cky Escapes! d the newspaper articles and for each question, the correct answer. A.B or C. strange accident happened! at Mitchell's department yesterday. A car drove into the front window and ded inside the shop. For some reason, the driver fell eep while he was driving the car. The man woke up en the car went though the window. Shoppers were jt scared by the accident, but they ran before the car the window. The driver was very lucky that no-one gs hurtin the accident eer neaere er the accident. jore the accident B during the accident. rece ter ern ton reer) treet and Queen Street. The bus driver er aus ey pera eee een paper stand. Ten people were waiting for the hue Ree ea cae eee a eects us driver was talking on his mobile phone etore the accident. i atthe time of the accident. oth before and at the time of the accident. Bad weather caused many acoldents around town is morning. Acar crash happened in the Forest rove aroa at 8.35am. A woman was driving her gar when another car hither from behind, Another jdent happened in the city contro at 9.15am jan a truck drove into a car. The driver wasn't ble to see where ne was going. A third accident ened on High Street at 11.05am when the jor hit a trae that was lying in the street. hin c ich accident had only one car? thefirst thesecond C the third Actor Julian Law nearly had an accident on his boat today. He was sailing in Greece when bad weather caused problems. At the lume there were two other boats near him and the weather caused the boats to move close. The two other hoats hit each other, but Law's boat was allright, After 20 minutes, the weather got better and Law was able Ww make itback to land safely Se 4 Law travelled back to land ... ‘A when the weather gotbad. B when the two boatshit each other. C when the weather gotbetter. ‘Actor Luke Grant was int an avcident today while walking through Kensington Park. A Invati on a bicycle was trying to take a picture of him. When the man got close to Grant, he fell off his hike and onto Grant. Both foll to the ground. The accident didn’t upset Grant though. Ho laughed and told the man lu yet ff his bike before he decides to take pictures. 5. What was Grant doing when the man fell ontohim? A ridingabike B walking € takinga picture 2 Read the articles again and match the headings with cach article, Not Safe at Sea A Moving Picture Aad Phone Call (One Morning. three Accidents Asleep at the Wheel —8 ¢ 3B choose the correct word 1 Sarah was upset / successful about the accident she had yesterday. Michael knocked / got out a bicycle when he was walking to work the other day. Lisa had a car escape / crash this morning, but it wasn't serious. Tim trying to knock / get out ofthe car, but the door wot open! Donna left her small town and became a(n) extremely / successful singer ‘That car almost hit you! You're successful / lucky you didn't get hurt. She didn’t want to talk to Tom, so she made her erash / escape through the back of the café 8 Itslucky/ extremely difficult to drive in the snow. Write a word from the boxin each gap. [ crash « escape « extremely + getting out « knocked « lucky « successful + upset Francis: Kevin, are you OK? I heard about yeutr ear (1) Kevin: _I'mine, Francis, thanks. It wasn’t serious. I was really (2) Francis: ‘That's good. Iwas (3) ___ when Theard about it. What happened? 1 was driving home from work when I saw Louis Porter (4)___of his car. : Lonis Porter? I've heard that name. Ishea(5)____ baseball player? ‘Yes! I stopped the car when I saw him, but another car it me. The driver (6) ____my car into the middle ofthe street, then he left! Francis: Did he ask you i you were OK? Kevin: No! Itseems he wanted to make a quick (7) ___. Iwas (8) —__ angry about that, but I got to meet Louis Porter, and I wasn't hurt. Past continuous Look again at Grammar dotabare 15 on page 151 before doing these exerciees. 1 Write a verb from the boxin each gap. Use the past continuous, cook + drive « laugh + not play + not travel «ride + sail - watch 1 They ____ The Great Escape on TV last night. 