lunes, 18 de noviembre de 2019

Bachillerato Practice Unit 2

Past simple and past continuous

1 Match sentences 1–4 with their uses a–d.


1  While we were singing in our music class, the other class was painting
    pictures. ____
2  It was a cold and cloudy day in Dublin. ____
3  Finally, I arrived at the top of the mountain and I admired the incredible
    views. ____
4  When we were sailing, we saw a dolphin in the sea. ____
a  two complete actions, one after the other
b  a long incomplete action, interrupted by a shorter action
c  two long incomplete actions happening at the same time
d  a description of the background context of a story

2 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

1  When I made was making a cup of tea, I dropped was dropping the cup.
2  They didn’t get weren’t getting a burger after they went were going to the
    cinema.
3  What did you do were you doing at 7 pm yesterday?
4  Did Liz listen Was Liz listening to music, while she ran was running in the
    park?
5  He got was getting home, he took was taking off his coat and boots and he
    had was having some toast.
6  I didn’t think wasn’t thinking about the party while I did was doing my maths
    homework.
7  Once upon a time, a little girl went was going to visit her grandmother, when
    she saw was seeing a wolf.
8  Frank and I played / were playing tennis and then we went were going home.



3 Match the beginnings of the sentences 1–8 with their endings a–h.

1  Ben broke his arm … ____
2  While he was travelling around the world, … ____
3  What were the views like … ____
4  I was chopping vegetables when … ____
5  She was presenting the survival show, … ____
6  Kim phoned my house … ____
7  Matt was holding some flowers when … ____
8  I fell asleep … ____
a  from the top of the mountain?
b  three times yesterday.
c  when he fell off his bike.
d  when she fell in the river.
e  he made friends from different countries.
f   I cut my finger.
g  while I was watching the film.
h  a bee stung him.

 4 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1  sunburnt / While / I / I / sunbathing / got / was / .
    ______________________________________________________________
2  they / bed / early / go / last night / Did / to / ?
    ______________________________________________________________
3  were / last night / They / at 6 pm / dinner / their / eating / .
    ______________________________________________________________
4  you / watching / What / last night / were / on TV / ?
    ______________________________________________________________
5  video games / Tom / were / We / arrived / when / playing / .
    ______________________________________________________________
6  I / skating / broke / I / when / was / my arm / .
    ______________________________________________________________

 5 Write complete sentences using the prompts given.

1  I felt very nervous before the exam and I / not eat / breakfast.
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
2  What were you doing while we / research / the project?
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
3  My dad was buying the newspaper when he / meet / my teacher.
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
4  I forgot my book and I / not do / my homework.
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
5  While we were camping, our friends / stay / in a hotel.
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
6  I went outside with wet hair and then I / get / a cold.
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

 6 Choose the best answers to complete the text.

Last winter my family and I 1 went were going to the mountains. I 2 didn’t spend wasn’t spending the first day snowboarding because we got there late in the evening. On the second day, the sun was shining. I 3 wanted wanted to go snowboarding. I 4 got dressed was getting dressed and 5 ate was eating my breakfast quickly.
When I arrived on the slopes, the instructor 6 waited was waiting for me. After lunch, I 7 snowboarded was snowboarding on my own. Unfortunately, I 8 fell /
was falling and hurt my leg. My parents 9 took were taking me to hospital. My broken leg meant that for the rest of the holiday I 10 didn’t snowboard wasn’t
snowboarding again.

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