GRAMMAR One day in May, Jack Smith was walking in Northern Oregon. It was a place he liked walking in and he knew it well. He was walking along a path when he saw a black bear, a female with her two babies. One was about a year old, the other was only a few months. Jack stopped to watch the bears. Because Jack walked along the path regularly, the bear knew who he was. It wasn't afraid and it didn't try to attack him. While Jack was watching the bears, something large and heavy hit him from behind. It was a mountain lion! Jack tried to get away from the mountain AN 1 Look at this sentence from the story and answer the questions. A B He was walking along a path when he saw a black bear. 1 Which verb is past simple, and which verb is past continuous? Past simple and past continuous 2 Which action, A or B, started first? 3 Which action, A or B, interrupted the other? GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 153 2 Find three sentences with while in the story. Answer questions 2 and 3 in Exercise 1 about them. 3 Find all the other examples of the past simple and the past continuous in the story. 1 The cats (start). 2 While the girl (ring). 3 The teacher 4 Lucy 4 Complete the sentences with one verb in the past simple and one in the past continuous. 0 The boy was eating (eat) an ice cream when the monkey stole (steal) it. (sleep) outside when the rain (read) a book, her phone (arrive) while Katie and Adam (play) a computer game. the news. 5 The boy.. (eat) her lunch when she (fall off) his board while he (skate) in the park. Jack wasn't badly hurt. He was sure the bear recognised him and wanted to save his life. (hear) lion. Then, while he was fighting it, the mother bear ran towards him. But the bear didn't attack Jack, it attacked the mountain lion. The bear was much bigger than the mountain lion. While the mountain lion was attacking Jack, the bear stood on its two back legs and pulled the mountain lion off Jack's back. The mountain lion ran off into the trees. Then the bear went back onto its four feet and looked at Jack for a moment. before it walked back to look after its babies. ← 117 5 Correct the mistakes with the past simple and past continuous. O 1 When we looking for the lions at the zoo yesterday, we found the elephants. 2 Yesterday while I came back home, I dropped my purse in the road. 3 When I waiting for the bus, I saw a monkey in the trees. 4 When we walk beside the lake, we heard a noise behind us. 5 It is snowing when I went there and very cold. climb drive eat find open run sit talk walk write 6 In pairs, take turns to say sentences with when or while and the past simple or past continuous. Use the verbs in the box and animals from the table on page 94. While the man was driving along the road, a monkey jumped out of a tree. I saw a family of rabbits when I was walking by the river.​