Session 14

 

8th January 2024 

cold, windy 

 Monday 

1/ 49 

2. D fell over while she was skating .

3. I was playing a computer game when the electricity went out . 

4. S was cooking when she burnt ...

5. They were jogging when a dog attacked them .

6. The alarm went off while we were sleeping. 

to go off = a porni pe neasteptate 

to go out = a se intrerupe ( curentul ) 

tire / tyre = cauciuc 

ex 2/ 49 

2. L was sleeping when the earthquake happened . 

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

4. T was exercising when he pulled a muscle. 

5. K was driving her car when he got a flat tyre . 

6. P was chopping wood when he cut his finger . 

ex 3/ 50 

1. was playing / fell/ broke/ did he go 

2. did you see / was waiting 

3. called / didn't answer / was exercising 

4. were your kids doing / came / were watching 

ex 6 / 50 

2. H was watching TV while his dog was playing in the garden . 

3. S broke a glass while she was drying them . 

4. As D was doing his homework  his brother was having a bath . 

5. D was cutting vegetables when she cut her finger . 

6. I was lightning a candle when my dad stopped me. 

7. While H and P were eating , Batman was saving our souls ! 

8. My friends were playing tennnis while I was playing video games . 

https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/1145218

to snore (ed) = a sforai 

acquintance = cunostinta ( pers ) 

Lucky accidents

Is it true that Sir Isaac Newton understood gravity because an apple (1) fell / was falling on his head when he (2) lay / was lying under a tree in his garden? Probably not. However, many great and small discoveries are the result of lucky accidents …

One day in 1879 chemist Constantin Fahlberg (3) didn’t wash / wasn’t washing his hands before dinner. While he (4) ate / was eating he (5) noticed / was noticing that the bread (6) tasted / was tasting sweet. The sweetness was saccharin.

Alexander Fleming (7) became / was becoming interested in the control of bacteria while he (8) worked / was working as a doctor during the First World War. In 1928 he (9) tidied / was tidying his laboratory when he (10) saw / was seeing that one of the dirty dishes (11) didn’t have / wasn’t having any bacteria on it, but that something else (12) grew / was growing there. It was penicillin.

In 1930 dietician Ruth Wakefeld (13) prepared / was preparing some cookies for guests when she (14) realised / was realising that she had no chocolate powder. She (15) decided / was deciding to use small pieces of ordinary chocolate instead. The chocolate pieces (16) didn’t melt / wasn’t melting, and the first chocolate chip cookies were a great success.

Dr Percy Spencer was a physicist in the 1940s who probably enjoyed chocolate chip cookies. He (17) walked / was walking past some equipment in the laboratory when he (18) felt / was feeling something strange in his pocket. It was his chocolate bar and it (19) melted / was melting. This accident (20) led / was leading to the invention of a new piece of cooking equipment – the microwave oven.

7. Complete the first sentence with the verb in the past continuous. Write a second sentence with the verb in the past simple to say what happened next. Use your own ideas.

1   When my phone rang, I …was watching TV. ……….

      …I answered it but it was a wrong number. 

2   I was playing football when it started to rain.

      I went in the house and I had dinner.

3   Everyone was partying when the lights went out.

      All of them went back home in fifteen minutes/ in a quarter of an hour.

4   When we came out of the cinema, the sun was shining so much that I didn't see the road ahead.

      

HOMEWORK 

De copiat ambele texte pe caiete :

5. Put the verbs into the correct form: past simple or past continuous.

From:   Ada
To:   Becky
Subject:   Naomi

Hi Becky,

Guess what, my sister Naomi is married! She (1) …got…… (get) home from her round the world trip last week with a husband!! She (2) ……MET…………. (meet) him when she (3) ………WAS TRAVELLING………. (travel) round New Zealand. One afternoon, while her friends (4) …WERE SHOPPING……………. (shop), she (5) ………WENT………. (go) to look round an art gallery. She (6) …WAS LOOKING……………. (look) at a small sculpture when a young man (7) ……CAME…………. (come) into the room and he (8) ………STARTED………. (start) to put it into his rucksack. She (9) …CALLED……………. (call) the security guard because she (10)  THOUGHT ……………. (think) the man (11) ……WAS TRYING…………. (try) to steal it. She (12) ………WAS………. (be) really embarrassed to discover that he (13) ……DIDN'T STEAL…………. (not steal) it – it (14) ………BELONGED………. (belong) to him! Anyway, he (15) …DIDN'T MIND……………. (not mind) and he (16) …………ASKED……. (ask) her to go for a coffee. They (17) ………GOT MARRIED………. (get married) a month later in Bali. We (18) …………DIDN'T KNOW……. (not know) anything about it! Can you believe it?
He’s really nice and they are very happy together!

Love, Ada

AIDAN FLANAGAN

Aidan Flanagan was born in 1994 in Bray near Dublin, Ireland. In 2011 he became very seriously ill. While he (1) …was recovering…… (recover) at home, his uncle (2) ……GAVE…………. (give) him an old drumkit. He enjoyed playing and practised in a friend’s garage every evening.

One day in 2013, John Leaf, the manager of several successful musicians, (3) ………WAS PASSING………. (pass) the garage when he (4)HEARD ………………. (hear) Aidan practising. He (5) …BANGED……………. (bang) on the garage door and (6) ……INVITED…………. (invite) Aidan to appear in one of the concerts he (7) ……ORGANIZED …………. (organise) that year. Aidan, however, (8) …………DIDN'T ACCEPT……. (not accept) Leaf’s invitation, because at that time he (9) ……WAS PREPARING…………. (prepare) for some important school exams.

Aidan (10) …PASSED…………. (pass) his exams and (11) …………WENT……. (go) to university to study engineering. There he (12) ……MET…………. (meet) Kim O’Malley, who (13) ……………WAS STUDYING…. (study) chemistry. Kim played the saxophone. Being students, they (14) ………DIDN'T HAVE………. (not have) much money and they usually (15) ………WORKED………. (work) as waiters at weekends.

One evening in April 2016, while Aidan and Kim (16) …………WERE SERVING ……. (serve) customers, the manager (17) ……ANNOUNCED…………. (announce) that there would be no live music in the restaurant that night as the regular band could not come. Aidan and Kim (18) ………PERSUADED………. (persuade) the manager to let them play. All the customers and staff (19) WERE………………. (be) amazed to hear how good their music (20) …WAS……………. (be). In the next six months Aidan and Kim (21) ……EARNED…………. (earn) so much money they (22) ………DECIDED………. (decide) to leave university and go on tour. Their success has continued ever since.