Стр.21 Unit 2 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 10 класс

Grammar 1. Past simple and past continuous

Find these sentences in the reading text. Then match them with the uses (1–5).

• a) … they separated when I was six.
• b) Whenever I arrived, the ground staff in London looked after…
• c) A week later my dad and I were sailing down the Yangtze River!
• d) … I was shopping for a new swimsuit when …
• e) Everything looked so exotic …

We use the past simple to talk about

1. something that happened at a specific time in the past;
2. something that happened again and again in the past;
3. a state in the past.

We use the past continuous to talk about

4. an activity that was happening at a point in the past;
5. an activity in the past that was interrupted by something else.

Used to and would

We can also use used to and would to talk about the past. Read the examples and complete the rules.

• a) My mum would take me to the airport… (a repeated event in the past)
• b) I used to travel between Paris and London … (a repeated event in the past)
• c) I didn’t use to like it at first. (a state in the past)

1. We use ______ and ______ for repeated events in the past.
2. We cannot use ______ for a state in the past.

A. Choose the correct answer.

1. We went / were going to the country every summer when I was a child.
2. We stayed / were staying in a small hotel by the sea for ten days.
3. We still packed / were still packing when the taxi arrived.
4. I was driving along when I realized / was realizing my license was at home.
5. We were getting off / got off the bus when I slipped and fell.
6. He rang me just as I was getting on / got on the plane.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets, past simple or past continuous.

When my parents were university students, they 1 … (drive) across all of Yakutia, from Chersky to Mirny. While they 2 … (travel), they 3 … (meet) lots of interesting people and 4 … (visit) lots of fantastic places—the Peak Pobeda, the Lena Pillars Nature Park, the Olyokminsky Nature Reserve. They also 5 … (have) some exciting adventures, like the time they 6 … (walk) along the Lena River and suddenly 7 … (see) a mammoth’s tusk lying right on the bank. They 8 … (take) a nice picture of it, which I still keep in my album.

C. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word given. Use no more than three words.

1. We would spend the summer with our grandparents. (to)
   We ______ the summer with our grandparents.
2. I went swimming twice a day back then. (go)
   I ______ twice a day back then.
3. I never travelled by air—I was too scared. (didn’t)
   I ______ to travel by air—I was too scared.
4. My dad used to take me on long walks by the sea. (would)
   My dad ______ on long walks by the sea.

D. Choose the correct answer.

When I was a child, the only kind of holiday that meant / was meaning anything to me was a holiday by the sea. I used to spend / was spending the best part of my day swimming and playing beach volleyball. And in the evening, I would go / was going out with my friends. By 9 p.m., we danced / were dancing and having fun at the beach club. And we didn’t use to go / weren’t going to sleep until 11!