KEY FOR DAY 1

Use the past continuous : 

1/ My brother and I were playing video games the other day.

2/ It was dark because it was raining.

3/ My parents were cooking dinner.

4/ My sister was  reading in her room.

5/ the dog was snoring  in his basket

6/ I was not  having fun because everything was too quiet.

EXERCISE 2 : simple past OR Past continuous ?

1/I was having  a bath when the telephone rang

2 I answered and started talking.

3 Then, I smelled something strange. I  looked around.

4 I realized something was burning

5  The kitchen was dark because there was smoke everywhere.

6 Everybody around me was watching TV, and relaxing.

7 I started to scream.

8  The fire alarm went off.

9 The fire brigade arrived

10 All the neighbours were looking at the scene.

3 PICK THE RIGHT ANSWERS : choisissez la bonne réponse.

1 Le simple past est utilisé pour exprimer des actions soudaines au passé.

2 Le simple past est utilisé pour exprimer des péripéties au passé.

3 Le simple past est utilisé pour exprimer des actions au passé.

4 Le past continuous est utilisé pour exprimer les circonstances, le cadre de l’histoire, et non l’essentiel.

5 Pour dire il y avait ou il y eut : There was/ There were. 

4 STORIES  : sélectionnez les bons éléments

1  The three little pigs were having fun   when the wolf arrived.

2 Snow White was cleaning the kitchen  when she saw the witch

3 Cinderella  was crying  because she couldn’t go to the ball

4 Two little pigs  were singing and dancing while their brother was building a good house

5 The wolf huffed and puffed  while the little pigs  were hiding behind the door

DAY 2

PREPARE YOUR ANECDOTE : 

1 Write the introduction : I’m going to tell you about… a story…an experience …an incident…an accident

2 Situation : Where were you ? When did it happen ? What were you doing ? What was the weather like ?

3 Incident/actions : What happened ? Use first, then, after that… Finally

4 Consequences : How did you or people react ? how did the story end ?

5 Comment on the situation : Was it fun / sad/scary/ ?

WRITE YOUR ANECDOTE AND SEND IT TO ME on PRONOTE or my professional email address.

• MR BEAN ANECDOTE –WATCH THE VIDEO  AND PICK THE RIGHT ELEMENTS: regardez la video à nouveau et choisissez les bonnes réponses

1The video is ….a news programme/ a talk show/ a game

2 Graham Norton is …a movie star/ the host of the show/ the man dressed in grey/ the guest.

3 Rowan Atkinson is …an actor/ a fiction character/the TV host/ a guest/the guest

4 Mr Bean is ….an actor/ a fiction character/ a role… which is physical .

5 Rowan Atkinson is …famous in Great-Britain / world-famous / has stopped playing Mr Bean

6 He is recognized …all over the world / is just recognized in Great-Britain/ sometimes half-recognized

7 The anecdote took place in …a car park/ car parts department/ at a Land Rover warehouse

8 R. Atkinson was …serving customers/ a customer waiting for car parts.

9 The person who talked to him was …a salesperson/ another customer/ a woman

10 That person …recognized R. Atkinson/ half-recognized R Atkinson/ recognized Mr Bean

11 R. Atkinson said …he was Mr Bean / he was the actor playing Mr Bean/ he was neither Mr Bean, nor Rowan Atkinson.
12 The person  said …R. Atkinson was a good actor/ he could make a good career of imitating R. Atkinson/ R. Atkinson wished he were R. Atkinson.

13 The more R. Atkinson said he was R. Atkinson …the more the man believed him / the nicer the man was/ The more the man was annoyed/ the less the man believed him.

14 The story ended …because R. Atkinson left/ the man left/ the situation was boring/the situation was annoying.