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Simple Past &The Past Continuous (Author-Bouabdellah)
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ALL ENGLISH TENSES (ACTIVE VOICE) - COMPLETE GRAMMAR-GUIDE IN A CHART FORMAT WITH FORM, USE, EXAMPLES AND TIME PHRASES (4 pages) FOR ALL LEVELS
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
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5234
MULTIPLE CHOICE - FOUR TENSES 1
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-14
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5148
THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
13-17
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4100
TEST YOUR GRAMMAR. ALL THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TENSES.
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
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3507
FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
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3504
Worksheet: Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
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3110
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Technicum Si-Tarek Of Relizane
�Second/Third Year Students
�Technological Streams 2003/2004
�Structure Practice:
The Past Simple & Continuous
�
Put the verbs in brackets into the
simple past
or
past continuous
tense.
�
�Mr Smith never (wake)
in time in the mornings and always (get)
into trouble for being late; so one day he (go)
to town and (buy)
an�alarm clock.�
To get home he (have to)
go through a field where a bad-tempered bull usually (graze)
.
This bull normally (not chase)
people unless something (make)
him angry. Unfortunately, as Mr. Smith (cross)
the field, his alarm clock� (go)
on.�
This (annoy)
the bull, who immediately (begin)
to chase Mr Smith.�
Mr Smith (carry)
an open umbrella as it (rain)
slightly. He (throw)
the umbrella to the ground and (run)
away as fast as he could.�
The bull (stop)
and (begin)
to attack the umbrella. While he (do)
this Mr Smith escaped.
�When he (awake)
she (sit)
on the window. She (look)
at something in the street, but when he (call)
her she (turn)
and (smile)
at him.
�Why (you / interrupt)
me just now? I (have)
a very interesting conversation with Mr. Pitt.
�The murderer (carry)
the corpse down the stairs when he (hear)
a knock on the door.
�When I (look)
through your books I (notice)
that you have a copy of "Murder in the Cathedral".
�As they (walk)
along the road they (hear)
a car coming from behind them. Tom (turn)
round and (hold)
up his hand. The car (stop)
.
�When I (arrive)
at the station Mary (wait)
for me. She (wear)
a blue dress and (look)
very pretty. As soon as she (see)
me she (wave)
her� umbrella and (shout)
something, but I couldn't hear what she (say)
�because everybody (make)
such a noise.
�The prisoner (escape)
by climbing the wall on the garden where he (work)
. He (wear)
blue overalls and black shoes.
�She said that the car (travel)
at 40 k.p.h. when it (begin)
to skid.
�She said that she (not like)
her present flat and (try)
to find another.
�While he (make)
his speech the minister suddenly (feel)
faint. But someone (bring)
him a glass of water and after a few minutes he (be able)
to continue.
� -When I (see)
him he (paint)
a portrait of his wife.
��������� -(you/like)
it?�
��������� -He (only just/start)
when I (see)
it, so I couldn't judge.
�-I (take)
my friend to a murder trial the other day.
�������� -Who (be)
tried? A man called Bill Sykes.
�������� -(he/acquit)
?��
�������� -I don't know. They (still/listen)
to the evidence when we (leave)
.
�I (be)
sorry that I (have to)
leave the party early, because I (enjoy)
myself.
� As we (come)
here a policeman (stop)
us. He (say)
that he (look)
for some stolen property and (ask)
if he could search the car.
�-I (see)
you yesterday from the bus.
���������-Why (you/use)
a stick?
�������� -I (use)
a stick because I had hurt my leg that morning falling off a horse.��
�������� -Whose horse you (ride)
?
� The floor (cover)
with balls of wool. Obviously Mrs Pitt (knit)
something.
� Ann said that she (be)
on holiday. I (say)
that I (hope)
that she (enjoy)
herself.
�While he (water)
the flowers it (begin)
to rain. He (put)
up his umbrella and (go)
on watering.
� I just (write)
a cheque when I (remember)
that I (have)
�nothing in the bank.
� I (find)
this ring as I (dig)
in the garden. It looks very old. I wonder who (it/belong)
to?
� When I last (see)
her she (hurry)
along the road to� the station. I (ask)
her where she (go)
and she (say)
, "London", but I don't think she (speak
the truth because there (not be)
any train for London at�that time.
�The tailor said, "Your suit will be ready on Monday". But when I (call)
on Monday he (still/work)
on it.
� The teacher (come)
into the classroom unusually early and one of the boys, who (smoke)
a cigarette, (have)
no time to put it out. So he (throw)
it into his desk and (hope)
for the best.�
A little later the teacher (notice)
that smoke (rise)
from this desk.� (you/smoke)
when I (come)
in? he (ask)
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