A Big Adventure: Delayed!

Inglés 2º de Nivel Básico A2

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Lesson

A big adventure
Delayed!

Focus on

 Juan meets some friends, most are not British and they talk about their experience coming to London. He talks about the problems he had when he flew to the UK. The flight was delayed and he left his passport on the counter after having a drink at the cafeteria.

 

"Did you have bad weather?", they asked. "No" he answered, "The reason is quite strange."

departures screen and woman

Imagen de fhmira en Flickr. Licencia CC

What do you think?

Why was the flight delayed?

a) A dog ran on the runway.

b) Bees went in the plane.

c) A flight attendant hit a passenger.

Check here for the answer.

 

Look at the words in bold letters. These words are verbs in Simple Past form.

Have > had; Fly > flew; Be > was; leave > left; Have (In question form) > did you have ...?; Ask > asked; Answer > answered

We use them to talk about events from the past.

Why was Juan's flight delayed?    It was delayed by a swarm of bees.