2015-09-07
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A 1 She was talking on the phone when her child came in.
2 Sam was in hospital because he had crashed his car.
3 They were tired. They had been studying hard all morning.
4 I was cooking lunch while my dad was pouring the drinks.
5 We had been living in the house for a year before we decorated the kitchen.
6 Princess Diana did a lot of work for charity.
7 At two o’clock this afternoon they were having lunch in the café.
8 First, she knocked on the door. Then, she went inside.
9 We had booked the tickets before we went to the theatre.
B actions which
a- tell about people no longer alive;
b- happened before another past action or by a stated time in the past;
c- happened immediately one after the other;
d- put emphasis on the duration of a past action which started and finished before another past action;
e- were in progress at a stated time in the past;
f- were simultaneous (two or more actions at the same time);
g- were in progress when they were interrupted by another one;
h- lasted for some time in the past, whose result was visible in the past;
i- finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
Task 6: Translate and write three forms of irregular verbs:
Lose, break, make, do, lie, lay, can, set, cut, sleep, fall, spill, split, forbid, tear, lead and write.
Task 7: Ask five questions to each of the sentences (to review: lesson 1, part 2).
Sam was hungry when he reached the restaurant.
She wanted to go to the supermarket.
I have been waiting for this film for long.
You must give me the receipt for this dessert.
Task 8: Fill in correct question tags and give short answers.
You’ve already seen that film, ________?
They didn’t want to go skiing this year, ________?
She likes going to the cinema, _______?
I’m a bit younger than you, ________?
You won’t forget to call me, ________?
It was rather warm yesterday, ________?
We saw this film a month ago, _______?
People in black clothes look moody, _______?
