Past Continuous and Past Simple

Winning and Loosing, Past Simple and Past Continuous

     

On 1 August 1976, Niki Lauda was racing to the German grand prix when he had a terrible accident. The weather was bad-it was raining. While Lauda was 

going round the corner, he suddenly lost control of his Ferrari. The car crashed and caught fire. Another driver, Guy Edwards 

was coming toward the corner when he saw Lauda inside the burning car. He stopped and pulled Lauda out.

     It was 17 March 

1984. Thousands of people stood on the banks of the river Thames in London. They waited for the start of the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. But while the Cambridge boat was going under a bridge it hit another boat. Soon it was clear that the boat sank so they rowed to the bank. The race took place the  next day and Cambridge lost.

      She decided to go surfing with some friends. While she was waiting for a wave, a shark attacked her. The sharks swam away. She started to swim back to the beach. Her friends saw the blood and came to help her. Ten weeks later she took part in a surfing completion.
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The real me

My name is Alexandra. I’m from Macedonia. I’m 15 and I’m in year 10 in high school. I play basketball and learn English. My hobbies are reading books and listening to music. I’m quite hard-working and bit tolerant with friends. However, I’m very shy and impatient.

Are you fearless or phobic?

1.You want to have a shower but there's a big spider you: a- avoid having shower or b- having shower anyway?
2.You are the party and there's a lot of people you don't know: a- decide to leave or b- spend time making new friends?
3.Travelling by plane is very safe but what is your opinion of flying:a-  I can't help feeling nervous or b- I don't mind flying at all.
4.Somebody offers to give you a free ticket to a big rock concert: a-  say no because you can't being in a very large crowd of people or  b- accept the ticket?
5.You're in a lift and it's gets stuck.a-  Do you feel scared because you imagine being in the lift for hours or b-  wait patiently and hope to be free soon?
6.A friend suggests doing a bungee jump a-  do you refuse to do it because you're afraid of height or  b- agree to do it?
If most of your answers are as you're phobic or if most of you answers are bs you're fearless.

Present Simple and Present Continuous

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PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I go to school every day. I’m going to do this exercise. I ‘m speaking English at he moment. I speak English every day. I’m wearing my blue jeans today. I wear my blue jeans every day. I’m doing this exercise at the moment. I do exercises every day. I’m playing computer games at he moment. I play computer games at weekends.