A2 class 32 I saw an accident

Let`s start answering these questions:

1 Can you drive a car?
2 If you can drive, do you like driving? Why or why not?
3 If you can’t drive, would you like to? Why or why not?

b Underline the correct option to complete each sentence below.

1 I saw an accident yesterday. A bicycle moved away from /crashed into a car, but no one was hurt.
2 I tell my children to wait and cross the road when it is busy / clear.
3 My car is really slow. All the other cars approach / overtake it.
4 I overtake / pass the station every day on my way to work.
 b Track 40 Listen and check your answers.
c Who drove badly, Jane or the person in the orange car?

The past continuous expresses an action in progress that is interrupted by an action in the
past simple.(ubica una acciòn en proceso en el tiempo en que es interrumpida por otra)
4 Write the sentences in red from Jane’s story in the correct positions on the timeline.
I was going around the bend. I saw an orange sports car.

5 Study the example sentences with as and when above. Then, underline the correct word to complete
the rules.
a as / when usually comes between the two parts of the sentence.
b as / when usually comes at the beginning of the past continuous part of the sentence.
c In sentences with ‘as’, we use / don’t use a comma if the past continuous part comes first.
Practice
6A Put one verb into the past simple and the another verb into the past continuous.
1 As I was listening to the radio, I heard the news. (hear, listen)
2 She down as she up the stairs. (fall, walk)
3 He his finger as he . (cook, cut)
4 As they the traffic lights, they the accident. (approach, see)
6B Use when to rewrite the sentences from activity 6A.
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7 Work on your own. Use the table below to make notes about an accident. It can be:
• an accident that happened to you
• an accident that you saw
• an accident that you heard about.

Example About two years ago, as I was standing on the street, when I saw a woman fall off
her bicycle.

She was…

Example Rick saw a woman fall off her bicycle. He was standing on the street…
Key to exercises for self correction

2a answers
Picture 1
The bus approaches the traffi c lights.
The bus goes towards the traffic lights.
The bus moves away from the traffi c lights. X
Picture 2
The road is busy. X
The road is clear.
The road is empty.
Picture 3
The car crashes into the bus. X
The car overtakes the bus.
The car passes the bus.

2b answers - in bold
1) I saw an accident yesterday. A bicycle crashed into a car,
but no one was hurt.
2) I tell my children to wait and cross the road when it is
clear.
3) My car is really slow. All the other cars overtake it.
4) I pass the station every day on my way to work.

Track 40 (page 89, Student Book) 0:43

I was driving north along the London Road. The road was clear and there was a bend in the road in front of
me. As I was approaching the bend, I saw a bus. It was coming from the opposite direction. I was going
around the bend when I saw an orange sports car. It was overtaking the bus and coming towards me! I
went off the road and crashed into a wall. Luckily, I was wearing a seatbelt and I wasn’t hurt.
3a answers
A-2
B-3
C-1
D–4

5 answers
a) when usually comes between the two parts of the
sentence.
b) as usually comes at the beginning of the past continuous
part of the sentence.
c) In sentences with “as”, we use a comma if the past
continuous part comes first.

6a answers
1) As I was listening to the radio, I heard the news.
2) She fell down as she was walking up the stairs.
3) He cut his fi nger as he was cooking.
4) As they were approaching the traffi c lights, they saw the
accident.
6b answers
1) I was listening to the radio when I heard the news.
2) She fell down when she was walking up the stairs.
3) He cut his fi nger when he was cooking.
4) They were approaching the traffi c lights when they saw
the accident.
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