Past Tenses. Past Simple. Past Continuous

1. You are going to hear Jack talking to his grandmother. Before you listen, look at questions 1-8 and guess who did what. Write / (for Jack) or G (for Gran) or M (for Jack's mother). Did Jack, his Gran or his Mum:

1 go to London?..J...

2 go to the cinema?........

3 see a famous footballer?........

4 collect autographs?........

5 go up to town alone?........

6 scream at pop concerts?........

7 worry about homework?........

8 go to a club?

2. Listen and check if you were right. Look at your answers to Exercise 1 and answer these questions.

1. Which things did Jack do last Saturday?

2. What tense does he use

3. Which things did Gran do when she was young?

4. Did she do them regularly?

3. Listen again and complete these sentences.

1. We did some revision for our exams while we________________________________________.

2. When we_________________________for the cinema, we saw a really famous footballer.

3. He_______________________a burger and all the crowds______________

nobody noticed him except me.

(Grammar for FCE L.Hashemi B. Thomas P.16 Unit 3 A Context Listening)

Which tense is in the gaps in Exercise 3?

Complete the chart writing most common uses of the tense forms.

Set examples.

Past Simple.	Past Continuous
1.	1.
2.	2.
3.	3.

Past Continuous time words:

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY 1. Each student gets a picture with an object and decides what he or she was doing last night when his partner/teacher phoned him, involving this object. See the activity in Grammar Practice Activities Penny Ur p. 208 22.2 (#10)

EXERCISE 1. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in parentheses in the Past Continuous or the Past Simple.

1. We (go) to see how she (be) and found she (feel) much better.

2. The campers (look) up into the sky and (see) that the clouds (get) thicker and thicker.

3. At six o'clock this morning I (have) a wonderful dream, but then the alarm-clock (go) off.

4. My granny (sit) on the veranda when I (arrive) at the country-house.

5. I (see) Max when I (come) home this afternoon. He (mow) the lawn.

6. This time yesterday I (enjoy) myself on the beach.

7. When Robert (enter) the room, his wife (read) a letter. She even (not notice) him.

8. We (walk) into the foyer where all the people (discuss) the play.

9. He (hurt) his arm badly while he (repair) the roof of his house.

10. They (tell) me they (start) a new project.

11. Kathy (realize) that she (stand) in front of the secret door.

12. I (have) a feeling that Rob (lie) to me.

13. The police (arrive) when the man (get) out of the house.

14. That day I (be) on a hiking trip in the mountains and (not know) anything about what (go

on) in town.

EXERCISE 2.Translate into English using the Past Continuous or the Past Simple.

1. Когда мы вошли в комнату, все гости уже сидели за столом.

2. Я выглянул из окна и увидел, что мы проезжаем мимо живописной деревеньки.

3. Каждое утро мистер Грейсон работал с 9 до 12 в своём кабинете. В это время все члены его семьи старались не беспокоить его.

4. Вчера мои родители пытались отговорить меня от этой поездки, но им не удалось убедить меня. 5. Я совершенно уверен, что кто-то следил за мной, когда я подходил к этому дому.

6. Над чем работал Сэм в то время? - Он готовил новую статью в журнал «Время и люди».

7. К сожалению, я не знала, что профессор Робинсон принимает участие в этом семинаре.

8. А что ты делала с 4 до 5? Гуляла? - Нет, я была дома и убиралась у себя в комнате.

9. Я не понимал, почему они все так разглядывают меня, и чувствовал себя неловко.

10. Бен проснулся поздно в то утро. На улице шёл снег, и мальчишки во дворе играли в снежки.

11. Кто это стоял у окна, когда мы проходили по коридору?

12. Я познакомился с этим человеком, когда ехал на теплоходе по Волге.

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY 2. Select a scene and time for a crime – say, a bank robbery, at a well-known bank in the middle of town, at 11 o’clock yesterday. Two students are the ‘suspects’ – they are sent outside and instructed to prepare an ‘alibi’ for each other. For example they were shopping in a different part of town, or cycling together. The class, who are the ‘detectives’, prepare a number of questions to ask them. After a while the first suspect is called in and asked then the second. If their answers fall in line then they are ‘innocent’.