http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kZheaH3OxI Activity 1: Listen to the story and fill in the blanks with the missing words Hi, this is _ I’m from _ Ah, I’m speaking today for ello.org Um, have I ever been in an accident? Well, that’s maybe not a very nice question Have I been in an accident? Ah, let me think Yeah, there was one time when I was on a _ And I was in And I _ down the road, not very fast, but (ah) the road was very, very bumpy And I actually _ a small rock that was in the middle of the road And I of the bike And I fell off the motorbike And, um, yeah, I cut my _ I was very lucky, because I was not wearing a helmet So… I was quite young and a little bit crazy Um, but, luckily, I was okay So, that’s my story How about you? Have you ever been in an accident? **If there is a word you don’t understand, visit www.wordreference.com and look it up!** Activity 2: Write questions for the answers Question Answer Paul England A motorbike Thailand He hit a small rock and lost control of his bike He was fine Activity 3: Underline two uses of the past continuous in the story Activity 4: Have you ever been in an accident? Write about your accident Where did it happen? Were you driving or were you a passenger? Were you okay? _ _ _ _ _ _