What's wrong with the car?

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Unit 3 What's wrong with the car?
(The three period)
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Practical grammar
Can you describe a problem with a machine?
Can you report a problem and schedule a repair?
Can you leave your machine for a repair?
Create a conversation about a repair.
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Lets review.
This door wont open. Can you fix ?
it
These windshield wipers arent working. Can you
fix ?
them
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A. Review. Complete each sentence with it or them.

• The windshield wipers arent working. Please
• check ______.
• 2. The window wont open. Can she replace
• ______?
• 3. I cant change these tires. Will you please
• change ______ for me?
• 4. The headlights wont go on. Is he going to fix
• ______?

them
it
them
them
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Lets learn.
We cant fix your car today. Please _________
tomorrow.
drop off it drop it off
drop it off
The windshield wipers arent working. I cant
____________.
turn on
turn them on
it them
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B. Put the underlined words in order.
2. My car needs new tires. it / Can / off / drop
/ I / later / ? 3. I have to turn on the
headlights. button / on / turns / them / Which / ?
Can I drop it off later?
Which button turns them on?
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4. Id like to pick up my car today. up / can / I
/ pick / it / What time / ? 5. I need gas.
Please / it / fill / up / .
What time can I pick it up?
Please fill it up.
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Lets think.
The car made a funny sound.
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Now
made a sound
The car was making a funny sound.
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Now
was making a sound
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Lets learn.
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1. The car was making a funny sound.
2. They were driving to work.

was / were v. ing
???They werent driving to work. ?????Were
they driving to work? Yes,
they were. / No, they werent. ????? Who was
driving to work? They were.
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C. Complete the paragraph with the past
continuous.
was making
An Hongs SUV ______________ (make) a
funny sound, and she wanted a mechanic to check
her car. But Ma Ying ______________ (change) the
oil in a customers used car. Tong Yufei
_____________ (replace) the headlights. Jiang Fan
______________ (fix) the engine, and Dong Na
______________ (remove) the old tires. Even Tim
Zhang, the manager, was busy. He ______________
(talk) on the phone.
was changing
was replacing
was fixing
was removing
was talking
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Lets think.
come go buy ask stop drop fall take
??
called
play eat do drink clean read sing
Now
???
was eating
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D. Choose the past continuous or the simple past.
Yesterday I read / was reading the car ads in
the newspaper when my sister called / was
calling. She asked / was asking me what I did /
was doing, and I told / was telling her. So after
work, she went / was going with me to a used car
lot. The manager of the lot showed / was showing
us a nice car, and I bought / was buying it!
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Do it yourself!
What were you doing at 1000 this morning?
A. Pair work
I was eating breakfast.
yesterday this morning last Sunday
700 1000 400
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B. Discussion. Tell the class what your partner
was doing.
Example Dong Fan was having a math class at
800 this Monday. He was having lunch at 1130.
He was playing football at 300. And at 700 in
the evening he was doing his homework. What was
he doing at 1000? He was sleeping.
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Homework

• List as many two-word verbs as you can.
• Make sentences with when, using the past
• continuous and the simple past tense.