Student’s Worksheet – Practice 2

Ex. 1 Correct the mistakes.

1. Philip was washing the car while the fire started.

2. Yesterday the sun was shine brightly.

3. Harriet was opening the door and walked into the house.

4. We were having lunch at a lovely restaurant every day when we were on holiday.

5. Dad was repairing the TV while Mum cooked dinner.

6. I was going to the cinema last Saturday.

7. I was buying a new dress for my party yesterday.

8. While Jeff built the garden shed, he hurt himself.

9. While the teacher were speaking, the students were listening to him.

10. Walt Disney creating Mickey Mouse.

Ex. 2 In the narrative we use Past Continuous to describe the situation (background) and Past Simple for the events (action), e.g. I entered my office and looked around. All the clerks were working at their desks, but the manager was standing next to the window and looking at something happening in the street.

Decide which verbs refer to the description of the situation/action and fill in the blanks with the correct form of Past Simple or Past Continuous.

It ___________ (be) a beautiful summer morning when Clara and her father ________ (decide) to visit Morton Castle. The sun _________ (shine) and the birds ___________ (sing). Clara ____________ (feel) very excited. The castle ____________ (be) very old and made of stone. They ____________ (climb) the steps to the top of the tower and they __________ (admire) the view when they ____________ (hear) some noises. They ___________ (look) around but they ___________ (not see) anybody. ‘That’s funny’, said Clara. ‘I ____________ (think) someone __________ (stand) over there.’ After a while they _____________ (go) to the cellar of the castle. Clara _____________ (examine) an old barrel when she _____________ (notice) the door of the cellar closed behind them. ‘Dad, why____________ (you close) the door?’ she ____________ (ask). ‘But I _____________ (not close) it, dear,’ her father ______ (say). Clara _____________ (turn) around and __________ (see) a shadow on the wall. She ___________ (know) then that the ghost of Morton Castle __________ (watch) them!

Student’s Worksheet a – Practice 3

Ex. 1 You are a police officer investigating a bank robbery. Make questions from the prompts and ask them to a witness.

1. What / you / do / at 11 a.m. yesterday?

2. Where / be / Jill Turner at that time?

3. What / Mrs Smith / do?

4. Where / Mrs Watson / go?

5. How many robbers / run / into the bank?

6. What / they / wear?

7. They/ have /guns?

8. Where / the big black van / wait?

9. driver / a man or a woman? What / s/he / look like?

10. you / see / a young man in a leather jacket on the corner?

11. some men / repair the road?

12. anyone / wait / at the bus stop?

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Student’s Worksheet b – Practice 3

Ex. 1 You are a witness of a bank robbery in your neighbourhood. Listen to the police officer’s questions carefully and answer them in complete sentences (if possible). Use the prompts below.

1. I - walk in the street opposite the bank

2. Jill Turner - be / at the baker’s

3. Mrs Smith - walk along the street with her dog

4. Mrs Watson - go / into the butcher’s

5. Three robbers / run / into the bank.

6. They / wear / black clothes / stockings on their heads.

7. The robbers / have / guns.

8. The big black van – wait / in front of the bank.

9. The driver / be / a woman / have / long blond hair / wear / sunglasses.

10. Not see / a young man in a leather jacket on the corner.

11. Nobody / repair the road.

12. 2 children – wait / at the bus stop.

Homework

Ex. 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. When she ________ (fall) down, she ________ (break) her leg.

2. She ________ (walk) when she ________ (meet) her old friend.

3. John ________ (drive) over 100 km per hour when he ________ (have) the accident.

4. While I ________ (wait) for my friend, I ________ (read) a newspaper.

5. I ________ (try) to open the door by force when somebody ________ (open) it from the other side.

6. When she ________ (come) home late, her mother ________ (be) angry at her.

7. Everybody ________ (speak) so loudly that I ________ (not hear) what the announcement ________ (be) about.

8. ________ (she play) chess when you ________ (come) to visit her?

9. When he ________ (be) young, he ________ (go) swimming twice a week.

10. ________________ (you, have) any problems with this exercise?