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Lesson objectives
In this lesson students will:
contrast the use of the past simple and the past continuous
ask and answer questions about an emergency
read a quiz about historical events
Exercise 2
His brother was eating when the lights went out.
His dad was walking down the street when the ground moved.
Jay's sister was talking to her friends when someone shouted "Earthquake!"
His grandparents were watching TV when everything fell off the shelves.
Exercise 3
were staying
had
was
were sleeping
woke up
were
Exercise 5
were living
disappeared
65 million
when
Pompeii
was quickly
1666
rebuilt
an earthquake
suddenly
The Titanic