English Grammar (стр. 2 )

I was still ____________________________________________

§  Did Emily wear that dress when she got married?

Was Emily ___________________________________________

Join the sentences using as, just, while, when and ago. Put the verbs into the past progressive or the past simple.

§  I (1 eat) my dinner. There (2 be) a knock at the door. (AS)

§  Camilla (1 get) into the car. Henry (2 shout) a warning. (JUST, WHEN)

§  You (1 dance) at the disco. I (2 paint) the kitchen at home. (WHILE)

§  I (1 know) her ten years. She (2 work) for Star Electronics at the same time as I was. (AGO, WHEN)

§  James (1 hear) a noise. He (2 listen to) the music. (WHILE)

Practice Activities

An interview

Work in pairs. Choose a famous person you both know about. Working together, write sentences about the famous person using the structures below:

Example:

While she was working as a model she met Roger Vadim, the film director.

Structures

while + past progressive

(While she/he was … ing …)

when + past progressive

(When she/he was … ing …)

past simple + years ago

(She/he … years ago.)

in (year) + past simple

(In … she/he …)

from (year) to (year)

(She/he … from … to …)

Work in the same pairs. One of you is an interviewer and the other is the famous person you wrote the sentences about. The interviewer asks the famous person about his or her life and work. Use the structures in questions and answers.

Example:

What did your husband do while you were making films?

Use as many past simple and past progressive sentences as you naturally can.

Test

There are mistakes in some of these sentences. Find the mistakes and correct them.

The Titanic traveled to New York when it hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic. The jumper was shrinking when I washed it. Christopher Columbus was sailing in the Santa Maria when he discovered America. I was breaking my toe when I tripped over the dog. The mouse was having a heart attack when the cat jumped down from the chair. The footballer ran towards the goal when he fell over. James Dean drove a sport car when he was dying.

Make sentences. Put the verbs into the correct form: the past simple or the past progressive.

§  while I / write / a letter the phone / ring / .

§  you / read / the newspaper as soon as it / arrive / .

§  she / not / lock / the door when she / leave / the office / .

§  the train / go / through the tunnel when it / suddenly / stop / .

§  Sally / wash / her hair when the doorbell / ring / .

§  John Logie Baird / invent / the television or the telephone / ?

§  they / cry / when they / hear / the bad news / .

§  the cat / lie / on the sofa when the mouse / come / into the room / .

Some incidents took place near Dell football ground last week. A policeman is writing a report of the incidents.

Write sentences from the report, joining ideas together, and using the words given.

§  Dell fans enter the ground. A group of Lee fans arrive.

(while)________________________________________

§  Several of our men receive injuries. We try to keep the groups of fans apart.

(while) ________________________________________

§  We hold our ground well. A group of Dell fans break through our lines.

(while) _________________________________________

§  The two groups meet. Violent fighting breaks out.

(while) __________________________________________

§  I attempt to arrest one hooligan. A brick strikes me on the head.

(while) __________________________________________

§  Several shopkeepers complain to us. The fans cause a lot of damage.

(while) ___________________________________________

§  All this goes on outside. Fans throw stones inside the ground.

(while) ____________________________________________

§  The situation becomes serious. We radio for extra men.

(while) _____________________________________________

§  We wait for extra men. The situation becomes calm.

(while) ______________________________________________

Past progressive or past simple in context. Put in the right form of the verb in brackets. Sometimes either form is possible.

I (1 walk) along the street one day when I (2 see) something very strange. I (3 notice) a man the same height as me who (4 have) a beard like mine. He (5 wear) a blue shirt and an old pair of jeans and he (6 carry) a bag with some books in it. He (7 just/cross) the road ahead of me but he (8 not/avoid) me deliberately, I (9 be) sure of that. As he (10 go across) the road I (11 follow) him. I (12 wonder) whether or not to stop him and ask him whether he had noticed something strange too. I (13 still/think) about it when he (14 turn round) suddenly and we (15 look at) each other. He (16 look) amazed. “It’s unbelievable, isn’t it?” I (17 say) as I (18 stare at) his face, which (19 be) just like mine, and at his hair, which (20 also/be) just like mine. “You are my double. You look exactly the same as me.”

