Стр.20 Unit 2 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс
Grammar 1. Check past simple and past continuous
See pages 165 and 166 for information about past simple and past continuous.
Match these extracts with the descriptions.
- I was really looking forward to it.
- … I was curious.
- … some classmates who went to one last summer.
- … as we were cooking the mushrooms, they caught fire.
- We looked for food, lit fires, cooked …
Past simple is used to talk about:
- a) repeated actions in the past
- b) a completed action at a specific time in the past
- c) a state in the past
Past continuous is used to talk about:
- d) an action that was in progress when something else happened
- e) a temporary situation in the past
A Complete with the past simple or past continuous.
Check time expressions in the past
See page 166 for information about time expressions in the past.
C Complete with a time expression.
Check used to and would
See page 166 for information about used to and would.
D Choose the correct option.
E Four of these sentences contain mistakes. Find them and correct them.
- Jane used to living with her parents, but now she lives alone.
- I would live in that house.
- Paul used to came over a lot, but he doesn’t anymore.
- I would play with the children next door every day after school.
- Didn’t you used to live in my street?
- Most big cities used to be less polluted than they are today.
F Work in pairs. List five ways life used to be different 100 years ago.
A
1 — c, e
2 — c
3 — a
4 — d
5 — b
B
1 It snowed a lot last year.
2 He talked on the phone for hours with his girlfriend.
3 Did you go to the theatre last night?
4 I heard a strange sound and went downstairs to see what it was.
5 As I was jogging in the park in the morning, I saw my friend Tim.
6 My father was cooking dinner when he realized that we had run out of salt.
C
1 When I was living in Paris, I ate croissants every day.
2 Sarah was able to relax during her visit to the countryside.
3 I went horseback riding when I was there.
4 When Tom was a child, his family moved to London.
5 Twenty years ago there were more people living in the country than there are now.
6 I haven’t been back to my village for many years.
D
1 Did you use to walk everywhere before you got a car?
2 We used to enjoy walking in the countryside.
3 Jason used to prefer living in the city.
4 My friends didn’t use to go out a lot.
5 Mum would take us on picnics when we were younger.
E
1 Jane used to live with her parents, but now she lives alone.
2 I would live in that house. — correct
3 Paul used to come over a lot, but he doesn’t anymore.
4 I would play with the children next door every day after school. — correct
5 Didn’t you use to live in my street?
6 Most big cities used to be less polluted than they are today.
F
Life used to be different 100 years ago in many ways. People used to live in smaller houses, travel more slowly, and work longer hours. There were no computers or mobile phones, and many families didn’t have electricity or running water. Children used to help their parents more, and people would often make things by hand.
