PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE OCTOBER 2013 PAST
PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE OCTOBER, 2013
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS • One day last year an ambulance was taking _______ ( take) Becky and her ill grandfather to the hospital. Suddenly, as they ________ ( go) along a busy road, were going the driver _______ (have) a heart had attack. grabbed Luckily, Becky _______ (grab) the steering wheel on time and _______(stop) the ambulance. stopped
The Trojan War/Horse • While the Greek ships ________ were hiding (hide), the Trojans _________ took (take) the wooden horse into their city. • That same night, while the Trojans _________ (sleep), the Greek were sleeping soldiers__________ (climb) climbed out of the wooden horse and opened _________ (open) the city gate.
A bit of History: • In 1492, Columbus ________ was looking for (look for) a new way to India when his ships ________ (reach) America. reached • When Vesuvius _________ erupted (erupt) many people in Pompeii ________ (sleep). Some were sleeping ________ (eat) and were eating ________ (drink), and some were drinking ________ (cook). were cooking
A bit of History: • On 6 August 1945, at 8. 15 am, many people in Hiroshima _______ were sleeping (sleep), some ________ (have) breakfast, and were having some ________ were going (go) to work or school when Americans ________ dropped (drop) a nuclear bomb on the city. The bomb ________ (kill) more than 200, 000 killed people. This _______ (be) the first was nuclear bomb ever dropped on a populated area.
The lost Penguin • One day a policeman was walking in the park. He _____ saw (see) a man. The man ________(hold) a penguin. The was holding man ________ (say)to the policeman: “I said ________ (find) this penguin this morning. What found shall I do with it? ” “Take it to the zoo, ” ______ (say) said the policeman. saw • The next day the policeman ________ (see) the man holding again. He _____ still ________ (hold) the was penguin. The policeman _________(ask): “Why asked _____ (not take)the penguin to didn’t you _________ take the zoo? ” “I did, ” ________(answer)the man. “I answered _________(take)him to the zoo yesterday. Today took I’m taking him to the cinema. ”
Hero saves Man’s Life TAKE – DRIVE - SEE - PULL Jack Easton, 28, ___________ was driving home from work at around 6. 30 in the evening when he ____________ saw a yellow car crashed into a tree. Without thinking of his own safety, he ____________ the young driver pulled out of the car and____________ took him straight to hospital.
Lottery Win for Unemployed Man RECEIVE -WATCH –READ-BE - GIVE-TAKE received • Unemployed painter, John Black, _______ a very pleasant surprise last night. He _________ was watching TV when a man from the lottery________ the winning numbers. read They_______ the numbers on John’s ticket. were He had won £ 1, 000. He immediately______ his wife a big kiss and gave ________ his whole family out for an took expensive meal.
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