Learning activity 3

Evidence: What was happening when it happened?

Part A

The images below show a series of events. Write sentences in past continuous or
past simple.

Example:

I – iron – a – shirt / I – burn – it

Answer: I was ironing a shirt when I

burned it.

1. He – paint – the – wall / when – the –

baby – spill – the – can- of – paint

He was painting the wall when the –

baby spilled the can of paint.

2. I – water – the plants / when –a

– frog – leap – out – onto – my – feet

I was watering the plants /

when the frog jumped to my feet.
 3. I – sweep – while – I – dance

I was sweeping while I was dancing.

4. They – watch – a – movie – when –

they – fall – asleep

They were watching a movie

when they fell asleep.

5. She – write – while – she – talk – on –

the – phone

She wrote while talking she on the

phone.

Fuente de imágenes: SENA

Part B

Think about when you were 12 years old. Write three paragraphs about the things
that you used to do, you used to like or used to hate and explain why. You have
some ideas in the box.
 I used to be a rebel.
I used to be lazy.
I used to work hard.
I used to like all the teachers.
I used to play a lot of video
games.
I used to wear a uniform.
I used to hate vegetables.
I used to have longer hair.
I used to play football.
I used to wear glasses.

When I was 12 years old I wanted to be famous and to leave in all the magazines
and television of the world, I used to be studying in a acting school now, I am
living part of this dream thanks to the social networks.

I was only 12 years old and wanted to be an architect, I don’t but I'm happy
studying to achieve something in life, on the other hand I used to play television
presenter.

At 12 years old I used to dream a lot about being several prophecies among them
being able to be an English teacher.