch) the airport bus into New York. The bus (cop) in Manhattan, quite near the hotel, and she '* (get) off She! ___ (walk) into the hotel and 16 __(give) her name, Alexandra Jones. She When Alex Jones ‘arrived (arrive) at JFK International ; Airport, she*_____— (look) around, but she ; 3_____ (not see) anybody there to meet her. A 3 lot of people *__—_ (hold) cards with names on ; them, but they °>____—_— _ (not wait) for her. She ; oe ___ (not know) what to do, but it ; 3 ; sso she !? ____ (talk) to the receptionist when suddenly a man '*____—— (run) up to her. He® (carry) a card which > (read) ‘Mr Jones’ “Ms Jones? I'm terribly sorry! I (wait) for you at the airport, but I?2______— {think) you»____(be) a man! “That's OK, *_______—_(say) Allex. ‘It happens to me all the time? © Cover sentences 1-6 in a. Look at the pictures and remember the sentences. ez =z E =z - E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E f (© Oxford University Press 2012 English File 3rd edition Teacher's Book Pre-intermediate Pro