1. The Past Tense.
Part 1. READ THE PARAGRAPH:
I went to the supermarket this morning at 8o´clock.
Suddenly, someone fell on the street. I was observing the situation before
arriving to the supermarket and I fell too. So when I got home I told my
mother I fell on the street when I was going to the supermarket
LOOK AT THESE VERBS:
PRESENT GERUND SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
GO GOING WENT GONE
FALL FALLING FELL FALLEN
GET GETTING GOT GOTTEN
OBSERVE OBSERVING OBSERVED OBSERVED
Part 2. OBSERVE THE SENTENCES:
I was going to the supermarket
I was observing the situation
Answer:
1. Did you go to the supermarket? _________________________________
2. Where did you fall? ___________________________________________
3. Did you fall when you were to the supermarket? ___________________
____________________________________________________________
2. Answer the following questions:
- What did you do last Christmas?
- ____________________________________________________________
- What time did you get up this morning?
- ____________________________________________________________
- What did you have for breakfast this morning?
- ____________________________________________________________
- Did you go to the beach last weekend?
- ____________________________________________________________
- Did you come to the institute by bus?
- ____________________________________________________________
Use your own ideas to complete the sentences. Use the past continuous.
1. Matthew burned his hand when he was cooking____________________
2. The doorbell rang while I _______________________________________
3. We saw an accident while we ___________________________________
4. Ross fell asleep while he _______________________________________
5. Karen _______________________ when my father got home.
6. I was playing in the yard when it started to rain.
7. We _________________________ when the lights went off.
8. The accident happened while we ________________________________