Answer — Exercise 6
5.1 - Fantastic film trips·Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Look at sentences a)-c) and answer the questions.
- Underline the correct alternative to complete the rules.
- Find one more example of the past simple and the past continuous in the same sentence in your text.
Answer
a)
- past continuous → were sailing; was living; was raining; past simple → crashed; wrote; decided
- a) sail; b) live; c) rain
- a) sail; b) live; c) rain
- background information → a) were sailing; b) was living; c) was raining; main events → a) crashed; b) wrote; c) decided
b)
- past continuous
- past simple
c)
- Kon-Tiki → While others were discussing the theory, Heyerdahl decided to test it.
- Into the Wild → While he was travelling, he met several people ...
- Rabbit-Proof Fence → ... while they were walking, they saw the 'rabbit-proof fence' …