- •2. Degrees of Comparison. Past Simple or Past Continuous
- •Degrees of Comparison
- •Ex.4. Correct the mistakes if necessary.
- •Section 2. Reading Text 1
- •Text 3 the dog in the manger
- •Ex.7. Answer the questions and write an essay “my holiday”.
- •Section 4. Listening Listening 1
- •Listening 2
- •Listening 3
- •Listening 4
I COURSE
LESSON 7
Section 1. Grammar
1. Past Simple or Past Continuous.
2. Degrees of Comparison. Past Simple or Past Continuous
Ex.1. Choose the correct verb form.
1. When I brought / was bringing in the papers, he spoke / was speaking on the phone.
2. When I entered / was entering, they discussed / were discussing something.
3. He felt / was feeling that somebody watched / was watching him.
4. I met / was meeting him while I made / was making a tour of France.
5. I paid / was paying my check when I heard / was hearing someone call my name.
6. I turned / was turning round and saw / was seeing Jenny.
7. Pardon, I didn’t hear / wasn’t hearing what you said /were saying.
8. I finished / was finishing shopping and went / was going home.
9. I asked / was asking her if she knew / was knowing any good Spanish restaurant
there.
10. When Ruth looked out / was looking out of the window, she saw / was seeing that it
still snowed / was still snowing.
11. Mike fell / was falling down and hurt / was hurting his knees.
12. Last summer, when climbing a mountain in the Caucasus, we lost / were losing
our way.
13. The rescue team found / was finding us on the fourth day.
14.When I entered / was entering the room, Justin showed / was showing photographs
to the guests.
15. Police stopped / was stopping him while he drove / was driving at a high speed.
Ex.2. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into Past Continuous or Past Simple.
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1. Why Jeff (not / to prepare) for exams
last week?
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2. Where Betty and Emily (to celebrate)
Christmas while their parents (to travel)
round Europe?
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3. With whom you (to talk) on the phone
at that time yesterday?
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4. Why Fanny (not / to look) through all
these magazines last weekend?
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5. What Betty (to do) last Thursday?
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6. Sybil (to take) part in the school concert
when her parents came home from
work?
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7. Why Rose (not / to meet) her friend from
Greece at the airport last Friday?
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8. Where Tom and John (to watch)
cartoons yesterday evening?
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9. Polly (to dust) the furniture when Tom
came?
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1. Why Jeff (not / to prepare) for exams the
whole evening yesterday?
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2. Where Betty and Emily (to celebrate)
last Christmas?
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3. With whom you (to talk) on the phone
yesterday?
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4. Why Fanny (not / to look) through all these
magazines the whole morning yesterday?
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5. What Betty (to do) from 3 till 6 o’clock
last Thursday?
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6. Sybil (to take) part in the school concert
last Christmas?
____________________________
7. Why Rose (not / to meet) her friend from
Greece at the airport at that time yesterday?
______________________________
8. Where Tom and John (to watch)
cartoons the whole evening yesterday?
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9. Polly (to dust) the furniture ten minutes ago?
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Ex.3. Complete the conversations using Past Simple or Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1. policeman:
|
What were you doing (you / to do) when the accident happened (to happen)? |
colin: |
I was (to be) at the bus-stop. I was waiting (to wait) for a bus. |
policeman: |
____________ (you / to see) the accident? |
colin: |
No, because I ____________ (to read) the newspaper. |
2. nicola: |
I __________ (to telephone) you at 9 o’clock last night but you were not at home. |
martin: |
9 o’clock? I __________ (to sit) in a cafe, __________ (to drink) hot chocolate. |
nicola: |
____________ Jane with you? |
martin: |
No, she _________ (to work) in the library. |
nicola: |
Where _________ (you / to go) after the cafe? |
martin: |
I __________ (to go) home. |
3. mum: |
Oh no! My beautiful new plate. What happened? |
angela: |
I’m really sorry, Mum. I __________ (to break) it when I __________ (to wash) it. |
mum: |
How? |
angela: |
My hands _________ wet and I _________ (to drop) it on the floor. |
4. sophie: |
_________ (you / to think) yesterday’s exam _________ difficult? |
edward: |
No, not really, but I _________ (not / to write) very much. |
sophie: |
Why not? |
edward: |
Because I _________ (to dream) about my holidays. |
5. tracy: |
Pardon? I didn’t hear you. Could you repeat that, please? |
neil: |
I _________ (not / to talk) to you. |
tracy: |
Who _________ (you / to talk) to? |
neil: |
Sarah. |
tracy: |
Oh, sorry. |
6. andrew: |
There _________ (to be) a crash outside my house yesterday. |
pippa: |
What _________ (to happen)? |
andrew: |
I don’t know. It _________ (to rain) but the drivers _________ (not / to go) fast. |
pippa: |
Were they hurt? |
andrew: |
One man _________ (to break) his arm and the other man _________ (to cut) his head. |
Ex.4. Translate into English.
1. “Ты ходил куда-нибудь вчера вечером?” — “Нет, я остался дома”.
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2. Когда Ник ездил в Лондон?
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3. Чайковский написал много опер.
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4. Что ты делал, когда я тебе позвонил?
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5. Мой отец учил меня водить машину, когда начался дождь.
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6. В то время, как я читал, Джон играл на пианино.
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7. Сейчас я сижу в классе. Вчера в это время я читал детектив.
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8. Я не слушал учителя, поэтому я пропустил то, что он сказал.
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9. Они не пригласили Сью на вечеринку, поэтому она и не пошла.
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10. “У тебя вчера было время написать письмо?” — “Нет, не было”.
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11. Когда я открыл посылку, я обнаружил там сюрприз.
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12. Я не слышал грозу, потому что я спал.
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13. Я не хотел никуда идти, потому что шел дождь.
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14. Когда я проснулся, ярко светило солнце и пели птицы.
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