Pirate story order the sentences which make a meaningful story.

He was wearing an eye patch and he had a parrot on his shoulder and a
wooden leg.
Instead of his right hand he had a metal hook.
An old pirate was sitting in the bar.
‘Arrr! ,’ said the pirate, ‘You see, When I fell from the ship, there were some
sharks.
A young sailor was chatting with the pirate and he asked him about his
adventures at sea.
Luckily, my men pulled me back onto the ship before the sharks ate me
completely, but one of the sharks got my leg.’
He was smoking a pipe.
‘And how about the hook on your hand? How did you lose your hand?’
‘So, how did you lose your leg?’, the young man asked the pirate.
‘While I was boarding a ship, another sailor cut off my hand with a sword.’
‘That’s amazing! What a life full of adventures!’ said the young man. ‘And how
about your eye? How did you lose that?’
‘I was eating a grapefruit when the juice went into my eye.’
‘But I don’t understand. How did you lose your eye from the grapefruit juice?’
‘Arrr!’ said the pirate, ‘it was my first day with the new hook
Correct version

Pirate story

An old pirate was sitting in the bar. He was smoking a pipe. He was
wearing an eye patch and he had a parrot on his shoulder and a
wooden leg. Instead of his right hand he had a metal hook. A young
sailor was chatting with the pirate and he asked him about his
adventures at sea.
‘So, how did you lose your leg?’, the young man asked the pirate.
‘Arrr! ,’ said the pirate, ‘You see, When I fell from the ship, there
were some sharks. Luckily, my men pulled me back onto the ship
before the sharks ate me completely, but one of the sharks got my
leg.’
‘And how about the hook on your hand? How did you lose your
hand?’
‘While I was boarding a ship, another sailor cut off my hand with
a sword.’
‘That’s amazing! What a life full of adventures!’ said the young
man. ‘And how about your eye? How did you lose that?’
‘I was eating a grapefruit when the juice went into my eye.’
‘But I don’t understand. How did you lose your eye from the
grapefruit juice?’
‘Arrr!’ said the pirate, ‘it was my first day with the new hook.’
Use the simple Use the past
past for: continuous for:
1) action that 1) action that was in
happened in the progress at a specific
past and is . . . point in the past
OR
over, done,
finished 2) focusing on an
action that continued
for a long time in the
past
 Simple Past (Examples)
Action that was completed in the past:
Tom went fishing last week.
I worked until 2:00 p.m. yesterday.
My family came to visit me last year.

*Time Expressions frequently used with

the simple past:
yesterday, last ______,
past dates (in 1990), _____ ago, etc.
 The Past Continuous:
Don’t forget that VERB BE is part of
this structure.

WAS
I, He, She, It
You, We, They WERE
Use of Past Continuous Tense
1. We use the past continuous to say that an action was in progress
at a specific time in the past. The action had already started at
this time, but had not finished.

• At 5pm yesterday, it was raining.

•I was having dinner at 6pm last night.
• Last night at 11 PM, my sister and I (we) were watching TV.
• At midnight, we were still driving through the desert.
• What were you doing at midnight last night?
Use of Past Continuous Tense
2. We use the past continuous to say that an action was in
progress at every moment during a period of time.

8:00am 12:00pm 4: 00pm

working working working working working working

• Yesterday she was sitting at her desk at work all day.

• You were working all day yesterday.
• Yesterday they were not playing football at 9am.
• What were you doing at 10pm last night?
• Jimmy was working at 10pm last night.
Use of Past Continuous Tense
3. We use the past continuous together with the past simple.
The past continuous refers to a "longer" or "background" action
that was in progress to indicate that a longer action in the past was
interrupted; The past simple refers to a “shorter” action that
interrupted the longer action, or happened in the middle of it.

John’s daughter was sleeping

when he called her at 8pm.

*Remember: this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time!

Jimmy was taking a bath
when the phone rang.

A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?

B: I was snowboarding.
Use of Past Continuous Tense
4. We use the past continuous to say that an action in the past was
temporary.

Sarah was waiting for her friend for 20 minutes yesterday.

You were working in the Sales Department last month.

They were living in Paris for a year.

 Past Continuous Tense &
Past Simple Tense

We often use the past continuous tense

with the simple past tense. We use the past
continuous tense to express a long action.

And we use the past simple tense to

express a short action that happens in
the middle of the long action.
 Past Continuous Tense &
Past Simple Tense

I was watching TV when Jim knocked the door.

Long action = (watching TV),

expressed with past continuous tense

Short action = (knocked),

expressed with simple past tense
 ‘when’ + short action (past simple tense)
‘while’ + long action (past continuous tense)

I was watching TV when Jim knocked the door.

I was watching TV when Jim knocked the door.

When Jim knocked the door , I was watching TV

Jim knocked the door while I was watching TV

While I was watching TV , Jim knocked the door

 Sometimes we use the past continuous tense
to talk about two or more actions
which were taking place at the same time
in the past.

Example

I was playing TV games while mother was cooking.

We were studying while the baby was crying.

 It’s 3:00pm last Sunday. What were they doing?

Example
Grandfather was reading the newspaper whil grandmother was knitting.
whileNicky was drawing a picture.
Cindy was listening to the Hi-fi
whil emother was drinking some water.
Father was sleeping
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Past Progressive & Simple Past 1

Use past progressive with simple past to describe an

action that was interrupted by another action.

They were enjoying the

morning when the thief
stole the briefcase.

stole
now future
past were enjoying
He was cancelling his flight ______ we called him.
Answer:
while
when

. _____________ he was talking on the phone, I was

watching TV.
Answer:
while
when
We were watching a movie _____ the screen went
blank.
Answer:
while
when
We use when and while to talk about two things that are happening at the same time.
What is the difference between when and while?
WHILE: Usually we use while when there are two long actions.
WHEN: Usually we use when if one action is long and the other is short.

We use when if there are two short actions.

We use when if we talk about periods of our life (When I was 12 …)

1. The dog was barking. She was talking to her mother on the phone.
talking to her mother = long action
dog barking = long or short (Did the dog bark for a long time? Did it bark for a short time?)
It is unclear whether there are two long actions here. So we can use when or while.
The dog was barking when she was talking to her mother on the phone.
The dog was barking while she was talking to her mother on the phone.
2. She was doing the dishes. The telephone rang.

I was sleeping when the teacher finished the lesson.

He was snoring while she was watching a movie.
doing dishes = long action
phone rang = short action.
So we'd say,
She was doing the dishes when the telephone rang.
3. The alarm bell rang. He was sleeping.
He was sleeping = long action
alarm bell rang = long or short action (Did it ring for a short time? Did it ring for a long time?)
It is unclear whether they are both long actions. So we can use when or while.
The alarm bell rang while she was sleeping.
The alarm bell rang when she was sleeping.
4. It was raining. I was watching a movie.
It was raining = long action.
Past Progressive & Simple Past 2

Use past progressive for the action in progress. Use

when and the simple past for the action that interrupts.

The man was reading the

newspaper when the thief
snatched his briefcase.

snatched
now
past future
was reading
 Form sentences with while.
Practice 2 Use the past progressive.

Example: read / steal

While the man was reading, the prisoner was stealing his wallet.

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