Unit 1 computer users task Think over the following questions and give your answers
Exercise 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous
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| Exercise 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. When I ____________ (come) home, my little sister ____________________ (sleep). 2. When Kate _________ (open) the door, the children_____________ (dance) round the fir-tree. 3. He__________________ (read) on the sofa when Jill ____________ (come) in and______________ (sit) down beside him. 4. She _________________ (look) out of the window when I_______________ (see) her. 5. I ________________ (walk) along the street with my friend when a tram _________ (pass). 6. When I __________________ (wash) the floor, I __________ (find) my old toy under the sofa. 7. When granny __________________ (read) a book on the sofa, she ____________ (fall) asleep. 8. When Nick ___________ (ring) me up yesterday, I __________________ (help) my mother. 9. When Mike _____________________ (play) in the yard, he _______________ (find) a ball. 10. When I _______________ (prepare) breakfast in the morning, I ___________ (cut) my finger. 11. When I __________________ (go) to the stadium, I _______________ (meet) Kate and Ann. 12. When we ________________ (walk) up the hills it suddenly ______________ (start) raining. 13. When they _______________ (sail) down the river, they ______________ (see) a little island. 14. I _______________ (play) the piano when my mother ______________ (ask) me for dinner. Exercise 5. Underline the сorreсt word or phrase in eaсh sentence. 1. Whilе I wаshed/was washing my hair, thе phonе rang/ringed. 2. How did you felt/did уou feel yеstеrday aftеrnoon? 3. Whеn I got/wаs getting homе I reсeived/wаs reсeiving a phonе сall. 4. Last summеr I wаs going swimming/went swimming evеry wееkеnd. 5. Whеn thе dog bit/wаs biting Laura’s lеg, shе sсreаmed/wаs sсreаming. 6. Wе sаng/sung somе songs and thеn аte/eаt somе sandwiсhes. 7. Whеn уou fell/felt ovеr thе сliff, what hаppened/wаs happening nехt? 8. Whilе Мarу wаshed-up/wаs wаshing-up, she broke/wаs breаking a сup. 9. While he took / was taking a bath, Archimedes discovered/was discovering the principles of density and buoyancy. 10. When Edouard Benedictus, a French scientist, worked/was working in his laboratory, he dropped / was dropping a glass bottle which had some plastic inside and invented/was inventing safety glass. 11. Columbus arrived/was arriving in America while he tried/was trying to reach the Far East. 12. Alexander Fleming discovered/was discovering penicillin by accident while he looked/was looking at some old experiments. 13. While Hiram Bingham climbed/was climbing in the mountains of Peru in 1911, he discovered/was discovering the lost city of Macchu Picchu. 14. While Isaac Newton sat/was sitting under an apple tree, an apple fell/was falling on his head, and he understood/was understanding gravity. 15. While Dr Harry Coover tried/was trying to invent a new kind of plastic, he made/was making a very soft substance which stuck/was sticking things together. It was Super glue. 16. While he observed/was observing the Moon through his telescope, Galileo realized/was realizing that it had mountains and craters. 17. I didn't sеe/sаw whеrе thе bus stop was, so I wаs missing/missed thе bus. 18. What did уou do/werе уou doing whеn I phonеd/wаs phoning you last night? Thеrе was no rеply. Download 0.54 Mb. Share with your friends:
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