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UNIT
UNIT
EXERCISES 6
EXERCISES
6.1 Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past simple in one space and the past
of verbs.
Use the past simple in
one space and the past
6.1
Complete the sentences using these pairs
(A & B)
continuous in the other.
continuous in the other. (A & B)
arrive/get go/get meet/work look/slip wait/order ski/break
arrive/get go/get meet/work look/slip wait/order ski/break
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Just as
I
into the
bath the fire alarm
.we**. ff
1 1 Just as 1..Ws..9¢4inginto the bath the fire alarm went... off,
o
Helen her leg while she in Switzerland.
2 2 Helen............... her leg while she............... in Switzerland.
We I in a music shop.
3 3 Wew when
when [............... in a music shop.
When his mother in the other direction Steve away quietly.
4 4 When his mother............... in the other direction Steve
I a drink while I for Pam to arrive.
5 5 Lo. a drink while [............... for Pam to arrive.
Our guests were early.
6 6
They as I changed.
This
same
the
This time,
time, use the same tense in both spaces. (B)
not concentrate/think
close/sit use come/put tense in both spaces. (B) shut/start take/place write/drive
shut/start
not concentrate/think
write/drive
take/place
come/put
close/sit
She the door and down quickly.
7 7 Shen... the door and............... down quickly.
I the windows as soon as it to rain.
8 nn rr the windows as soon as it............... to rain.
I'm sorry, I I about Jim.
9 9 I'm sorry, I................ To. about Jim.
It was an amazing coincidence. Just as I to Anne, she to my house to come and
10 10 It was an amazing coincidence. Just as I...............: to Anne, she...............: to my house to come and
see me.
see me.
When the taxi I my suitcase on the back seat.
11 11 When the taxi... To: my suitcase on the back seat.
He the cake out of the oven and it carefully on the table.
12 12 Hew. the cake out of the oven and..............: it carefully on the table.
in
of these
at the past continuous
Which
verbs you
6.1:1-6.
wrote
be
could also
6.2 Look at the past continuous verbs you wrote in 6.1:1-6. Which ofthese could also be in the past
in
the past
6.2
Look
What difference in meaning, if any, would there be? (А, В & С)
simple?
simple? What difference in meaning, ifany, would there be? (A, B & C)
6.3 Complete the sentences with one of these verbs: be, enjoy, have, live. Use the same verb for each
6.3
Complete the sentences with one of these verbs: be, enjoy, have, live. Use the same verb for each
the pair. In one, you can use only the past simple; in the other you can use either the
sentence
sentence in in the pair. In one, you can use only the past simple; in the other you can use either the
or the past continuous. (C)
past simple
past simple or the past continuous. (C)
It was now getting late, and my eyes trouble focusing on the birds in the
1 1 a a It was now getting late, and my eyes............... trouble focusing on the birds in the
light,
disappearing
disappearing light.
Treoeonrnore a She... very good at talking to children in a way that kept them entertained.
trouble with that car the whole of the time I owned it. it.
b Too I trouble with that car the whole of the time I owned
se
As a historian, I'm interested in how people
in the past.
2 a As a historian, I'm interested in how people................ in the past.
selling what
few remaining possessions
by
they had.
During that hard winter, people
b During that hard winter, people...............by selling what few remaining possessions they had.
3 w She very good at talking to children in a way that kept them entertained.
naughty.
Before the party, the children got very excited and
b Before the party, the children got very excited and............... naughty.
4 a He... learning Japanese until the class had a new teacher.
He
learning Japanese until the class had a new teacher.
learning languages.
Even when he was young, Jonathan
b Even when he was young, Jonathan.............. learning languages.
S.
6.4 Correct the sentences if necessary or put a a “. (D)
(D)
6.4
Correct the sentences ifnecessary or put
Whenever I called in on Sam, he talked on the phone.
AWN
1 Whenever I called in on Sam, he talked on the phone.
from work.
a day travelling to and
When I lived in Paris, I was spending three hours
2 When I lived in Paris, I was spending three hours a day travelling to and from work.
Peterson was winning the tournament four times before he retired.
3 Peterson was winning the tournament four times before he retired.
We were having to play netball twice
a week when
I went to school.
4 We were having to play netball twice a week when I went to school.
beach most weekends.
so good last summer that we went to the
The weather was
5 The weather was so good last summer that we went to the beach most weekends.
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