Ciclo Semestral Especializado

Ingles N° 13

PAST CONTINUOUS AND SIMPLE PAST

A. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form the verbs in Brackets.

1. What ___________ (you/do) when I _________ (call) you last night?

2. I _______ (sit) in a café when you ________ (call).

3. When you __________(arrive) at the party, who __________ (be) there?

4. Susie ____________ (watch) a film when she ___________ (hear) the noise.

5. Yesterday I _________ (go) to the library, next I ______ (have) a swim, later I ______ (meet) Julie for a coffee.

6. We ___________ (play) tennis when John ____________ (hurt) his ankle.

7.What ________ (they/do) at 10 pm last night? It ________ (be) really noise.

8. He _________ (take) a shower when the telephone _________ (ring).

9. He _________ (read) when a telephone ___________ (ring).

10. When I _________ (walk) into the room, everyone ________ (work).

B. Choose the correct options.

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

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2. When the teacher said / was saying “Stop”, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.

3. I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I feel / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.

4. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

5. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.

6. Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the
internet.

7. My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the
keyboard.

8. When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I was going / went to the
doctor’s – I felt terrible.

9. How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?

10. Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really important?

C. Complete the story with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets.
Sometimes I hate computers! Once, when I __________ (try) to do my English homework on my laptop, the batery
________ (run out). I _______ (lie) on my bed and I was listening to music on Spotify. It helps me to concetrate. I
also ________ (chat) to my frined Daniel on Facebook. OK, so I ________ (not concentrate) very hard on my
homework and I _______ (forget) to plug in my laptop! I didn’t notice that the battery was getting low. I was just
finishing the essay when the screen ______ (go) black. I ________ (lose) everything. I _______ (scream) in
frustation. My dad ________ (come) running into my bedroom. I almost ________ (cry) so he ________ (give) me
his laptop. I _________ (try) to remember everything in my eassay it ______ (be) quite difficult especialy because
Daniel was sending me lots of funny videos. Anyway, while I was watching one, the WiFi stopped working. In the end
it was probably better because I ________ (manage) to finish the essay.

ADVERBS OF MANNER

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1. Complete with adverbs.

a) Aunt Agatha is a careful driver. She drives __________________.

b) Harry is a bad player. He plays ___________________.
c) Mrs. Andy is a good cook. She cooks __________________.
d) Peter is a fast driver. He drives __________________.
e) Mr. Alex is a hard worker. He works __________________.
f) Lucy is a slow writer. She writes _________________.
g) Mr. David is a quiet speaker. He speaks _________________.
h) Beth is a noisy player. She pkays _________________.

2. Complete:
angrily – slowly – carefully – happily – quickly – easily – sleepily – quietly – well

a) They had a very good time. They played Hopscotch ___________________.

b) Jenny thought the exam wasn’t difficult at all, so she answered all the questions ______________.
c) They didn’t win the race because they ran very _________________.
d) Robert was upset and he answered his teacher’s questions _______________.
e) She didn’t want to make any mistakes, so she wrote all the answers _________.
f) Katy was exhausted, so she said goobye to everyone very _______________ and went to bed.
g) That famous chef cooks very _______________. His dishes are delicious!.
h) I didn’t want to miss the rain so I walked to the train station very ___________.
i) Her dad was sleeping and she didn’t want to wake him up, so she opened the door very ________________.

3. Make up adverbs.

Pam is an excellent secretary. She Works very _________ (good) and she always works __________(hard). She types her
letters ________(quick) and ___________(correct). She is very friendly and speaks to her clients ________ (polite). She
always looks nice because she dresses __________ (smart).

Joe is a terrible driver. He drives _____________ (dangerous)because he doesn’t respect the road signs. He always drives
___________(fast). He never waits __________(patient) for the light to turn green.

