THINK 2nd EDITION

Level 3

UNIT 2 GRAMMAR RAP

Name ______________________ Class ______________________ Date ______________________

THINK ABOUT others jumped in – the cold water made them

shiver.
1 Work in groups and answer the When the fire stopped, because the wind
questions. 4
___________ died down,
1 What do you think makes a building safe thousands were homeless, they had lost all
from fire? that they owned.
2 What materials could easily catch fire in a Only a few people 5___________ in 1666.
building?
But the king ordered London to be rebuilt with
6
___________.
WATCH AND RAP

2 Watch the video. Mark the sentences T

(true) or F (false).
1 The fire happened over 300 years ago.
.a.
2 The brick buildings were on fire. .a.
3 Everyone in the city died. .a.

3 Watch the video again. Complete the rap

with the words in the list.
blowing | bricks | died | had | trying | was
It was in 1666 and London 1___________
sleeping.
Thomas Farriner, the baker in Pudding Lane,
Had been making bread since early morning,
when a fire broke out without warning.
The weather that year had been extremely hot
and a strong wind was 2___________ from the
east.
The flames spread fast, got higher and higher,
until most of the wooden houses were on fire.
The streets were blocked and people
panicked,
as everyone was 3___________ to escape from
the heat.
Some managed to flee on boats on the river,

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THINK 2nd EDITION
Level 3

UNIT 2 GRAMMAR RAP

Name ______________________ Class ______________________ Date ______________________

GRAMMAR OVER TO YOU

4 Watch the grammar presentation. Create a stop-motion storyboard for this rap. Include more
Complete the sentences. details. Then present your storyboard to the rest of the class.
1 We use the past simple to talk about
________________________________.
2 We use the past continuous to talk about
________________________________ and to
________________.
3 We use the past perfect to talk about
________________________________.
4 We use the past perfect continuous to talk
about ________________________________.

PRACTICE
5 Write past simple, past continuous, past
perfect or past perfect continuous next
to the sentences.
1 I had locked the door before I left the house,
so I was surprised to find it open when I
returned. ________________
2 She was studying for her History test when
her dad asked her to help him in the kitchen.
________________
3 Last year I went to Chile and Argentina with
my aunt and my three cousins.
________________
4 They had been running for the bus when they
saw the fire. ________________

6 Read the sentences and underline the

correct words.
1 The telephone had rung / was ringing when I
entered the building.
2 She went / had been going to the museum
yesterday afternoon.
3 The man had run / was running for the bus
when it started to rain.
4 I walked to the shop, which had opened /
opened an hour earlier.
5 The fire had been burning / burned for hours
before they arrived.

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