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B.Complete the following sentences with the Past Simple Tense of the verbs of the previous exercise.

1.I’m so happy because I ______________ an A+ on the Grammar quiz yesterday!

2.Last night, Mom ______________ an e-mail letter to my uncle who lives in Paris.

3.Last Sunday, we ______________ to Mac Donald’s and we____________ some delicious hamburgers, French-fried potatoes, and milkshakes.

4.Yesterday in painting class, Karen ______________ some wet paint on Henry’s chair. Nobody said anything. He ______________ down, and when he

____________ up, we laughed and laughed at him. Poor Henry!

5.I _____________ Sandra at the mall yesterday afternoon. She _____________ a beautiful dress.

6.John _____________ to my house yesterday afternoon, and we _____________

the Literature homework together. Then, we played some X-box games.

7.Yesterday I was so tired that I _______________ the whole afternoon on my sofa.

8.Yesterday in sports class, we _______________ around the soccer field 10 times. At the end of the class, we were so thirsty, that we _____________ many glasses of water.

9.Last Sunday in the park we _____________ our bicycles, and raced against each other. I was always the first!

10.In Literature class, we _____________ a new story. Then the teacher

_____________ the meaning of some new words to us.

11.Last weekend in Ruitoque, we _____________ the golf cars all around the place. We were hungry and we had some money. So then we ____________ some candy at the Cristal Store.

12.I was sick last week. I ____________ a cold. A terrible cold. My uncle is a doctor, and he ___________ me some medicines.

13.At the end of the day, my mom said: “Baby, are you OK? I _____________ about you all day”. I love her, but sometimes I think she’s a little bit crazy.

Exercise 46. Complete the sentence with used to.

Example: He doesn’t play the piano any more but he used to play every day.

1.She doesn’t eat sweets now but she ____________them every day.

2.Miranda ____________ my colleague but we don’t work together any longer.

3.We live in Sussex now but we _____________ in Scotland.

4.Now there is one cinema in our town but there _____________ five.

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5.When they were young they _____________our garden but they don’t like it now.

6.Melly walks everywhere now. She _____________ a horse.

Exercise 47. Write some sentences about Denis who started following his friend Henry’s life-style. Denis stopped doing some things and started doing other things.

Make sentences like these:

Examples: Denis used to be in time for work.

He never used to read thrillers. Or: He didn’t use to read thrillers.

Exercise 48.Translate into English.

А.

1. Мы начали этот опыт на прошлой неделе. 2. Они вернулись домой в 7 часов вечера. 3. Мы решили послать это письмо вчера. 4. Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 5. Вчера я встретил Стива в библиотеке. 6. Когда вы видели его в последний раз? 7. В прошлом году мы не изучали французский. Мы изучали английский. 8. В котором часу вы начали работать вчера? – После обеда. У нас было мало работы. 9. Погода была хорошая, и мы с друзьями пошли в парк. 10. Где вы были час тому назад? 11. Я встретил её позавчера, и она рассказала мне об этом. 12. Вчера вечером я звонила своим друзьям в Лондон. 13. Где ты купила этот словарь? 14. В понедельник она не приходила в институт. 15. Она не объяснила, почему решила переехать в другой штат. 16. Кто оставил эту записку? 17. Кто обучал вас английскому языку? 18. Когда вы были за рубежом последний раз? 19. Джон Кеннеди стал президентом США, когда ему было 43 года. 20. Его рассказ не на всех произвёл впечатление.

В.

1. Теперь она избегает ходить туда так часто, как раньше. 2. Он, бывало, внезапно появлялся в доме своей матери и так же внезапно исчезал. 3. Она,

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бывало, часами сидела у открытого окна, глядя на лес за холмами. 4. Иногда она жаловалась на свою трудную жизнь, и ей становилось легче. 5. Я думаю, что вы теперь говорите по-английски лучше, чем раньше. 6. Теперь он совсем не курит, так как у него плохое здоровье, а ведь раньше он курил сигарету за сигаретой. 7. Он начал изучать французский, а в детстве занимался английским с частным преподавателем. 8. Когда-то он был весьма состоятельным человеком.

Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в Past Indefinite и причастия I основного глагола.

Past Continuous употребляется:

для выражения действия, происходящего в какой-то момент в прошлом; этот момент может быть выражен:

1. обстоятельством времени

At five o’clock in the morning she was still writing the composition. – В пять часов утра она всё ещё писала сочинение.

