General English Level 2 GELEV2 Unit 01 Topic 04.doc PRACTICE Past continuous Tanya is telling a friend about something that happened at work. 1. Read the text. 2. Use the verbs in the box to fill in the spaces. 3. Use the past continuous. sing talk look listen play read sleep stand It was terrible! We all thought the boss was out of office for the day. Then I turned around and he. was standing 1 there. Susan. ___________ 2 on her mobile phone. Tom. _______________ 3 the morning newspaper. Antonia and Grace._______________ 4 at photos while Tracy and Mark. ____________________ 5 cards. Karen. ______________ 6 to her walkman and. ______________ 7 as well. Dave was definitely the worst. He had his head on the desk and. _______________ 8 ! What a surprise we all had! SPEAKING Past continuous Listen to your teacher’s instructions.  READING 06 An interesting life Read the article about Professor Fred Hollows. Professor Fred Hollows, the famous eye doctor, was born in New Zealand in 1929. He studied to be a doctor in New Zealand. Then he went to Wales to do more study. In 1965 he went to Australia. In Australia he studied an eye problem called trachoma. This disease can make people blind. A lot of indigenous people in Australia have this disease. Professor Hollows began a special program to help them. 41 QUESTLANGUAGE