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English B1Musa and the Speed Camera
Musa was singing at the wheel and missed a sign: the Past Continuous versus the Past Simple.
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What you will learn
Past Continuous
English dialogue
narrator: Yesterday Musa was driving home from work.
musa: I was listening to loud music and singing along.
narrator: While he was singing, he didn't see the speed sign.
musa: Flash! Oh no, was that a speed camera?
storesoster: Dad, what were you doing when it happened?
musa: I was driving at sixty in a fifty zone.
lillesoster: You were driving too fast again!
musa: I know. I was thinking about my new tyres.
alina: I saw you this morning. You were driving very slowly!
musa: Yes! I was watching every sign on the road.
musa: From now on, the music is quieter and the car is slower.
storesoster: We will remind you, Dad!
Words from this lesson
| yesterday | yesterday |
| was driving | was driving |
| listening | listening |
| loud | loud |
| singing along | singing along |
| while | while |
| speed sign | speed sign |
| flash | flash |
| speed camera | speed camera |
| happened | happened |
| zone | zone |
| too fast | too fast |
| thinking | thinking |
| tyres | tyres |
| slowly | slowly |
| road | road |
| quieter | quieter |
| slower | slower |
| remind | remind |