Past simple and Past Continuous

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Past continuous and past simple | LearnEnglish (britishcouncil.org)

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Grammar- Reported Speech

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10th Form - Unit 2 Complementary work

 1    Look at the dialogues and complete the questions. Use the past continuous.

Joe                   Sorry about that – I was talking on the phone.

Harry               What ¹___________  ___________  ___________ about?

Joe                   The party next week.

 

Sue                  My sister was watching a film last night.

Gina                 Which film ²___________  ___________  ___________ ?

Sue                  Despicable Me 2.

 

Gavin               Mick was at the park after school yesterday.

Ben                  What ³___________  ___________  ___________ there?

Gavin               I don't know.

 

Jen                   Lucy and Kate were in an Italian restaurant when I saw them.

Sally                 Really? What ⁴___________  ___________  ___________ ?

Jen                   A pizza.

 

Ellie                  I arrived at the party and saw you talking to someone.

Ruby                Oh, who ⁵___________  ___________  ___________ to?

Ellie                  I don't know, but he was very good-looking.

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C2. Complete the text with the correct past continuous affirmative and negative forms of the verbs below. There are two extra verbs.

buy     catch     enjoy     feel     make     play     swim

One day last summer something really surprising happened to us at the beach. The weather was great, so lots of people ¹_______________________ in the sea.
l ²_______________________ ice creams from a shop with my parents, and my brothers ³_______________________ football on the beach. Everyone ⁴_______________________ the lovely weather until someone suddenly shouted, ‘SHARK!’ There was a shark in the water, but luckily it didn't try to eat anyone. Perhaps it ⁵_______________________ hungry!                                                                                                          

Grammar Highlight- although,despite.....

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Grammar Highlight

 

Lay vs lie

Lay
Lay means 'put something down carefully'. Its verb forms are lay, laid, laid. It always has an object.

• When I eat I lay a cloth on the table.
• I laid the baby in her cot.
• She hasn't laid the duvet on the bed.

Lie
Lie means 'be in a flat position' or 'put yourself in a flat position. Its verb forms are lie, lay, lain. It doesn't require an object.

• Tonight I want to lie on the sofa and watch a film.
  
• Yesterday Sian lay on the beach and read a book.
• I've never lain on a futon before.

Grammar Highlight - Prepositions

 

Grammar Highlight- Lay vs lie

 

Lay vs lie

Lay
Lay means 'put something down carefully'. Its verb forms are lay, laid, laid. It always has an object.

• When I eat I lay a cloth on the table.
• I laid the baby in her cot.
• She hasn't laid the duvet on the bed.

Lie
Lie means 'be in a flat position' or 'put yourself in a flat position. Its verb forms are lie, lay, lain. It doesn't require an object.

• Tonight I want to lie on the sofa and watch a film.
  
• Yesterday Sian lay on the beach and read a book.
• I've never lain on a futon before.