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 pain.

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 appear in all the magazines
and television in the world, before I studied in an acting school now, I am living
part of this dream thanks to social networks.
I was only 12 years old and I wanted to be an architect, I don't but I am happy
studying to achieve something in life, on the other hand I used to play television
as a presenter.
At the age of 12, I used to dream a lot of being various prophecies, including
being able to be an English teacher.