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05-08-2012, 15:59
past simple/past cont./ past perfect/past perf.cont.
How.....(be)your trip to Berlin?Great!We....(do) a lot of sightseeing and .....(meet) some people.
How....(you/break) your arm?I....(hike) in the Forest and I ....(trip) over a rock.
.......(you/see) Claudia at the party?No.By the time we.....(arrive), she....(already/leave)
When....(you/realise) that you .....(take) the wrong train?I....(just/order)dinner in the buffet car when I.....(hear) the announcement.
.......(Tonia/go out?)Yes,she.....(do).She....(study) in her room for hours so she.....(decide) to take a break.
How long.....(Tim/look) for a job before he was hired at the Gallery?Well,he....(just/graduate) from college when he was called for an interview.
Why was Andrea so stressed? She.....(type) her essay on the computer all morning when it....(suddenly/crash)
Linda....(look) so upset when I saw her.I know.She......(cry) all day.She.....(lose) her dog in the park this morning.
..........(Nicole/leave) her job at the bookshop? Yes.She ....(work) there since 1999 and she....(feel) it was time to move on.
By the time I was 27,I ........(save) enough money to buy a car.I was 31 when I ....(buy) my first car.I....(work) very hard for years before I ....(have) all the money.
Why were you so late this morning?I.....(drive) my car for twenty minutes when I ....(get) a flat tyre and ....(have) to call road service.
What's the problem?They....(try) to fix the machine for hours yesterday but it's still broken.
As I was driving/had drove home,it started/was starting to rain.Suddenly the road was becoming/became very slippery.The dog had disappeared/disappeared from view and I was slammed/slammed on the brakes.Luckily,I learned/had learned how to drive and I was stopping/stopped very quickly.As I got/was getting out of the car,the dog was wagging/wagged his tail.
past simple/past cont.
One day,a dog....(walk) over a bridge carying a bone in his mouth.When the dog...(look) down into the water,he....(see)his own reflection and ....(think)it was another dog carrying a bone.Immediately the dog.....(start) barking at the'other' dog because he....(want) his bone.As he....(bark) the dog....(drop) his own bone into the river.The bone was lost and the dog....(learn) the lesson that when you wish for more than you have,you risk losing everything.
transformations
When we were at university,John and I would work on a fishing boat in the summer.
When we were at university,John and I ......to work on a fishing boat in the summer.
When he graduated,he started working as a travel agent in Madrid.
He started working as a travel agent in Madrid.....graduated.
As I was getting ready to leave,Monica walked in.
I was getting ready to leave....Monica walked in.
John and I have been together for 25 years.
John and I have.....that day 25 years ago.
After living in Spain for twenty years,we came to London.
Before we came to London,we....in Spain for twenty years.
How.....(be)your trip to Berlin?Great!We....(do) a lot of sightseeing and .....(meet) some people.
How....(you/break) your arm?I....(hike) in the Forest and I ....(trip) over a rock.
.......(you/see) Claudia at the party?No.By the time we.....(arrive), she....(already/leave)
When....(you/realise) that you .....(take) the wrong train?I....(just/order)dinner in the buffet car when I.....(hear) the announcement.
.......(Tonia/go out?)Yes,she.....(do).She....(study) in her room for hours so she.....(decide) to take a break.
How long.....(Tim/look) for a job before he was hired at the Gallery?Well,he....(just/graduate) from college when he was called for an interview.
Why was Andrea so stressed? She.....(type) her essay on the computer all morning when it....(suddenly/crash)
Linda....(look) so upset when I saw her.I know.She......(cry) all day.She.....(lose) her dog in the park this morning.
..........(Nicole/leave) her job at the bookshop? Yes.She ....(work) there since 1999 and she....(feel) it was time to move on.
By the time I was 27,I ........(save) enough money to buy a car.I was 31 when I ....(buy) my first car.I....(work) very hard for years before I ....(have) all the money.
Why were you so late this morning?I.....(drive) my car for twenty minutes when I ....(get) a flat tyre and ....(have) to call road service.
What's the problem?They....(try) to fix the machine for hours yesterday but it's still broken.
As I was driving/had drove home,it started/was starting to rain.Suddenly the road was becoming/became very slippery.The dog had disappeared/disappeared from view and I was slammed/slammed on the brakes.Luckily,I learned/had learned how to drive and I was stopping/stopped very quickly.As I got/was getting out of the car,the dog was wagging/wagged his tail.
past simple/past cont.
One day,a dog....(walk) over a bridge carying a bone in his mouth.When the dog...(look) down into the water,he....(see)his own reflection and ....(think)it was another dog carrying a bone.Immediately the dog.....(start) barking at the'other' dog because he....(want) his bone.As he....(bark) the dog....(drop) his own bone into the river.The bone was lost and the dog....(learn) the lesson that when you wish for more than you have,you risk losing everything.
transformations
When we were at university,John and I would work on a fishing boat in the summer.
When we were at university,John and I ......to work on a fishing boat in the summer.
When he graduated,he started working as a travel agent in Madrid.
He started working as a travel agent in Madrid.....graduated.
As I was getting ready to leave,Monica walked in.
I was getting ready to leave....Monica walked in.
John and I have been together for 25 years.
John and I have.....that day 25 years ago.
After living in Spain for twenty years,we came to London.
Before we came to London,we....in Spain for twenty years.