1. What's in the news?

1.1. ED's Blog

  • Read ED’s blog. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous. Be careful with verb forms in both tenses.

ED’s Blog

12 July  the day I nearly died

Today I……….. (walk) next to the river when I nearly ………..(stand) on a snake. I……….(stop) immediately. The snakes’s fangs……..(go) in and out. I was terrified. I……..(move). One bite and you’re dead in three hours.

10 September  knives and guns

Early this morning we……….(cross) the river by boat when we ………(see) five canoes.     The tribesmen ………..(carry) knives and guns. They were angry because we ……..not have permission to be on their land. We……..(leave) as fast as we could.

24 November the jungle at night

I……….(lie) in my hammock last night trying to sleep, but i twas impossible because the noise of the jungle was so loud. Monkies……..(scream) in the trees and millions of mosquitos………(buzz) round my head. I……..(take) a sleeping pill and finally ………(fall) asleep at 3 a.m.

 

  • Listen and check. Pay attention to the form and use of verbs, pronunciation, stress patterns, and intonation.
  • Think of more questions to ask about ED and Cho.

What did they eat ?  How did they navigate ?