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Grammar

ACT. 5
Viviana Steffania Muñoz Osorio ID 628359
Corporación Universitaria Minuto De Dios
30 de agosto del 2020

Nota:
Inglés III, Docente: Gustavo Adolfo Pérez Bedoya, Administración en Salud Ocupacional, Pereira, Risaralda
Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios
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Grammar

Past simple and past continuous


1 Write the past simple form of these regular and irregular verbs.

1 cry cried 8 chat chatted

2 travel traveled 9 happen happened

3 send sent 10 say said

4 enjoy enjoyed 11 know knew

5 stop stopped 12 try tried

6 break broke 13 cut cut

7 fall fell 14 turn turned

2 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in Exercise 1.
1 Last summer, my friend and I travelled around the south of France. We really enjoyed ourselves.
2 were you watching at the end of the film? I thought it was really sad.
3 Sarah is very angry. What did you say to her? You talked to her yesterday.
4 I sent my grandmother an email yesterday with a photo but she doesn´t know (not) how to open the attachment!
5 My mobile phone fell on the floor but the screen didn’t break (not). That was lucky!
6 I didn’t see the accident. It all happened very quickly.
7 My PC was making a strange noise so I using it and it off.
8 We tried to open the box with a knife but my dad cut himself. There was blood everywhere!

3 Write questions with the past simple.


1 When / you / buy / that tablet /?
when did you buy that tablet?
2 How much / your new computer / cost /?
how much costed your new computer?
3 What / you / do / after school yesterday /?
What did you after school yesterday?
4 Why / you / not / call me last night /?
why not you call me last night?
5 Where / Dad / save / the photos / on the computer /?
where dad saved on the computer the photos?
6 Which files / you / delete /?
which you files deleted?
7 How many copies / Gary / print / yesterday /?
how many gary copies printed yesterday?
8 Which company / Steve Jobs / help to start /?
which steve jobs campany helped to start

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Grammar

4 Write the -ing form of the verbs.

1 attach attaching 8 change changing


2 tie tying 9 upload uploading
3 run running 10 think thinking
4 save saving 11 win wining
5 give giving 12 spot spotting
6 get getting 13 serve serving
7 delete deleting 14 realise realising

5 Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I make (make) my dinner at 8 o’clock last night.
2 Joe and Sam used (use) the wrong program in IT yesterday.
3 Who was that guy you danced (dance) with at the party?
4 Paula come (come) home from school when she saw an accident.
5 In 1999 my father lived (live) in Dublin. That’s where he met my mother.
6 He opened (open) the box when he cut his finger.
7 This time last week, we visited (visit) my grandmother.
8 I sat (sit) at the back of the classroom so I couldn’t see the screen.
9 Andrew inserted (insert) a photo into his document when the teacher stopped the class.
10 I started (start) to do my homework when my friend sent me a message.

6. Choose the correct options.


1I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.
2When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.
3I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.
4Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.
5I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.
6Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet.
7My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.
8When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt
terrible.
9 How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?
10 Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really important?

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7 Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I switched (switch off) the computer because it making (make) a strange noise.
2 My dad was listening (listen) to classical music when I arrived (arrive) home from school.
3 We were playing (play) video games when my mum said , (say) ‘Turn the volume down!’
4 My cousin met (meet) his wife, Bianca, while he lived (live) in Italy.
5 My little sister drew (draw) a picture while I studying (study) for my French exam.
6 While they were trying (try) to fix the computer, all the lights went out (go out).
7 When we left (leave) school yesterday, it was pouring (pour) with rain.
8 When you saw (see) Paul, was he wearing (wear) a black jacket?
9 I was trying (try) to log on when the WiFi stopped (stop) working.
10 While Dad was printing(print) an article, the printer ran out (run out) of paper.

8 Complete the story with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets.

Sometimes I hate computers! Once, when I 1 was trying(try) to do my English homework on my laptop, the battery
2 ran out(run out). I 3 was lying(lie) on my bed and I was listening to music on Spotify. It helps me to concentrate.
I 4 was also chatting(chat) to my friend Daniel on Facebook. OK, so I 5 wasn’t concentrating(not concentrate) very hard on my
homework and I 6 forgot (forget) to plug in my laptop!I didn’t notice that the battery was getting low. I was just finishing the essay
when the screen 7 went black(go) black. I 8 lost (lose) everything. I 9 screamed (scream)
in frustration. My dad 10 came(come) running into my bedroom. I 11 I camealmost crying(cry) so he
12 gave(give) me his laptop. I 13 tried(try) to remember everything in my essay – it 14 it was(be) quite difficult especially because
Daniel was sending me lots of funny videos. Anyway, while I was watching one, the WiFi stopped working. In the end it was
probably better because I 15 (manage) to finish the essay.

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