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1 GRAMMAR past continuous b_ Write sentences with when. Use the past simple and past continuous. 1 You _were laughing — (laugh) when I took the photo. 2K i (snow) when our plane landed, g. Wel 4 Whar 5 Why (you | cry) atthe party? 61 3 7 They 8 Hedidn’t all you because his mobile phone 1 They /argue | the waiter / bring | the bill So ‘They were arguing when thewaiter brought the bill He / fall /offhis bike / cycle home 3 Thechildren play video games /the vistors J arrive 4 We [have |a barbecue / it/start | torain 5 1] finish J my report / my ymputer | crash Photographs are pictures taken to please the family and bore the neighbours. Edmund Volkert, American sociologist a Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past continuous. _____ (not drive fast when the accident happened. {he | do) when his boss arrived? (st) on the bus when I saw my boyfriend with another git. (live) in New Zealand when theie fist child was born, (not work) ‘© Complete the story with the past simple or past continuous. Last summer! '_went (go) to Los Angeles to stay with my cousin for afew weeks. One afternoon we é (have) lunch in a nice restaurant in the centre of town when my cousin® (eda call on her motile phone and went outside to talk, While she (speak) to her friend, lsuddenly (notice) a man in a black hat who _ (sit) at the next table. It was the actor Johnny Depp! He was alone, and!” (decide) ‘to take my chance. So I got up and * (g0) to his table. Excuse me, could I have my photo taken with you?’ | asked. He * ___(say) yes. sol ___ (stop) awaitress who” (pass) by and gave her my camera. She” _ (take) the photo of me and johnny, thanked them both, and then | returned to my table. When my cousin? (come) back.1" (smile). “Why are you looking so pleased with yoursel?' she asked “Thad my photo taken with johnny Depp! ‘Johnny Depp? Where is he?" ‘He's sitting over there. Look!” ‘She turned around to look and then started to laugh. “That's not johnny Depp! re (look) atthe man in the black hat ~ he 7 (augt) too. 2 VOCABULARY 2t, in, on time Complete the sentences with at, in, or on. The results of the election were announced M Our flightis leaving — evening and arriving Wehavean exam fat_ 11 o'clock, the 20th century. __ Wednesday at 9.30 the I2oelock Thursday. phones were invented Monday morning. In most countries, banks and offices are closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Thate driving morning, and working the night, getting up early weekends. Steve Jobs was born. 1955, and he died 5th October, 2011. Easter we went to Portugal and we're going again the summer, probably the last ewo weeks July place 1 6 Complete the sentences with at, in, or on. He took some great photos at _ the party. Iean't read a book the bus or We want to putsome shelves the wall room. We're going to putall our old books My family are from Ireland but we live New York, ____the L1th floor ofa tall building he bus stop. chairsand the children sat _ theliving the shelves. Til meet you ‘The adults sat the floor. ‘They spent the morning ___the museum and then went he park. fora walk Tmet my boyf school and we split up while we PRONUNCIATION sentence stress GERD Listen and repeat the dialogue. Copy the rhythm. ‘A Where were you at ten oclock last night? 8 Iwas at home. 1» What were you doing? 8 Iwas watching afilm. 4 LISTENING a Listen to conversation between Matt and Jenny about a photo. Does Jenny like the photo? } Listen again and choose the best answers. 1 The photo shows. a Matt’s parents b Matt's aunt and uncle. © Matt's grandparents The photo was taken. in the spring the summer. n the autumn, 3. The man wanted to win. b some food 4 The other peop! neighbours, b friends. € colleagues. the photo were the man's 5 Theman on the stall.. took the photo. b asked for more money for the photo. € didn't like the photo, USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. democracy /dr'mokr2si demonstration ‘demon'steeifn eka frixdom election freedom hold hands peace realize hood heend pis rola TV screens tis ‘vis skrisnz upload /sp\loud screen saver ‘skri:n ‘se1va)

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