Problems in 2050

Lily: I was staying at the Hotel Whale with my friends last week. After going shopping and having tea at the cafe, I went back to my room to rest. But when I opened the door, I saw that water was coming in through the window! I knew I should not just stand there, but I did not know what to do…

Mike: At 11:30 a.m. the day before yesterday, I was having lunch in our Forever Green House while our fridge was ordering food. Suddenly a light went on and a lot of food started to arrive from the supermarket: meat, vegetables, fruit, milk, and so on. "Stop!" I shouted at the fridge, but the food continued to come in…

Benny: Dad was driving us to the airport in his CJ3, and suddenly the car stopped. The hydrogen in the car failed to mix with the oxygen, so the car did not work. "Oh, no!" said Mum. "We're going to miss our plane. What shall we do?"

Grammar

The past continuous tense