Pronunciation Intonation in complex sentences
While they were crossing the Pacific, their boat hit a whale and sank.
As he was escaping from the bank, the robber got caught in the the revolving door.
He was trying to get out of the chimney when the police rescued him.
A. Complete these news stories using the past continuous or the simple past of the verbs given.
1. Flight 2001___________(fly)from London to New York when it suddenly
(encounter) turbulence and _______(drop)15,000 feet. The plane _________ (carry)
over 300 passengers and??a crew of 17.
2. While divers________ (work)off the coast of Florida, they _________ (discover) a
100 year-old shipwreck. The shipwreck _______ (contain)gold bars worth
$2 million. The drivers _______(film) life on the coral reef when they (find) the gold.
3. A man was fined $4,000 for stealing an ambulance The ambulance driver ________
(make) a phone call when the thief _______ (start up) the ambulance. He ______
(speed) away the driver________ (see) him and (call) the police.
4. Police got a shock when they ______(stop)a motorist as she ______ (speed) on
the highway. While they (search) the trunk of her car, they _______ (find) three
snakes.
5. The driver said she ______(take) them to a pet fair.