2 She —_____her bike really fast down the street, 3 Ralph___in his boat when the storm came. Tcalled you yesterday but you___ dinner. We ___by bus on the day ofthe accident sve were walking really hard atthe funny joke. ‘They ____San We ____foothall yesterday because it was very hot car into the mountains,Choose the correct word or phrase. She got / was getting out of the car when the driver stopped ‘They were filming / filmed the sleeping lion when it woke up. ‘Kyle and Mark fished / were fishing when Mark fell out ofthe boat. The dog jumped off the table when Mary came / was coming into the room, Geurge dove / was driving (w work when he saw a bad crash, The driver made a mistake and was turning / turned down the wrong stieet. Tick (V) the correct sentences. Underline the mistake in the incorrect sentences and write the correct, ‘word or phrase. The kids played in the park when it started to rain, Fill was answering the phone when it began to ring, The fans were taking pictures while the singer was signing autographs. Jake rode his hike when he hit the tree Did Linda scream when she was seeing the dangerous animal? Ryan ran down the field when Martin jumped on him and knocked him down, Read the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. (Our holiday last week was great, but we had quite a scary time ‘one day. We (1) through the mountains and enjoying the day when my dad (2) something very strange in the middle of the road. He (3) the car in front of itbecause we werent able to drivearound it. While he (4) out of the car, the thing in the road started to move. It was a great big bear! I thinkit (5) in the middle of the road when we arrived. My dad (6) back nto the car when he saw it move. Ihe bear stood up, (7) over toonrcarand looked right ats Iwas so scared! Then my mum (8) —to give the bear our sandwiches, She (9) them out of {die winsduw as fa a> ale could, and while the bear (10) 10 get them, we left! 'm so glad we had some food with us. or we would still be on the mountain in the car! Awasdnving ——-& weredrving —_C drove A seeing B was seeing C saw ‘A wasstopping _B stopped © were stopping A gt B yor © was getting A was sleeping B slept C sleeping A was getting B were getting got A walked B waswalking walking A was decided B decided CC was deciding ‘A wasthrowing —_B throws © threw A runs R wasrunning Cran 54 Wordpower! 1. write a tetterin each gap to complete the words or phrases. The first letter is given to help you. 1 Thisis something two people do with their hands when they meet or say goodbye. s —______ 2. Thisis something you do with your head when you mean ‘yes. nm 3. Thisis something you do with your month to shaw that you lave someone. k 4 ‘This is something you do with your hand when you want to say “hi to someone who is far away 5 Thisis something you do with your finger when you want to show something to someone. ——__ 6 Thisis sumething you dy when your move your head quickly frum side tu side. s——_____ 2 use woras trom exercise 1 in the correct form to complete the dialogue. Jimmy: You'll never get a taxi in thie rainy weather, Fran! Fran: Don'tworry.'llput my hand up and (1)___at one of them. There's one right there! Oh, no, Neve Fran; What if we move to another street? There are taxis over there. Do you see where I'm (3)_____with my finger? 2 Wai Jimny nd, He's (2)___ his head. He's not stopping. think this taxi will stop. Yes, he’s (4) ishead Tm so glad. Its really raining now! OK. well let’ (5) ___ hands before you leave. ‘Oh, come on, jimmy! We know each other better! (6) ___me on the cheek and I'll be on my way 9 Listening @ corrack 10 L Listen to two teenagers talking and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F). 1 ‘Trevor was travelling on a train with his mum and dad. viF 2 Trevor learned about his lucky escape while he was reading the news. TE 3. Monica was travelling on a boat that was returning to England, TE 4 Monica felt sick after her mum satd she saw land, TF 6 Monica’ boat trip was only 15 minutes long. TF Trevor thought Monica's boat trip scemed exciting. TE @ cotrack10 2 Liston to the conversation again and complete the gaps. 1 Trevor was travelling on a train through 2 Trevor got off the train and stayed in a town tor one 3. Monica was travelling with her mum and___during her lucky escape, 4 Monica’ mum saw land from the ___ ofthe boat. 5. Monica now thinks the boat ride was , 6 Monica says she will only travel by boat again ifthe ___is shining.