Complete the sentences. Use the correct
form of the past simple or past continuous.
1 They (play) ____________________ cards
when the phone rang.
2 Julie (meet) ____________________
Richard while she was travelling in
Mexico.
3 He looked at us and then he (smile)
____________________ .
4 At six o’clock yesterday I was watching
TV and my brother (do)
____________________ his homework.
5 I (lose) ____________________ my purse
while I (walk) ____________________ to
school.
6 When we (see) ____________________ you
this morning, you (not wear)
____________________ a coat.
tìm lỗi sai
.Dave has planned his holiday since Christmas.
we were slepping for an hour when the phone rang
IV. Maggie is telling her story. Put the verbs into the correct tense.
Yesterday morning I (0) .........was cooking....... (cook), when the phone (0) ........rang....... (ring). My
son (25) ................................... (fall over) at school. While I (26) ................................... (collect) my son,
someone (27) ................................... (break into) our home. When I (28) ................................... (arrive)
home, a man (29) ................................... (run away) from the house. Then I (30) ...................................
(notice) that smoke (31) ................................... (come) from the kitchen window. I suddenly (32)
................................... (remember) that I (33) ................................... (not turn off) the cooker. I (34)
................................... (rush) into the house. The saucepan (35) ................................... (be) on fire, but
the burglar (36) ................................... (throw) a wet towel over it. He (37) ...................................
(prevent) a serious fire.
Unfortunately, he (38) ................................... (steal) my laptop and some jewellery, too.
1.Tom ..... his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
A.burnt B.was burning C.has burnt D.had burnt
2.He ..... me every Sunday, and we often go fishing together.
A.came to see B.comes to see C.will be coming to see D.All answer are correct
3.The phone rang while she ..... dinner.
A.cooks B.was cooking C.is cooking D.has cooked
1. My friend was (make)____________ (pay) ______________ back the book.
2. Hardly he (take) ____________ up the book when the phone (ring) ________.
3. Can you imagine what I (come)___________ across when I (roll)__________ up the carpet yesterday?
4. If she wins the prize, it (be) _________________ because she (write) _____________ very well.
5. He resented (ask) _________ (wait) __________. He had expected the minister to see him at once.
Exercise 7
1 Rose said, "I was just leaving the office when I came face to face with a stranger."
2 Ann asked her brother, "Do you expect to be admitted to the univer¬sity?"
3 Richard asked Jane, "What are you planning to do tomorrow?"
4 She asked her boy friend "Is it true that your father fought in the last war?"
5 Jane said to me, "Where have you been all this time?"
6 Mary said to her husband, "Did you see my handbag anywhere?"
7 The inspector said to the woman, "What were you doing at 7 o'clock yesterday evening?"
8 The passenger said to the taxi-driver: "Hurry up!" and he added "I must be at the station on time."
9 Tom said to himself: "Why I haven't thought of this before?"
10 Father said: "The taxi is coming now. Is everyone ready?"
2. Read the passage. Decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false(F).
Richard Ryan is stuck in traffic. There must be an accident somewhere up ahead because he's been sitting in the same spot for the last few minutes. The cars aren't moving at all. It looks like it's going to be another slow commute.
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1. Richard Ryan is in a traffic jam. | T | F |
2. Richard runs a bid company of lawyers. | T | F |
3. Sergey is stuck in the same traffic as Richard. | T | F |
4. Sergey phones his boss to inform about the traffic. | T | F |
5. Sergey is tense because his boss is in the traffic jam. | T | F |
1. The TV set has broken down. I’ll phone the _______________. (ELECTRIC)
2. I don’t find him very communicative. (COMMUNICATE)
3. Recent achievements in science and _______________ have given us instant and world-wide communication. (TECHNICAL)
4. He is out of work. He is _______________. (EMPLOY)
5. He got mark 9. It’s a(n) _______________ result. (COURAGE)
6. Their office equipment needs to be _______________. (MODERN)
7. Look at this picture of Bill and his father. You can see clearly the _______________, aren’t you? (LIKE)
1. I was just about (leave) ………………… the office when my wife (phone) ………………… (tell) ………………… me (call) ………………… at the butcher’s on my way home.