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Where was it? What were you doing? Write a text of no more than eighty words to tell us about it.  \nYou can win fantastic prizes.  \nWild horses Steve Curry, New York  \nLast summer we were staying ina hotel in Scotland. One evening, we went for a drive. At about 7 p.m. we were going along a very quiet road. I wasn’t looking at the countryside, I was playing a video game. Suddenly, my dad stopped the car. Right in front of us were lots of wild horses. They were running straight at our car. As they were going past, I took this photo. It was amazing!  \n34   \nSwimming in the rain  \nKerry Kane, London  \nWe were sunbathing on a beach in Cornwall. I was eating an ice cream when suddenly it started to rain. My parents ran to a café but my sister Lara said, ‘Let’s go for a swim! We’re wet anyway.’ While we were swimming, I took this photo. The rain stopped and the sun came out. We felt great. The only problem was that our towels were really wet!  \nA double rainbow  \nAdam Clark, Dublin  \nI was staying with my uncle on his farm in Canada. One evening it wasn’training, so I went for a walk. As I was walking, I noticed it was getting very dark. Then I saw two rainbows over the elds! It was beautiful. I took lots of photos. It started to rain when I was going home but I didn’t care.  \n3A GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  \n03  \n1 In pairs, check you understand the holiday activities in the box. Then think of some more things we typically do on holiday.  \nclimb a mountain go for a swim/drive  \nlie/sunbathe on the beach make a trip pack your bag see the sights watch the sun rise/set visit relatives  \n2 SPEAKING In pairs, use the vocabulary in Exercise 1 to talk about the things you did during your last holiday.  \nA Did you see the sights the last time you went on holiday?  \nB No, I didn’t. I just lay on the beach all day.  \n3 Look atthe ‘Magical Moments’ photos and read the stories. Which one is your favourite? Say why.  \nPast Continuous and Past Simple  \n4 Match sentences 1–2 with the uses of the Past Continuous a–b.  \n1 □ At about 7 p. m. we were going along a quiet road.  \n2 □ I was staying with my uncle on his farm in Canada.  \na to give the background to a story  \nb to say that someone was in the middle of an action ata specific time  \n5 Read this sentence from one of the stories and answer the questions.  \nWhile we were swimming, I took this photo.  \n1 Did these actions happen  \na one after another? b at the same time?  \n2 Which action was shorter and which tense do we use to talk about it?  \n6 Read the Grammar box and find more examples of the Past Continuous and Past Simple in the stories.  \nPast Continuous and Past Simple  \nWe use the Past Continuous:  \n• to give the background to a story  \n• to talk about an unfinished action at a time in the past  \n• to show that a long activity was interrupted by a short one (in the Past Simple)  \n\n|  | I • He • She • It | We • You • They |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| + | I was swimming. | They were running. |\n| – | She wasn’t dancing. | We weren’t walking. |\n| ? | Was he sunbathing? 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