I________ (get up) around seven o'clock, _________(have) a shower and (make)

myself a cup of tea and some toast. After breakfast, I _________(put on) my clothes for

work. It _____________(not take) long as I ____________(iron) them on Sunday night.

I then _______________(get ready) to leave the house.I ______________(pick up) my

lunch box containing some sandwiches I _______________(make) the night before.

As I _________________(open) the front door the phone _____________(ring). It

___________(be) my sister. We _______________(arrange) to meet that evening for

dinner but she _____________(call) to say she _________________(can not make) it

because her car ___________(break down) and she _____________(need take) it to

the garage.

Exercise 1. While I _______________(play) football I ____________(hurt) my leg. However, until I

__________________(see) a doctor I _____________( not realise) that
I ______________________(break) it.

Exercise 2. The police __________________(go) to the bank after a neighbour __________________(phone) to tell
them what __________________(happen). They soon__________________ (discover) that the
robbers__________________ (escape) in a stolen car. The men __________________(kill) one of the guards who
__________________(try) to stop them as they __________________(drive) away. The guard
__________________(jump) out in front of them but they just__________________ (run) over him.

Exercise 3. Suddenly they __________________(hear) a strange noise and __________________(look) at each other
in terror. All evening they __________________(play) cards and __________________(watch) television without
thinking of the ghost.

Try an complete the following grammar explanations with the right tense, draw a correct timeline:

- this tense refers to the DURATION of events in the past; usually interrupted by another

- events that happened BEFORE other events in the past

- events that started in the past and are still happening/affecting the present

- single finished events in the past

- situations which started before and continued up to a point in the story.

Answers

I got up around seven o'clock, had a shower and made

myself a cup of tea and some toast. After breakfast, I put on my clothes for

work. It didn't take long as I had ironed them on Sunday night.

I then got ready to leave the house.I picked up my

lunch box containing some sandwiches I had made the night before.

As I opened / was opening the front door the phone rang It

was my sister. We had arranged to meet that evening for

dinner but she was calling to say she couldn't make it

because her car had broken down and she needed to take it to

the garage.