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m Listen and checkif you wereright. root at youranswers to Exercise 1 and answer thesequestions.
1 \{hich things did Jackdo last Saturday?
2 What tensedoeshe use? 3 \{hich things did Gran do when she was young?
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Listen again and complete m these sentences. 1 We did somerevisionfor our exams while we ..........................
2 r|dhen we .....................,.... fbotballer. . c^,. _1 . for the cinerria, we saw a really famous
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terb + -ed* didnot + verb ilid ... + verb? I wanted it. I didn't wunt it, Wat ili.d.youwant?
hope--+ hoped far verbs add-edor -d to the verb:want --+ wanted; y common verbs are irregular: thinle --> thougftt;make --->made > SeeAppendix 2 -+ were (not) be is irregular: am, is (not) --->was (not)i are (not)
rfre use the past simple: e for completedactionsand eventsin the past: ',1-e hail an examon ThursdaY. \l-ecausht the coach. of actionsor events: o ior a sequence then I went to the cinema. I went round the shops, o fbr permanentor long-term situationsin the past: I reallyenjoyeil myselfwhenI was a teenager. r for repeatedevents: grandmotherwent to lots of concerts. JacLls famous. Shealwaysasleed. for an autographwhen shemet someone - SeealsoUnit 3 for further usesof the past simple.
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was/ were+ verb + -ing was/ wne not + verb + -ing was/were... + verb+ 'in* Theywere waiting. Shewasn't waiting. Wercyou woiting?
We use the past continuous: r for an activity beginningbefore a past action and continuinguntil or after it. The action is usualiy in the past simple: we diil some revision Weitiit somereuisionwhile we were trauelling. u)eswtw \\rhenwe were queuingfor the cinem&, ___Y" -r' I"AAA^ a reallyfamousfootballer'
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r for two things happeningat the sametime: He was bt rying a burgerand all the uowds were ualleing pest.
r for repeatedevents,with a word like arwaysor continuaily, especially if the speakeris criticisingthe activity: Yourmotherw&s al-ay, lringhu ho*r*orle. (= She did her homework regularlyand often. Jick's g.Jna-otrrer thinks ,rr" *".t.a too hard!) o for unfulfilled plans,with verbslike hope, plan etc.: I wqs hoping tofind a newjacleer. (= U.rt I didn,t find one) a state verbsare usedin the pastsimple, not the pastcontinuous (>seep.4): I diiln't lanowhim. (not@.1
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in the gapsntth the past simple of the verbs in the box. be++ come drink eat explain feed find get glve go have know learn read seem speak spread tie write
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niff in the gapswith the past simple or past conrinuousof the verbs in brackets.
My parents . .gAt to knoweachotherwhenthey @et) p.! ,....VW.g,. sdy.:ng..... (st udy) ar universi ry.
Doctor Fisher I .................... Lily ............. it to the receprionist. While I ............... ... (work) in Rome, I ...................... (look) just like your sisrer. (meet)a girl who (trauel) widely as a young man and (always keep) a diary.
(see) my brother and his girlfriend when I .............. (wait) for the bus, but they .............. ... (not see)me. (fill) in the application fbrm and ............ . (giue)
Simon (finish) with his girlfriend because she (always cancel) datesat the last moment. 7 Anna'sfeelingdepressed because she ................ last week,but she (not get)one. f,$ Und"rline the correct form of the verbs. . (hope) fbr a pay rise
Ada Atkins, 93, explains LalJysbe bas come to liue in toun ago, nobody in my village uould, lock / uas locking 0) their fiont doors. We useclto feel/would, Jbel (2) safe in those days. Last month, I met/uas nxeeting (3) my neighbour in the street when I was walking/woukl ualk (4) home from the shops and she tolct/wa; telling (5) me some bad news. Thieves were brealeing/usecl. to break (6) inro people's houses while they Llere sitting/Luould sit (7) in their back gardens. I realised./was realising (8) that I wasn,t uanting/didn't tLtnnt (9) to live there any more. Solastweek I wrumouing/mouect(10) Years
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{ to tfris little flat.I am not used/dirl,n'tuse(11) to Lreingin the town yet, but people are more friendly than I utas tbinlcing/thought (12) they might be, and I feel much happier and safer.
Fill in the gaps with a suitable form of be/get used to' (not)goingto bed late' 1 Rita'svery tired this morning.She .................i5n':f'..\ffid...I.A............... """""" goingto school 2 Don't worry about the children,they by bus. 3 My new boss 4 She 5 ....................
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(tou) out climate or do you miss the sunshine? hotel before,but I soon 6 I had never stayedin such an expensive
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3 The film star shoutedat the director' then she """"""' 4 As a small child, I would sometimes
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Use of English
Forquestions 1-15, readthe text berow and decide whichanswer (A, B, c or D) bestfits eachspace. There is an example at the beginning (O).
Example: O @ spent B made C held D went
This task te6tsgrammar from the rest of the book as well as the grammar in this unit.
A MUSICIAN IS DISCOVERED whenwiiliamwasa smalrboy, the famiry (o) a theirhoridays on his grandfather,s farmin the mountains. on theirarrival, the chirdren (1) .. racearound the yardand orchard, overjoyed to be freefromthe stricily (2) ..... expected correct of themin the city'As the dayspassed, parents their also(3) ... increasingty relaxed, andthe house rangwiththe laughter of old friends. lt wasduring one of thesevisitsthat william,s (4) ... to remember a tune ledto the suggestion that the boyshould (5) ........ up a musical instrument. one evening everyone wasgathered in the riving_room, anda discussion (6) "'...' aboutthe differences between a pieceof musicwhichwas popular at the timeanda well-known folksong. Various adults triedto (7) . the similarity of the two tunesto thosewho(g) . . withthem,but without success. (g) . . feil,ano thenwilliam, whowasabout five,madehis (1o) ... to the piano andprayed firstone tune andthenthe other. parents His andtheirfriends wereastonished (11) ........ no one hadevenheard 'That wi'iam (,.2r . to pray before. chiromustgo to a music teacher,' (13) ..... one neighbour, andthe othersagreed. William,s parents were persuaded to (14) ........ herpwith payment of the fees,and his musicar (15) .. began.
L A would 2 A manner 3 A showed 4 A talent 5 A take
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task, there are some irregular past simple verbs.Without looking text, write the past simple form of theseverbs. arc4.
'Memories'. fngazrne is running a competition called Readers are asked to sendin stories clt 1.20-180 words abouta significant your eventin theirearly childhood. Write story.
This task gives you a chance to practise: using the past simple and past continuousfor eventsin the past. ttsing usedto and would for past hahits. Usefulwords and expressions at the time,by chance, I clearlyremember, I now realise, in rhose days,luckily, oneday,therewas/were,unfortunately, whenI wasX yearsold
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