BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 1

Big events in the news can stay in our memories forever. Even if we weren't directly involved, we remember where we were and what we were doing at that time. In this session, you'll learn about one of the most well-known disasters of the 20th Century, improve your vocabulary, and test your knowledge.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 1 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 1 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 1 / Activity 3

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 2

When telling a story or talking about a true event, we can use both the continuous and simple forms of the past tense. In this session, you will put events from the animated video in order, and then focus on when to use the two forms of the tense.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 2 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 2 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 2 / Activity 3

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 2 / Activity 4

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 3

We have already heard the story of Eva Hart, a child travelling on Titanic with her family. In this session, we'll look at two more stories from survivors of the disaster: Karen Abelseth and Gus Cohen. You'll read a letter, listen to a dramatic story of escape, do some pronunciation practice, and take a quiz.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 3 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 3 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 3 / Activity 3

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 4

"What were you doing when...?" is a question people often ask when sharing memories about important events such as natural disasters, the death of someone famous, or big sporting events. For older people in the USA, a classic example is "What were you doing when JFK was shot?"

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 4 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 4 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 5

Listen to the next episode of our drama, The Race. Phil and Passepartout were sleeping like babies when suddenly they heard a loud, crunching noise. What was it and where are they now? After that, test your knowledge of past simple and continuous in our Weekly Quiz.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 5 / Activity 1

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 5 / Activity 2

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 5 / Activity 3

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 7 / Session 5 / Activity 4