UNIT 9

Past progressive.
I was Reading

You were eating

He- she -it was working

We-you-they were checking some documents.

INTRODUCTION TO ANY EVENT.

I was playing soccer when my ankle sprained.

When my ankle sprained, I was playing soccer.

I was playing video games, I wasn’t doing homework when my mom entered my room.

She told me off.

When I was cooking, I cut my finger.

I cut my finger when I was cooking.

The light went off when I was doing homework.

I was doing homework when the light went off.

I was running in the park and I was talking to my friends when I fell down and sprained my
ankle.

What were you doing when you cut your finger?

I was cooking when I cut my finger.

What was your sister doing when she sprained her ankle?

She was running around the park when she sprained …

Where were you traveling when your car broke down?

I was traveling to the Amazon Region when it broke down.

What were you doing when you burned your arm?

I was cooking when I burned myself.

What were you doing when you broke your arm?

I was working out in the gym when I broke my arm.

Where were you going when the bus broke down?

I was going to my English class when the bus broke down.

Were they playing basketball when the earthquake started?

Yes, they were playing basketball when the earthquake started.

I talk to myself. We live by ourselves.

She hurt herself yesterday.

They hurt themselves.

You love yourselves.

Reflexive Pronouns
We help ourselves.
I cut myself.
You love yourself.
She burned herself.
Verbs that need to (talk, listen, lie)
He talks to himself.
He lies to himself.
They don’t help themselves.
Listen to yourself.
You have to work for yourselves.

You love yourself.

By myself ALONE
I live by myself.

She is by herself now. She likes to study by herself.

They like to travel by themselves. We went to the concert by ourselves.

I prefer to study by myself.