9. Complete the story by putting the verbs in on the
right into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
A Stupid Thing To Do
The most stupid thing Jack has
ever done in a foreign language
while HAPPEN
he 2.
STAY
at a Chinese hotel a few years ago. One
day he went to the hotel restaurant.
He 3.
WATCH
English TV there when
he
he DECIDE
4,
wanted another glass of juice, so he
round TURN
5.
and
one of
himfor
6.
the
waiters
ASK
to
STARE
7.
one-but, stupidly, in English. The waiter
at him
in surprise until Jack finally realized how
stupid he was.
Now, let's complete the story by putting the verbs in the Past Simple or the Past Continuous tense.
The correct forms of the verbs are:
- happened
- was staying
- watched
- decided
- turned
- asked
- stared
The story in the correct tense is:
The most stupid thing Jack has ever done in a foreign language happened while he was staying at a Chinese hotel a few years ago. One day, he went to the hotel restaurant. He was watching English TV there when he decided he wanted another glass of juice, so he turned around and asked one of the waiters for it. The waiter stared at him in surprise until Jack finally realized how stupid he was.
Explanation:
In this story, we are talking about a past event that happened to Jack while he was staying at a Chinese hotel. To describe past events, we use the Past Simple tense and the Past Continuous tense.
- The Past Simple tense is used to describe completed actions in the past. Examples in the story include "decided" and "asked".
- The Past Continuous tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past. Examples in the story include "was watching" and "was staying".
In order to correctly complete the story, we need to identify the verbs in the original text and change them to their appropriate past tense form.