Example: I didn't go (not/go) to the park yesterday because the weather wasn't (not/be) very good.
1. I (not/have breakfast) this morning because I …… (not/have) time. 2. We …… (not/buy) anything because we …… (not/have)money. 3. I …… (not/sleep) because I …… (not/feel) sleepy. 4. She …… (not/be) interested in the book because she ……(not/understand) it.
Ex. 4. (A) Write questions. A friend has just come back from Italy and you are asking him about it. Examples: What place/goto? What place did you g o to? The weather/fine? Was the weather fine?
1. how long/stay there? 2. stay at a hotel? 3. go alone? 4. how/travel?
5. the food/good? 6. what/do in the evenings? 7. make any friends there?
Ex. 5. (A, B) Complete the sentence with used to.
Example: He doesn't play the piano any more but he used to play every day.
1. She doesn't eat sweets now but she …… them every day. 2. Miranda …… my colleague but we don't work together any longer. 3. We live in Sussex now but we …… in Scotland. 4. Now there is one cinema in our town but there …… five. 5. When they were young they …… our garden but they don't like it now. 6. Melly walks everywhere now. She …… a horse.
Ex. 6. (A, B) Translate into English using the Past Indefinite Tense.
1. Мы начали этот опыт на прошлой неделе. 2. Они вернулись домой в 7 часов вечера. 3. Мы решили послать это письмо вчера. 4. Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 5. Вчера я встретил Стива в библиотеке. 6. Когда вы его видели в последний раз? - В прошлый вторник. 7. В прошлом году мы не изучали французский. Мы изучали английский. 8. В котором часу вы начали работать вчера? - После обеда. У нас было мало работы.
Ex. 7. (В, С) Translate into English using used to and would + Infinitive.
1. Теперь она избегает ходить туда так часто, как раньше. 2. Он, бывало, внезапно появлялся в доме своей матери и так же внезапно исчезал. 3. Она, бывало, часами сидела у открытого окна, глядя на лес за холмом. 4. Иногда она жаловалась на свою трудную жизнь, и ей становилось легче. 5. Я лично думаю, что теперь вы говорите по-английски лучше, чем раньше. 6. Теперь он совсем не курит, так как у него плохое здоровье, а ведь раньше он курил сигарету за сигаретой. 7. Он начал изучать французский, а в детстве он занимался английским с частным преподавателем.
THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Read the text and complete the chart.
John Williams lives in London and he is a pilot. Yesterday morning he was in Portugal and yesterday afternoon he was in Switzerland. Yesterday evening he was back in London. He was at a disco with his friend.
| Name: Occupation: home: | |||
| Yesterday morning | Yesterday afternoon | Yesterday evening | |
| Where? |
Talk to your partner.
Where were you... at eight o'clock yesterday evening? at this time yesterday? last Sunday lunchtime? Wednesday afternoon? on Monday morning? last weekend? last week?
| WHAT WERE YOU DOING? |
| I was driving slowly down the high street. At the traffic lights, I knocked over a man who was crossing the road. He admitted it was his fault, because the same thing has happened to him before. |
| As I was coming home from work, I accidentally turned into the wrong house and crashed into a tree that I do not have. |
| While I was waiting in a traffic jam I unfortunately bumped into a cyclist who passed my car on the other side from where I was looking …. |
| I was driving carefully down a country lane when a cow walked into the side of my car. I learnt afterwards that the cow was half-witted … |
Write out all the verbs out of the explanation forms, divide them into columns
| V2 | Was/were Ving (PI) |
The Past Continuous denotes a temporary action taking place at a given moment.
| I was writing a letter to my friend | at 5 yesterday |
| from 5 to 6 on Sunday | |
| when Mum came |
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I was reading We were reading |
Ex. 1. (A, B) Here is a page from Mr Cook's diary:
8.00 - collect the car from the garage
10.30 - meet the manager
2.00 - lunch with Peter
4.30-5.30 - visit the dentist
7.30 - the organ concert at the Cathedral
10.00-walkthedog
11.00 - drive Mother home
Write sentences saying what he was doing at these times:
1. At 8 o'clock he was collecting his car from the garage.
2. At 10.45 he… 3. At 2.20 … 4. At 5 o'clock … 5. At 8 o'clock … 6. At 10.05 …
Ex. 2. (A) One evening there was a concert in the park near your house. Use the words in brackets to make sentences saying what each member of your family was doing at the time.
Example: (Don/have/a bath) Don was having a bath.
1. (Mother/cook/in the kitchen) 2. (Father/make/a phone call)
3. (I/get ready to go out) 4. (My sister/wash some clothes)