Part 2. Oceans

Study the information in the tables below:

Past Simple Active – служит для выражения действия происшедшего или происходившего в прошлом. Time Markers – yesterday, yesterday … (yesterday at 5pm, yesterday morning, …), last … (last week, last winter, last month, last year, …), ... ago (two days ago, five years ago, a week ago, …), on, at, in
Positive	Negative	Interrogative
□ Ved/V2 ■. John Franklin left England with a hundred and thirty four men in 1845. □ – John Franklin V2 – left ■ – England with a hundred and thirty four men in 1845	□ didn’t V1 ■. The expedition didn’t take the right route. □ – The expedition didn’t V1 – didn’t take ■ – the right route	1. Optional: Did □ V1 ■? Did Mrs Franklin find the traces of her husband’s expedition? – Yes, she did. 2. Special: Q.w. did □ V1 ■? Why did they take the wrong route? – The people died of the lead poisoning. The lead also affects brain. That is why Captain Franklin made so many wrong decisions.

Conjugation of Verb to be in Past
Singular			Plural
Person	Positive	Negative	Person	Positive	Negative
I You He, She, It	was were was	wasn’t weren’t wasn’t	We You They	were were were	weren’t weren’t weren’t

Exercise 9. Fill in the gaps with the verb to be in past simple positive or negative using the information from the table above and information from the text “Mystery of Franklin Expedition”:

1. The three dead men weren’t old.

2. And three deaths in the first months of the expedition … very strange.

3. Where … the ships and all the other sailors?

4. … the last message from the Franklin expedition in 1857?

5. Dr Owen Bitty … the scientist at the University in Canada.

6. Lead … inside the tins.

7. In the extreme cold and ice the bodies … in perfect condition.

8. Ice … a reason of sailors’ death.

9. It … eight thousand tins of food that killed the people.

10. John Franklin … a bad captain, he … under the affect of poisoned food when he made so many wrong decisions.

Study the information in the table below:

Past Continuous Active – служит для выражения действия, которое длилось определённый момент или период в прошлом. Time Markers – when … (when I came, when he arrived, when she met Dave, …), while … (while I was reading, …), yesterday from … to … (yesterday from 5pm to 6pm, …), last year from … to … (last year from March to August, …)
Positive	Negative	Interrogative
□ was/were Ving ■. When John Franklin was leaving England with a hundred and thirty four men in 1845 he took everything they needed. T.M. – When □ – John Franklin was/were Ving – was leaving – England with a hundred and thirty four men in 1845 □ – he V2 – took ■ – everything they needed.	□ wasn’t/weren’t Ving ■. Franklin and his men weren’t living with Eskimo people or Inuit. □ – Franklin and his men weren’t Ving – weren’t living ■ – with Eskimo people or Inuit	1. Optional: Was/Were □ Ving ■? Was Franklin sailing across the Atlantic without any problems? – Yes, he was. 2. Special: Q.w. was/were □ Ving ■? Why were so many men dying in the expedition? – Nobody could give a definite answer that time.

Exercise 10. Put the verbs in the correct form, past simple or past continuous:

1. On July the 26^th some sailors saw Franklin’s ships when they were entering the Bay.

2. The expeditions which (look for) Franklin and his sailors … (bring) any news.

3. Then in August 1850 some sailors … (find) the first signs of the Franklin Expedition while they … (search) on Devon Island.

4. The mystery of the Franklin Expedition … (grow) stronger.

5. Why … so many sailors … (die) when they … (leave) the ships?

6. Why … so many men … (die) in the Franklin Expedition?

7. In 1984 Dr Bitty … (go) to the Baffin Bay with a team of scientists.

8. Back at the University Bitty … (make) an incredible discovery.

9. Eight thousand tins of food that they … (eat), (kill) the men.

10. Why … John Franklin … (make) so many wrong decisions?

11. Where … the lead … (come) from?

12. The men all … (die) in January 1846 when Franklin … (wait) in the Baffin Bay for the ice to melt.

Unit 2. Weather