Listen to Sean Davis (1st)
Julia Chen (2nd)
Roberto Moreno (3rd)
1st - Listen for key words
2nd- Write down what you heard. Compare with your partner.
3rd – Listen again for more detail
4th – Write down more details. Compare with your partner.
5th – Listen for the final time
6th –Write down again. Compare with your partner.
to shiver – for your body to
shake involuntarily because of
the cold
1. Put the story in the correct order.
2. Did you order the story correctly?
th
It
was
just
after
midnight
on
November
8
She
…on
was
his
wearing
face
and
a
light
he
shivered.
colored
Everything
raincoat
and
a
Suddenly,
While
He
Since
was
then
he
still
was
a
several
young
looking
looking
girl
people
under
stepped
under
have
the
the
car
out
seen
car,
when
in
her
he
front
felt
a
Frank
Sharpe
was
driving
home
from
work.
“A
girl
was
killed
in
a
car
crash
on
this
The
The
road
police
was
officers
clear
and
weren’t
he
was
surprised
driving
when
…to
his
surprise,
there
was
nothing
there.
He
got
out
and
looked
under
the
car
but…
Frank
tried
to
stop
but
it
was
too
late.
last
year.
red
felt
scarf.
strange.
of
a
police
ghost
cold
him.
here.”
wind…
carNovember
pulledhis
up.story.
roadtold
in
1965.
carefully.
Frank
them
3. Now, underline the past simple verbs and circle the past progressive
verbs
Past progressive is used to give background
past
progressive = was/were + ing
details in a story
It was just after midnight on November 8th last year. Frank
Sharpe was driving home from work. The road was clear
and he was driving carefully. Suddenly, a young girl
stepped out in front of him. She was wearing a light colored
raincoat and a red scarf. Frank tried to stop but it was too
late. He got out and looked under the car but, to his surprise,
there was nothing there. While he was looking under the car,
he felt a cold wind on his face and he shivered. Everything
felt strange. He was still looking under the car when a
police car pulled up. The police officers weren’t surprised
when Frank told them his story. “A girl was killed in a car
crash on this road in November 1965. Since then several
people have seen her ghost here.”
The past progressive is used to talk about an action
in progress in the past
“Yesterday evening I was watching TV when somebody
knocked at the door.”
“Yesterday
lunchintime
I was eating
lunch.”
“While I was
studying
America,
I met
so many great
people.”
The action is often interrupted by a shorter action (past simple)
“My mother found ormy
cigarettes,
while she was cleaning
a time
expression
my bedroom.”
“Yesterday lunch time I was eating lunch and suddenly my
telephone rang.”
“Last night at 6pm I was eating dinner.”
“In 2006 I was living and working in Thailand.”
“Last night at 6pm I was eating dinner.”
- i.e. dinner was in progress at around 6PM
“I ate dinner at 6pm last night.”
- i.e. a shorter, completed action in the past
Clip 1 – A member of the public was helping a zoo keeper in an
empty cage when suddenly…
(the cage opened, a gorrilla came in, screamed, hid behind the zoo
keeper, slowly walked out, but laughed when they realized it was a
prank).
Clip 2 – People were taking a photo for a man when suddenly…
(the gorilla’s cage door opened, growled, looked scared and screamed,
tried to escape, but laughed when they realized it was just a prank).
Clip 3 – People were watching a gorilla paint when suddenly…
(turned the painting around and showed the words help, were
shocked and confused, but laughed when they realized it was a prank).
Clip 4 - A security guard was sleeping when suddenly…
(took a mouse from a cage, hid the mouse, put the tail in the security
guards mouth, were shocked and surprised, thought the mouse was in
the guards mouth, but laughed when they realized it was a prank).