An afternoon at the go-kart track
About a year ago, we spent part of an afternoon
at a go-kart track in Pattaya. Kevin (photo left) enjoys go-karts and
that day he had a friend visiting from the United States to drive with
him. Altogether, they did about 30 laps of the beginners track. Below
are some photos and videos of that day. We can use them for some easy
practice with English verb forms.Player will show here
To make the activity easy let's just use two verbs: start and drive.
Karting 1
1.
In this first photo, what were they going to do?Watch the video to see if you were right. Look at questions 2 and 3 before you close the video because you will want to play it more than once.
2. When the photo on the right
was taken, how many go-karts had started? Check the video again and
count.
3.
By the time Kevin started, how many go-karts had started ahead of him?Check the video again and count.
Karting 2
4.
What was Kevin doing here?5. Was he ahead of or behind his friend? Check the video to find out.
Karting 3
6. In this last photo, what
had Kevin
just been doing? Check the video to make sure.Answers:
1. They were going to start (driving their go-karts).
2. Three karts had started.
3. Four karts had started.
4. He was driving (a kart).
5. He was ahead of his friend.
6. He had just been driving (a go-kart).