A DRAMATIC

SURPRISE ON A
QUIET SQUARE
AMBULANCE
A car that transports sick or
injured people to the
hospital.

An ambulance speed down the

street, followed by a police car.
STRETCHER
A device for carrying people
who are sick or injured.

He was carried on a stretcher

out of the soccer field.
GANGSTER
Aggressive criminal.

The police arrested a gangster

last week.
PUSH
Press with force

Push the button to start the

blender.
ATTACK
To try to hurt using violence.

He was attacked and seriously

injured by the gangsters.
SHOT
The action of firing a gun.

The gangsters fired several

shots to the police.
ROLL
To move along.

The ball rolled down the hill.

SHOW UP
To arrive, to be present.

We were supposed to meet at

5:00 p.m., but she didn’t show
up.
CYCLIST
Someone who rides a
bicycle.

In summer, these roads are

packed with cyclists.
 ow let ’s prac tice !
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Now…
Let’s watch
a video!
Let’s watch
the video
again! →
http://cort.
as/-H4BF
What
happened
in the
video?
 First, the cyclist rode past the button,

but then, he came.

 When the lady pushed the button,

an ambulance showed
up.
 When the ambulance started,

the stretcher rolled out.

We use past simple + past simple to talk about two or
more events that happened in sequence:

First, Event 1 happened (and finished). Then, Event

2 happened (and finished). Finally, Event 3
happened (and finished).

We can also use this formula when we describe a

series of past events:

When Event 4 happened (and finished), Event 5

happened (and finished).
 While the ambulance man was walking to
the man on the stretcher,

the cyclist attacked him.

 While the police and the gangsters were
shooting at each other,

one of the gangsters got shot.

We use past continuous + past simple to talk about
an event happening in the past that is interrupted by
another event:

Event 1 was happening (and hadn’t finished yet)

when Event 2 occured (and interrupted Event 1).
 When the football players ran out of
the building,

the gangsters and the police had left.

We use past simple + past perfect to talk about a past
event that happened some time before another event
happened in the past.

When Event 1 occurred (and it started to happen)

Event 2 had happened (it happened and finished
before Event 1 started).
 t ’s p rac ti ce wh at we
Le
have learned!
 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

Last weekend I went fishing with my grandad. Before we left we checked the forecast so we knew
the weather would be good. We were chatting when all of a sudden I felt a bite on my line. When I
got the fish on the boat I saw that it was tiny. Grandad started to laugh. He had been hoping for a
big fish for lunch. My fish was too small so we put it back in the water. When we got home grandad
told a little lie to grandma about our trip. He said we had caught a huge fish but it had escaped.
So…
W h at did we le a r n
today?