4. Choose the correct word:

a) The _________ child ran towards her mother. (happy / happily)

b) The teacher is speaking __________ to the students. (loud / loudly)
c) Doris is working __________. (hard / hardly)
d) The students came to school ___________. (late / lately)
e) The chils looked __________ at the broken toy. (sad / sadly)
f) The policeman is speking ____ ____ to the hooligans. (angry / angrily / angryly)
g) Sandra always does her homework ___________. (good / well)
h) Joe usually passes his math tests _____________. (easy / easily / easyly)

5. Read the sentences carefully and choose one of the adjectives in the box to complete the. Some sentences need adjectives
and some adverbs. Add the ending -ly to form adverbs when necessary.

good – beautiful – fast – delicious – slow – hard – careful – safe – easy – quiet
a) Don’t speak so ___________________. I can’t understand you.
b) Karen sings ______________. I love listening to her.
c) My mom made a _________________ cake for my birthday.
d) James studied really ______________ for the exam, but he didn’t pass.
e) Alice is a really ______________ person. She never talks to anyone.
f) We lost the football match because the other team played really ___________.
g) You can use my camera but be very ________________ with it.
h) Of course I can do this exercise! It’s very ________________.
i) Don’t walk on that bridge. It isn’t ___________________.
j) Drive ____________ here, the road is wet.

6. Complete:

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a) I don’t drive fast. I’m a _____________ driver. (dangerous – hard – safe – easy)
b) He doesn’t go to school ______________ on Monday morning. (happy – lucky – happily – friendly)
c) I am a good student. I usually study __________. (hard – good – fastly – hardly)
d) The dog eat the food very _______________. (badly – slowly – angry – good)
e) He speaks with me very _________________. (easy – good – well – angrily)
f) She always rides her bike _________________. (quick – carefully – safe – angry)

7. Choose the coorect one:

a) My friend plays tennis bad – badly.

b) I get dressed fast – fastly.
c) They compose music brilliant – brilliantly.
d) Amy can sing beautiful – beatifully.
e) Jane is a wonderful – wonderfully violín player.
f) They are good actors. They play good – well.
g) I can run fast – fastly. I’m a fast – fastly runner.
h) You speak slow – slowly.
i) Can you speak English? – No I can’t. I speak English bad - badly.

8. Complete:
a) They dance the Tango (beautiful / beautifully)
b) She planned their trip to Greece very (careful / carefully)
c) Jim painted the kitchen very (bad / badly)
d) She speaks very (quiet / quietly)
e) Turn the stereo down. It’s too (loud / loudly)
f) He skipped _________ down the road to school. (happy / happily)
g) He ________ drives too (fast / well)
h) She knows the road (good / well)
i) He plays the guitar (terrible / terribly)
j) Frankly, it is very (clever /cleverly) done.
k) Andy doesn’t often work (hard / hardly)
l) Sometimes our teacher arrives ____________ for class. (late / lately)
m) Last week we buried my closet friend, and it was a (deep / deeply) moving service.

9. Write the adverb that corresponds to each adjective.

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1.2 – PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS:

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3.3 – READING TEST

TEXT 1:

Yesterday, I
went to the zoo
with my family.
We saw many
animals like
lions, elephants,
and monkeys.
The weather was
nice, so we had a
great time. After
that, we had
lunch at a nearby
restaurant
and then went
home.

Questions and Alternatives:

1. What did I do yesterday?

a) Went to the park
b) Went to the zoo
c) Stayed at home
d) Went shopping
e) Went swimming
2. Who did I go to the zoo with?
a) Friends

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b) Family
c) Teachers
d) Neighbors
e) Strangers
3. What animals did we see at the zoo?
a) Dolphins and whales
b) Lions and tigers
c) Dogs and cats
d) Bears and wolves
e) Birds and fish
4. How was the weather at the zoo?
a) Rainy
b) Sunny
c) Snowy
d) Windy
e) Cloudy
5. Where did we have lunch after visiting the zoo?
a) At home
b) At a friend’s house
c) At the zoo
d) At a restaurant
e) At the park

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