Irregular verbs

Infinitive	Past simple	Past participle
arise	arose	have arisen
awake	awoke	have awoken
bear	bore	have borne
beat	beat	have beaten
become	became	have become
begin	began	have begun
bend	bent	have bent
bet	bet	have bet
bind	bound	have bound
bite	bit	have bitten
bleed	bled	have bled
blow	blew	have blown
break	broke	have broken
breed	bred	have bred
bring	brought	have brought
broadcast	broadcast	have broadcast
build	built	have built
burn	burnt/burned	have burnt/burned
burst	burst	have burst
buy	bought	have bought
cast	cast	have cast
catch	caught	have caught
choose	chose	have chosen
cling	clung	have clung
come	came	have come
cost	cost	have cost
creep	crept	have crept
cut	cut	have cut
deal	dealt	have dealt
dig	dug	have dug
do	did	have done
draw	drew	have drawn
dream	dreamt/dreamed	have dreamt/dreamed
drink	drank	have drunk
drive	drove	have driven
eat	ate	have eaten
fall	fell	have fallen
feed	fed	have fed
feel	felt	have felt
fight	fought	have fought
find	found	have found
flee	fled	have fled
fly	flew	have flown
forbid	forbade	have forbidden
forecast	forecast	have forecast
forget	forgot	have forgotten
forgive	forgave	have forgiven
freeze	froze	have frozen
get	got	have got
give	gave	have given
go	went	have gone
grow	grew	have grown
hang	hung	have hung
hear	heard	have heard
hide	hid	have hid/hidden
hit	hit	have hit
hold	held	have held
hurt	hurt	have hurt
keep	kept	have kept
kneel	knelt/kneeled	have knelt/kneeled
knit	knit	have knit
know	knew	have known
lay	laid	have laid
lead	led	have led
lean	leant/leaned	have leant/leaned
leap	leapt/leaped	have leapt/leaped
learn	learnt/learned	have learnt/learned
leave	left	have left
lend	lent	have lent
let	let	have let
lie	lay	have lain
light	lit/lighted	have lit/lighted
lose	lost	have lost
make	made	have made
mean	meant	have meant
meet	met	have met
pay	paid	have paid
put	put	have put
read	read	have read
ride	rode	have ridden
ring	rang	have rung
rise	rose	have risen
run	ran	have run
saw	sawed	have sawn
say	said	have said
see	saw	have seen
seek	sought	have sought
sell	sold	have sold
send	sent	have sent
set	set	have set
sew	sewed	have sewn
shake	shook	have shaken
shine	shone	have shone
shoot	shot	have shot
show	showed	have shown
shrink	shrank	have shrunk
shut	shut	have shut
sing	sang	have sung
sink	sank	have sunk
sit	sat	have sat
sleep	slept	have slept
smell	smelt/smelled	have smelt/smelled
sow	sowed	have sown
speak	spoke	have spoken
speed	sped	have sped
spend	spent	have spent
spin	spun	have spun
spit	spat	have spat
split	split	have split
spoil	spoilt/spoiled	have spoilt/spoiled
spread	spread	have spread
spring	sprang	have sprung
stand	stood	have stood
steal	stole	have stolen
stick	stuck	have stuck
sting	stung	have stung
stink	stank	have stunk
strike	struck	have struck
swear	swore	have sworn
sweep	swept	have swept
swim	swam	have swum
swing	swung	have swung
take	took	have taken
teach	taught	have taught
tear	tore	have torn
tell	told	have told
think	thought	have thought
throw	threw	have thrown
thrust	thrust	have thrust
understand	understood	have understood
wake	woke	have woken
wear	wore	have worn
weep	wept	have wept
win	won	have won
wind	wound	have wound
withdraw	withdrew	have withdrawn
write	wrote	have written

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