SEssion 11

25th November 2025

partly cloudy , chilly

Tuesday 

PAST SIMPLE vs PaAST CONTINUOUS 

1/ 49 

2. Fell / was skating

3. was playing / went 

4. was cooking / burned 

5. were jogging/ attacked 

6. went off / were sleeping 

2/ 49 

2. Liz was sleeping when the earthquake happened . 

3. S. was walking in the park when it began to rain .

4. Tony was exercising when he pulled a muscle. 

5. Kelly was driving her car when she got a flat tyre . 

6. Paul was chopping  some pieces of wood when he cut his finger . 

flat tyre/ tire = pana de cauciuc 

spare tyre = roata de rezerva 

as= while 

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. It was very cold. The sun ………. was not shining. …………………. (not / shine)

2. It wasn’t a stormy night. The wind …………wasn't blowing ……. (not / blow)

3. He wasn’t sleeping. He ………………was looking…………………….. (look) at the ceiling.

4. They were having a rest. They ……were not working……………………………….. (not / work).

5. They were very happy. They …………………were enjoying………………. (enjoy) the party

6. He was at home. He …………………was watching……………. (watch) a movie on TV.

7. He was getting worse. He ………………wasn't recovering…………………… (not / recover).

8. We ………………were travelling…………………. (travel) in the north of Turkey when we were on holiday.

9. She ………………was driving…………………. (drive) so fast when the accident happened.

10. I …………wasn't sleeping………………………(not / sleep) when you came in.

B) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or

the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. While they ………were travelling……………………… (travel) to China, Marco …kept…………………. (keep) a diary.

2. Mrs. White ……was driving……………………………. (drive) past a house in Main Street when she ………saw……………… (see) the ground floor on fire.

3. While he ………was flying………………………. (fly) off the Miami Coast, the pilot ……saw……….. (see) sharks approaching the swimmers.

4. The fireman ………was fighting……………………… (fight) the fire on a balcony below when he ………………heard………… (hear) someone’s shouts.

5. She ……died……………… (die) while she …………was running……………….. (run) after a bus.

6. We ………were having……………………….. (have) dinner when the electricity ………went off…………… (go) off.

7. She ………was thinking………………………… (think) of something else while you ……were

talking………….. (talk) to her.

8. I …………saw…………….. (see) her while I ……………was looking……………………. (look) out of the window.

9. While the teacher …………was talking……………………….. (talk), the students ………were looking………….. (look) at an insect on the ceiling.

HOMEWORK

page 51 ex 7a, b 

2. What did they notice ? They noticed ...

3. What did people say about the house ? They said it ...

4. What did T and J decide to do ? They decided to ...

5. What did they see ? They saw ...

6. What did the boys do ? They went ...

7. What did J spot in the doorway ? He spotted ...

 pag 52 , ex 2, 3 

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