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B. Elicit or pre-teach spread the news (tell lots of people the news). Play audio 10.1 again. Students fillthe gaps.Answers:First, the newsreader spread the news over the radio. The forestry worker waslistening, and he went to tell the radio operator . He told his wife , the next villageand his daughters . Then his daughter went to tell the teacher .C. Play audio 10.1 again. Students complete the table.Answers:What were they doing?1.2 Forming the past continuousA. Students fill the gaps with the correct form of the auxiliary verb.Answers: 1. was 2. were 3. were 4. was 5. wereB. Students complete the chart. If necessary, refer them to the Past continuous section of the LanguageReference.Answers:structureexamplepositive statements subject + was/were + v-ing I was leaving.negative statements subject + was/were + not + v-ing He wasn’t coming.yes/no questions Was/Were + subject + v-ing Was he writing?wh- questions wh- question word + was/were + subject + v-ing How were they travelling?C. Students write sentences responding to the accusations of bad behaviour.Get a few students to perform their sentences in pairs as dialogues. One student accuses; the other sayswhat they were doing at that time.D. Students answer the questions.Possible answers:1. I was (talking to my friends). 4. I was thinking about (my house).2. I was (sleeping). 5. I was writing (answers to these questions).3. S/he was (writing on the blackboard).E. Students complete the questions.Possible answers:1. Was your brother reading at 9pm last night?2. What were you doing when I rang?3. Why were the children crying last night?4. Where was Lu Meh going when I saw her this morning?5. When you heard the gunshots, were you still sleeping ?What did they do?The newsreader - He was reading the news - He thought about his friend- He was lying in a hammock - He ran to tell the radio operatorThe forestry worker - He was listening to the radio- He was trying to ignore the mosquitoes- He was cooking some soup - He dropped the cheroot into the soupThe radio operator - He was smoking a cheroot - He told his wife and daughters- He sent a message to the next villageThe radio operator’sdaughterThe teacher- She was playing with her sister - She went to tell her teacher- She was playing with some stones- She was marking essays - She went outside and joined the- She was listening to cassettes celebrationsUNIT 1023