Task 2

Complete the sentences using the Past Continuous or the Simple Past.

*Note: do not use short form (wasn't/ weren't). Use "was not" or "were not" for the negative form.

1. The birds (begin) __________ to sing when the sun (rise) ________ at 6:30. When Dan (wake) _________ up at 6:45, the birds (sing) ________ 

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2. I (watch) _____ a video last night when my best friend (call) ______.

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3. The bus driver (look) __________ at all the passengers on her bus and (notice) ________ how quiet they were. Some people (read) _________ while most of the people (sit) ___________ quietly in their seats and (look) ________ out the windows of the bus.

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4. Where (you/live) _____________ at this time last year?

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5. My children (not/sleep) ___________ at 9 p.m. yesterday. They (watch) _____________ TV then.

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THE PAST CONTINUOUS

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Task 1

Complete these jokes using the Past Continuous.

1. A young man (stand) ________ on a bus. He (chew) ________ gum. An old man (sit) ________ opposite him. After five minutes the old man shouted at him, "It's no good talking to me. I'm deaf.”

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2. A motorist was in court for speeding. He told the judge that on the day he (drive) ________   at ten miles an hour and not at sixty miles an hour.

“How can you be so sure that you (travel) ________   at ten miles an hour?” “Because I (go) ________ to the dentist at the time!”

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3. Mr Goldsmith (shop) ________ in an expensive London store. He (talk) ________ to a young male shop assistant. "I want something unusual to give my beautiful eighteen-year-old daughter for her birthday." The young man thought for a second, then said, "Here's my phone number, sir!" 

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4. Two cannibals (walk) ________ along the road when they saw a long line of people at a bus stop. One said to the other, "Oh, look, do you fancy a barbeque?" 

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5. Two very drunk men (try) ________ to find their way home, but they were lost. They (stagger) ________ along a railway line. "This is a very long staircase," said the first one. "My legs are killing me!" The second drunk (hold) ________ his back. "And the handrail is so low my back is killing me!

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Exercise 3: Complete each sentence with the given words.

1. People need to see Answer of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in order to understand how big the problem is.

2. The Ocean Cleanup project is trying to Answer the problem of ocean pollution.

3. Some Answer, such as aluminum and glass, are easier to recycle than others.

4. The Ocean Cleanup project Answer   the design of the year award from the London Design Museum.

5. The Answer of the ocean looked so real that many people thought it was a photograph.

6. Some artists Answer art out of trash to make a point about the amount of trash people produce.

7. There are many Answer that work to protect the ocean and its wildlife.

8. The people who work for The Ocean Cleanup should feel Answer of the good work they are doing.

11/ The manager has signed the contract. => The contract ____ by the manager.

a has signed

b has been signed

c was signed

d has be signed

12/ Mr. Davis has already ___ about the meeting next week.

a telling

b been told

c been telling

d tell

13/ All the necessary documents should ___ by the end of the month.

a have submitted

b submit

c submitted

d be submitted

14/ I am engaged ___ the tourism industry.

a with

b at

c in

d by

15/ We are very worried ___ a huge decline in our turnover.

a about

b in

c with

d by

16/ A large number of people ___ the scandal.

a are involved in

b are involved by

c is involved by

d is involved in

17/ Most of the customers were not ___ the new product line.

a satisfying in

b satisfied by

c been satisfied with

d satisfied with

18/ I am ___ the opportunity to work with you.

a excited with

b been excited about

c exciting at

d excited about

19/ They are ___ solving technical problems.

a engaged by

b engaged with

c be engaged at

d engaged in

20/ Not everybody is ____ with the change in the hiring procedure.

a pleases

b please

c pleasing

d pleased

1/ They ____ me last week.

a were been promoted

b promoted

c did promoted

d were promoted

2/ I ____ to manager last week.

a was promoted

b was been promoted

c promoted

d were promoted

3/ Richard ____ the report yesterday.

a was written

b did wrote

c write

d wrote

4/ The computer ___ tomorrow morning.

a will been fixed

b will being fixed

c will be fixed

d will fix

5/ The report ___ by Richard months ago.

a will be writing

b was written

c was writing

d will write

6/ The idea for the new commercial ____ at the staff meeting.

a was suggested

b were suggested

c suggest

d suggested

7/ The company ____ me a job as a customer representative.

a offer

b will be offered

c will offer

d is offered

8/ We have made a lot of effort to keep the building clean. => A lot of effort ___ to keep the building clean.

a has made

b has been make

c have been made

d has been made

9/ You should turn off all the lights before going out. => All the lights ___ off before you go out.

a should turned

b should been turned

c should be turned

d should turn

10/ They cannot make the decision right now. => The decision ____ right now.

a cannot be made

b cannot made

c can not been made

d cannot be make

 Consult the exercise (practice) in the course book (page 102) and the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary to complete the following tasks:

Rewrite the four characteristics included in the stereotype of “building” and write the sense properties of this predicate.

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