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Camping Adventure Unit1 Past continuous Clara: Oh no!. Clara: Hey, look at Yun-Hee!. B Complete the table.People What is he/she doing talking to Clara starting the fire cutting woods i

LONGMAN INTEGRATED SKILLS SERIES

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Camping Adventure Unit

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Past continuous

Clara: Oh no! I can’t find my sandwiches Who them?

Jin: It wasn’t me I was the fire.

Clara: Was it Tom?

Jin: I don’t think so He for firewood Look, he’s cutting it into pieces

Clara: What about Anna and Ben?

Jin: They the tents up And they’re laying out the sleeping bag now

Clara: Hey, look at Yun-Hee! She’s waving something over there

…Oh, my sandwiches!

Jin: Oh yeah She for you this afternoon

Grammer Model

A 2 Listen and complete the dialogue

took starting

(1) (2)

I Student Book

B Complete the table.

People What is he/she doing

talking to Clara starting the fire

cutting woods into

Tom

Anna

Ben

putting the tents up

laying out the sleeping bags

laying out the sleeping

Grammer Skill

Past continous

The past continuous is used to talk about an action that (1) started at a

specific time before now [At 2:30 I feel hungry.], or (2) happened at the same Time as another past action [I was eating when she called.].

Statements

I

was

look ing … feel ing … mak ing .

runn ing …

He/She/It/(Name)

You/We/ They were

Questions

-ing

What was He/She/It/

(name)

do ing ? play ing ? drink ing ?

What were You/we/they

not

play ing eat ing sleep ing runn ing

He/She/It/(Name)

You/We/ They were

not

• If the verb ends with e, delete the e before adding –ing (make mak ing ).

• Sometimes the last constant in the

verb must be doubled (run ning , put ting ).

• Some verbs are not usually used in

the continuous form (see, like, know).

C Circle the correct answer.

1 I some soup when my cell

phone rang.

a were preparing b am preparing

c prepared d was preparing

4 What at 10 o’clock last night?

a you are doing b you did

c are you doing d were you doing

2 There was an extra candy bar in

my backpack Who it there?

a put b was putting

c is putting d puts

5 I saw Clara just minutes ago She a walk near the lake.

a takes b were taking

c were takeing d was taking

3 We cold early this morning so

we made a fire.

a feel b were feeling

c feeling d were feel

6 The wind blew strongly while Jin and Tom

the campfire.

a makes b were making

c was making d were makeing

D 3 Read Anna’s blog and correct the eight mistakes.

Then listen and chck your answers.

Camping Scares June 20

We have some scary moments last night! At about 10 o’clock, I playing cards

with Yun-Hee, and Clara talk to her mom on the phone Jin reads a

magazine, and Ben and Tom playing on their PSPs Suddenly there is a

loud voice outside asking, ‘‘Is anyone here?’’ It turn out to be the park ranger, but his visit was so unexpected it really make us jump The next scare was even worse An hour later, there was a bear …

turned made

E Look at the pictures from the camping trip Work with a

classmate and talk about each picture using the past continuous (Student Book page 11)

• Write your passage in 10 minutes.

• Then present your passage to the class.

F 4 Complete Anna’s blog using the correct form of theverbs given Then listen and check your answers.

get cook decide peel cut go butter

Scary Visitors June 21

The next morning we had some more bear adventures We

our breakfast ready Everyone was busy Tom and

Ben some sausages, and Jin some bread Yun-Hee some ham Clara wasn’t hungry, so she for a walk instead I some fruit.

That’s when the bear to come back But this time, it

brought a much bigger bear …

(1)

(4)

(7)

were getting

was cutting

decided

G 5 Listen to Anna’s story and circle the correct answer.

Jin ( saw / was seeing ) the baby bear while we

( prepared / were preparing ) breakfast He yelled, ‘‘Bear!’’ and dropped his bread on the ground Then Ben saw another bear and shouted, ‘‘Big bear!’’ Both bears ( walked / were walking )

right into our campsite It was terrifying! All the boys ( run / ran ) away Yun-Hee and I ( jumped / were jumping ) into our tent

and ( do / did ) up the zipper A few minutes later, I ( heard / was hearing ) Clara saying, ‘‘What happened? Where is everybody?’’

(3)

(4) (5)

H Work with a classmate Think of an ending for Anna’s story.

Then tell the class.

• Work in pairs 2.

• Think for an ending for 15 minutes.

• Can write an ending on a separate of paper.

• Then tell the class