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 a frog

leaped out onto my fit.
 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 was writing while she was talking 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, I was in 7th grade and I used to wear a uniform, as always. I used
to be lazy so when it was the time to woke up, I always slept ‘5 more minutes’;
sometimes that 5 minutes turned like 20 minutes and that´s why I used to be late
at the porter´s lodge for when the bus had already arrived there. On the way
home I used to fall asleep on my sit and when I arrived at my house, I was pretty
angry, because I wanted to stay there on my sit asleep but the instructor had to
wake me up so I could get out.
I used to hate vegetables, also the seaweed but my mother didn´t care about it
because for her, I had to eat all in the dish, even if I didn´t like; I couldn´t get up
from the dining room until I left it empty.
At that age, I was part of the school marching band, so I used to stay at the
school for 3 hours after the normal journey every Thursday and Tuesday.
Because I live far from that place, I had to eat the food of the school cafeteria,
thing that I used to hate too, It was so bad, the worst part of the day…
On weekends, I remember I always used to go out and skate along the whole
cycle path with my sister and my parents. I used to be very shy and I didn´t have
many friends, the only one was Maria Camila, with her, we used to like
videogames and we passed hours and hours playing in her computer or
sometimes in mine. We also used to pitch a tent over the grass zone in our
residential and we played camp.

When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform as
follows:

1. Click on Ver Evidencia.

2. Attach the file which must be previously saved on the computer.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning
guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de evaluación
• Narra eventos en pasado teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y contexto
requeridos.

• Intercambia información personal de eventos relevantes en la vida teniendo

en cuenta la estructura gramatical, vocabulario y contexto requeridos.