Accidents around us
Chapter 8, Book 5B
Primary Longman Express
while
while
We use while to link two longlasting actions that continued for
the same period of time in the
past.
We use the past continuous tense
for both actions.
Example
Tom and Mary were doing their homework.
NOW
5:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Mum was cooking the dinner.
Tom and Mary were doing their homework
while Mum was cooking the dinner.
Practice
my sisters – tidy the living room
NOW
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
my brothers – sweep the floor
_____________________________
My sisters were tidying the living room
_____________________________
while my brothers were sweeping the floor.
Practice
my brother - play computer games
NOW
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
I – play the piano
_____________________________
My brother was playing computer games
_____________________________
while I was playing the piano.
when
when
When one thing happened at the time
when another thing was happening, we
use the past continuous tense for the
longer action and the past tense for the
shorter action.
We use when to link the two actions
together.
Example
Tom was doing his homework.
NOW
5:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Mum came home.
Tom was doing his homework when Mum
came home.
Practice
Ray - swim
NOW
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Ray - hurt his leg
______________________________
Ray was swimming when he hurt his leg.
Practice
the children - dance
NOW
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
the children – twist their ankles
The children were dancing when they
______________________________
twisted
their
ankles.
______________________________
Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
We use reflexive pronouns when the
subject and the object are the same.
I hurt myself when I
was playing basketball.
He burnt himself when
he was cooking.
Reflexive pronouns
I

myself
You

yourself/yourselves
We

ourselves
He

himself
She

herself
They

themselves
Practice
hurt / play football
hurt myself when I
I ____________
was playing football
______________________.
cut / make a salad
They ______________
cut themselves when
they ___________________.
were making a salad
burn / iron the clothes
She ____________
burnt herself when she
was ironing the clothes
______________________.
THE END