Unit 1

It’s an Emergency!
Vocabulary
Emergency

accident
Meaning:
something bad that happens that often
hurts you

alarm
Meaning:
a sound that lets you know there is a
danger

ambulance
Meaning:
a form of transport that takes people to
hospital
 cooker
Meaning:
a large appliance that you use to cook
food

electricity
Meaning:
a source of energy that we use to work
lights and many machines

embarrassed
Meaning:
feeling uncomfortable and a little
shame

emergency
Meaning:
a serious and often dangerous event
that needs immediate action
 experiment
Meaning:
an investigation to test or discover
something

explain
Meaning:
to tell someone about something so it is
easy to understand

fire drill
Meaning:
an activity to practice leaving a place
quickly so that people know what to do
if there is a fire

fire engine
Meaning:
a large vehicle that carries fire fighters
and their equipment
 heating
Meaning:
equipment that makes a building warm

hit
Meaning:
to happen, or affect people, with force

lifeboat
Meaning:
a small boat carried on a large ship for
use in an emergency

life jacket
Meaning:
something you wear to help you float if
you fall in water
 million
Meaning:
the number 1,000,000

power
Meaning:
electricity

rehearse
Meaning:
to practice a piece of music or a play
before you perform it in front of people

rescue boat
Meaning:
a fast boat that is sent out to help
another boat or ship in difficulty
 smoke
Meaning:
a cloud of gases that rises from
something that’s burning

whisper
Meaning:
to speak in a very quiet voice
Adjectives ending with -ing or -ed
We add -ing and -ed to some verbs to make adjectives.

-ing

For things that cause the feeling

Example:
 The party was surprising.
 It was terrifying.

-ed

For people and how they feel

Example:
 She was surprised.
 We were terrified.

Grammar
Past continuous with past simple

Past continuous Past simple

Action that was already in

Action that was in the past, not in
progress at a certain time in the
the present
past

Example: - was studying Example: - studied

- was sleeping - slept
- was eating - ate
Past continuous with past simple
When we use these two tenses together, it shows us that the past
simple action happened in the middle of the past continuous action,
while it was in progress.

Example:

He was watching the television when all the lights went out.

past continuous past simple

Lily was feeding her cat when it escaped.

past continuous past simple