2. Antonio wasn't writing an e-mail to Paco when ...

3. Paco didn't expect Sonia's phone call

4. Paco decided to sit on the armchair and listen to some music

Reading Comprehension Activity

1) The Lanes area only appears at the beginning.

2) The Royal Pavilion appears at the end of the video.

3) The Brighton Pier and its fairground don't appear.

4) The video ends with the old Brighton pier.

Watch this video about the city of Brighton and say which statements are true or false.

Solved exercise

1) Alex and Andrés / not / work / on Sunday

2) Sonia / not / help / his brother / with English

3) Paco / not / play / tennis / in the park

4) Antonio / not / write / an/ e-mail / to Paco

5) Isabel / not / cook / chicken / last night

Complete these sentences with the negative Past Continuous form.

Self-assessment

Say which of these sentences in the negative form of past continuous are correct.

1) The students __________ the exercises when I entered the classroom.

	a) The students weren't doing the exercises when I entered the classroom.
	b) The students didn't doing the exercises when I entered the classroom.

2) My father __________ the newspaper when you phoned him.

	a) My father weren't reading the newspaper when you phoned him.
	b) My father wasn't reading the newspaper when you phoned him.

3) She __________ English yesterday evening.

	a) She wasn't studing English yesterday evening.
	b) She wasn't studying English yesterday evening.

Reflexión

Remember the structure to form the negative form in past continuous:

I / he / she wasn't studying English at the library.

You / we / they weren't doing the washing up.

Curiosity

The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in the early 19th Century as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th Century.


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The Prince Regent, who later became King George IV, first visited Brighton in 1783, as his physician advised him that the seawater would be beneficial for his gout. In 1786 he rented a farmhouse in the Old Steine area of Brighton. Being remote from the Royal Court in London, the Pavilion was also a discreet location for the Prince to enjoy liaisons with his long-time companion, Mrs Fitzherbert. The Prince had wished to marry her, and may have done so secretly; however this was illegal owing to her Catholic religion.

Henry Holland was soon employed to enlarge the building. The Prince also purchased land surrounding the property, on which a grand riding school and stables were built in an Indian style in 1803, to designs by William Porden.

Between 1815 and 1822 the designer John Nash redesigned the palace, and it is the work of Nash which can be seen today. The palace looks rather striking in the middle of Brighton, having a very Indian appearance on the outside. However, the fanciful interior design, primarily by Frederick Crace and Robert Jones, is heavily influenced by both Chinese and Indian fashion (with Mughal and Islamic architectural elements). It is a prime example of the exoticism that was an alternative to more classicising mainstream taste in the Regency style.

From Wikipedia.

Further Knowledge

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