lesson 2: what a coincidence!

Lesson 2: What a coincidence!

Look at the picture for 30 seconds. Close your books and try to remember what the people were doing.

Ex. Anne and Dave were drinking cocktails.

Susie was dancing.

used to talk about actions in the past which happen over a period of time

l-------lI was reading a book. 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm

past continuous

tense

Form:1. +ve sentence

• subject + past BE verb + verb+-ingI was playing.They were waiting.

2. -ve sentence• subject +past BE verb + not + verb+-ing

I was not playing.They weren’t waiting.

3. yes/no question / information question• past BE verb + subject + verb+-ing

Were you singing?

• (question word) + past BE verb + subject + verb+-ing

What were you singing?

used with the simple past tense to talk about an action in progress which is interrupted by another past action

l---*-----l

I was reading a book when he arrived.

8:00pm 9:00pm * 10:00pm

I was riding my bike when I got a flat tire.

I got a flat tire while I was riding my bike.

While I was riding my bike, I got a flat tire.

1. I played / was playing soccer when I hurt / was hurting my ankle.

1. Michael learned / was learning to drive when he crashed / was crashing the car.

1. While we walked / were walking to school, we slipped / were slipping on some ice.

1. We got / were getting a bad sunburn while we swam / were swimming in the ocean.

What happened?What did you do?Then what?And then?And then what happened?What did you do after that?What did you do then?

“While the striped cat was ____, the orange cat ___.”

What happened?What did you do?Then what?And then?And then what happened?What did you do after that?What did you do then?

Let’s read

P 14

1. Write about a coincidence in your past. ◦ use the past continuous tense in your story

meeting someone you know in an unexpected place

“I was walking to the subway when I saw my old friend from university.”

Showing surprise when someone tells you about a coincidence:

“What a coincidence!”“Unbelievable.”“What a small world.” “Small world.”

A: Hey, have you ever experienced a coincidence?

B: Sure! While I was walking in the subway…

A: Then what happened?

B: Well,…

A: What a small world! Who/What/When/Where?

B: Answer… How about you?