Exercise 2 Complete the conversation with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
A: Who (1) (you talk) to?
B: I (2) (not talk) to anybody.
A: What (3) (you do)?
B: I (4) (listen) to the radio.
A: Why (5) (you stand) outside?
B: Because you (6) (make) a lot of noise inside?
A: We (7) (not make) a lot of noise!
B: I thought you (8) (have) a row.
Dniester Canyon
The Dniester Canyon is a masterpiece of nature on the Dniester River. The area is so peculiar due to the mountains, approaching close to the river and forming a winding canyon. Its total length is 155 miles (250 km). At the foot of the canyon are villages and towns, which are also rich in architectural monuments: prehistoric caves, ancient churches, numerous waterfalls, healing springs and fascinating parks. It is not surprising, that Dniester Canyon area is one of the seven natural wonders of Ukraine.
1. My sister gets up at eight o'clock. 2. She is a school-girl. She
goes to school in the afternoon. 3. Jane is fond of sports. She does her
morning exercises every day. 4. For breakfast she has two eggs, a sandwich and a cup of tea. 5. After breakfast she goes to school. 6. It takes him
two hours to do his hometask. 7. She speaks French well. 8. My working
day to begins at seven o'clock. I get up, switch on the radio and do
my morning exercises. It takes me fifteen minutes. At half past seven we
have breakfast. 9. My father and I leave home at eight o'clock. He takes
a bus to his factory. 10. My mother is a doctor, she leaves home at nine
o'clock.
Exercise 6.1.4. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple.
1. There isn’t a cloud in the sky, but it was cloudy in the morning. 2. Mrs.
Clay usually finishes her work at half past three, but she finished it later yesterday afternoon. 3. Tom is playing tennis tomorrow afternoon, he didn't play tennis yesterday. 4. We generally have lunch at 12.30, but yesterday we had
lunch later. 5. Now my brother smokes a lot, but he didn't smoke before.
6. My Dad always goes to work by car, but last week he went to work on foot.
7. The weather is nice today, but it was yesterday. 8. We rarely watch television, but last week we watched a lot of interesting programs. 9. I usually come
home from the Institute at 2.00 p.m., but last week I was on duty and came
home a little later. 10. It seemed impossible for him to win, but he won.
11. It took him two hours to get to London. 12. As soon as the bus stopped, Jill got off. 13. Jack tried to remember what he had done last April. 14. Julius Caesar found the Tower of London. 15. When did you write to your parents last time?
Exercise 6.1.5. Choose a verb to fill in the blanks with Present Simple
or Past Simple.
finish, go, have, be
James usually finishes work at 4.30 p.m. Yesterday he finished work at 1.00 p.m.
He usually goes home by train. Yesterday he went home by taxi. He usually has dinner at home. Yesterday he had dinner in a restaurant with his friends. ___
goes to bed early. Yesterday he went to bed
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