5 SPEAKING Talk to a partner. Give more Information if you can. 1 Do you post photos on social media? What kind? If not, how do you share photos with friends and family? 2 Do you have a photo as a background on your phone, fablet, or Computer? Who or what is it of? What ’ s the story behind it? 3 Do you have any photos you really like on your phone? Show them to your partner. What was happening at the time? 4 Do you have a favourite photo of yourself as a child? Who took it? What were you wearing? Is there a story behind it?
3 GRAMMAR past continuous a Look at the highlighted verbs in two sentences from the article in 1. We were watching the smoke coming from the volcano. I was looking through a National Geographie magazine when I saw the photo. Which verb describes...? 1 an action in progress at a specific moment in the past 2 the Situation during the story b Underline more examples of the past continuous in the article.
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o: Video Watch the video. Make a sentence for each clip using the past continuous and the past simple. 1 She was surfing when she saw...
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LISTENING & PRONUNCIATION weak forms: was, were Look at six photos from Anya ’ s social media page. Which person do you think is Anya? Who do you think the other people are? ©2.12 Listen to Anya talking about the photos. Label them 1-6 in the order she describes them. Listen again and check. What eise can you remember about each photo? ©2.13 Listen to six sentences and write the missing words. 1 my first term at university. 2 I with him in the Easter holidays. 3 We a music course. 4 at school together. 5 She took this when we the Colosseum. 6 We all Champagne, and Roz the hard work! Listen again. Are was and were stressed or unstressed? Giossary
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