It was evening; the boat was approaching the land. – Был вечер; лодка приближалась к земле.

We were writing our composition from 5 till 7 o’clock. – Мы писали сочинение с 5 до 7 часов.

2. каким-либо другим действием, передаваемым глаголом в Past Indefinite:

I was translating the article when you came in. – Я переводил статью, когда ты вошёл.

When night came the travelers were walking along the narrow path. – Когда наступила ночь, путешественники шли по узкой тропинке.

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Exercise 49. Here is a page from Mr. Cook’s diary.

Write sentences saying what he was doing at these times:

1.At 8 o’clock he was collecting his car from the garage.

2.At 10.45 he _________________________________________________________

3.At 2.20 _____________________________________________________________

4.At 5 o’clock _________________________________________________________

5.At 8 o’clock _________________________________________________________

6.At 10.05 ____________________________________________________________

7.At 11.10 ____________________________________________________________

Exercise 50. One evening there was a concert in the park near your house. Use the words in brackets to make sentences saying what each member of your family was doing at the time.

Example: (Don/have /a bath) Don was having a bath.

1.(Mother/cook/in the kitchen) Mother _____________________________________

2.(Father/make/a phone call) Father ________________________________________

3.(I/get ready to go out) I ________________________________________________

4.(My sister/wash some clothes) My sister __________________________________

5.(My brother/do/homework) My brother ___________________________________

6.(My grandmother/watch TV) My grandmother _____________________________

7.(My grandfather/ read the newspaper) My grandfather _______________________

Exercise 51. Put questions to the underlined words.

1. My brother was sitting at the table when I entered the room . 2. At 7 o’clock the doctor was driving to his patient. 3. It was raining hard last night. A strong wind was blowing. 4. They were leaving the house when we arrived. 5. I was waiting for the results. 6. He was asking for money. 7. She was dreaming of becoming an actress. 8. They were listening to a funny story. 9. We were writing a test from 2 till 4. 10. Ann was looking for her cat in the garden. 11. I was walking with my dog at that time. 12. Everybody was waiting for her arrival.

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Exercise 52. Open the brackets using the Past Simple или the Past Continuous.

1. Mary (play) the piano; John (read); my wife (sew) when suddenly we all (hear) a shout. 2. When the doctor (leave) the hospital, he (catch) a glimpse of himself in the glass front door. 3. The door of his room (be) open; his mother still (stand) at the window. 4. And, smiling to himself, he (begin) to make plans, fantastic plans for the future. He still (smile) when he (walk) up the rock-cut steps. 5. Crosby (cross) the street when the car (strike) him. 6. It (drizzle) when they (come) out of the house. 7. When the World War (break), John (live) in Holland. 8. It (get) dark and I (suggest) that we should go down. 9. John (come) in, (look) at the fire, (stand) a moment, (turn) and (go) away. 10. As I (walk) home yesterday, I (meet) a beggar who (ask) me for some money. 11. Mike (raise) his eyes from the book and (look) out of the window. It still (snow). 12. We (drive) at about forty miles an hour when the accident (happen). 13. He (go) into the kitchen and (get) himself a cup of coffee. 14. Eric (go) to the library and (sit) down to read the letter. The fire (crackle) merrily in the fireplace, and outside the wind (blow). 15. When I (be) a boy, I (want) to be an actor. 16. When I (hear) his knock I (go) to the door and (open) it, but I (not/recognize) him at first because I (not/wear) my glasses. 17. When they (walk) up the street together they (begin) to talk. 18. Your telegram (come) just as I (leave) home. 19. John (talk) with his boss when I (see) him. 20. When he (arrive) home, he (go) straight to the sitting room and (take) off the picture.

Exercise 53. Answer the questions using when and the verb of the subordinate clause in the Past Continuous Tense.

Example: When did she meet Helen? (walk along the street)

She met Helen when she was walking along the street.

1.When did you catch that cold? (skate on a frosty day)

2.When did he write those nice poems? (have a holiday)

3.When did she learn language? (live in England)

4.When did she hear that song? (listen to a concert on the radio)

5.When did you buy that book? (read up for my exams)

6.When did the boy hurt himself? (ride the bicycle)

7.When did Philip lose his camera? (walk about the city)

8.When did he ring you up? (have supper)

9.When did he come? (watch a film on TV)

10.When did you meet her? (walk in the park)