LOST AT SEA Tell a story about a journey 3.2
G past continuous and past simple
V prefixes
Adaptive Practice
1 3.4 LISTEN FOR DETAIL Listen and number the events in the order they happened (1–6). The Robertsons got help. One of the Robertsons’ children made an unusual suggestion. The Robertsons had no more food. The Robertsons left their old life behind. There was a serious accident. The Robertsons made it back to land. D 3.4 LISTEN FOR OPINIONS Listen again and choose the correct words to complete the summary. LISTENING A SPEAK What famous stories or films do you know that involve seas, oceans and islands? What happens? B PREDICT Work in pairs. You are going to listen to a podcast about the Robertson family. Look at the pictures. What do you think happened? brave (adj) a brave decision, action or choice is one that you make even though it involves risk and may cause problems for you life raft (n) a small boat used for saving people in emergencies survival expert (n) a person who knows how to stay alive in emergencies if you are far away from help survive (v) to stay alive, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation, for example, injury, illness, war GLOSSARY C 1 Chloe thinks the story is amazing / frightening . 2 Matt thinks their decision was brave / sensible . 3 When he saw the whales, Douglas felt excited / scared . 4 On The Ednamair, the family felt positive / hopeless . 5 Douglas thinks the adventure was enjoyable / terrible . E SPEAK Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 Do you think the Robertsons’ decision to sail around the world was a good one? Why/Why not? 2 Why do some people do dangerous things? 3 Do you ever do dangerous things, or do you prefer to avoid danger? Give examples.
GRAMMAR Past continuous and past simple A WORK IT OUT Read the rules and complete the examples with the words in the box.
bought noticed sold started (x2) was passing were living were sailing
B Choose the best form to complete the sentences. 1 We decided / were deciding not to go on foot because it rained / was raining . 2 First, I bought / was buying a ticket, then I got / was getting on the bus. 3 Do you like our new bike? We bought / were buying it last week. 4 I hurt / was hurting my head when I fell / was falling off my bike because I didn’t wear / wasn’t wearing a helmet. 5 We use when (not while ) before the past simple. They were sailing out into the Pacific Ocean when things to go wrong. Past continuous and past simple 1 We use the past continuous ( was/were + verb + - ing ) for actions or situations that were in progress at a particular time. In 1970, Dougal and Lyn Robertson and their four children on a farm in northern England. 2 We use the past simple for finished actions or situations, and things that happened one after another. They their business, a boat and on 27th January 1971, their journey across the Atlantic. 3 When we use them together in the same sentence, the past continuous describes a long action and the past simple describes a shorter action. Their boat the Galapagos Islands when they something large in the water behind them. 4 We can also use when or while before the past continuous. When/While they out into the Pacific Ocean, things started to go very wrong.
Adventures
Amazing
How it ended
How it started
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