The Tragic Story of Pompeii: A Lesson from History
Pompeii, a town near Naples, Italy, tragically buried by a volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago. The well-preserved remnants of Pompeii offer glimpses into the lives of its inhabitants, frozen in time by the disaster. Learn about the past continuous tense and practice imagining scenarios of different individuals when the volcano erupted.
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Disaster UNITE -7- P:56
Some disasters can be avoided. Others cannot. Pompeii was a town near Naples, in Italy. It was also near a volcano. Suddenly, almost 2,000 years ago, the volcano erupted. This dog was trying to run away when it was buried alive. Hot ashes and stone covered everything in a few minutes.
Pompeii was recently dug out of the ashes. Many of the people who died were as welI-preserved as this dog. When we look at them now, we can imagine almost exactly what they were doing when the volcano suddenly erupted.
1. Important grammar notes taken from the story: a. The use of When We can use when to introduce a single completed event that takes place in the middle of a longer activity or event. In these cases, we usually use a continuous verb in the main clause to describe the background event: - He was walking back to his flat when he heard an explosion.
b. Past Continuous The past continuous is formed using was/were + present participle. Questions are indicated by inverting the subject and was/were. Negatives are made with not. Statement: You were studying when she called. Question: Were you studying when she called? Negative: You were not studying when she called. Use the past continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the simple past. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.
Examples: I was watching TV when she called. When the phone rang, she was writing a letter. While we were having the picnic, it started to rain. What were you doing when the earthquake started? I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm. You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off. While John was sleeping last night, someone stole his car. Sammy was waiting for us when we got off the plane. While I was writing the email, the computer suddenly went off. A: What were you doing when you broke your leg? B: I was snowboarding.
b/Now: imagine what the following people were doing when the volcano erupted. 1. baker 2. a farmer 3. Fisherman 4. a young mother with four children 5. the tax collector 6. a vegetable-seller in the market
