Grammar unit 4

Past continuous: affirmative and

negative
1 Yesterday Dan Daredevil was at a sport camp.
Look at the information. Then write past
continuous sentences. Use the verbs in the box.

Past continuous: questions

4 Order the words to make questions about
yesterday. Then answer the questions.
1 at 9 p.m. / were / your homework / you / doing / ?
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cycle run ski swim

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Sport camp

2 sleeping / were / at 10 p.m. / you / ?

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2.002.30 p.m.

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3 watching TV / at 8.30 p.m. / was / your family / ?

2.303.00 p.m.

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3.004.00 p.m.

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4 doing / you / at 5 p.m. / what / were / ?

4.004.30 p.m.

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1 At 2.15 p.m. he ___________________________ .

2 At 2.45 p.m. he ___________________________ .
3 At 3.15 p.m. he ___________________________ .

Past simple and past continuous

4 At 4.15 p.m. he ___________________________ .

5 Tick (9) the correct sentence.

2 Write negative past continuous sentences.

1 Alex / go / school
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2 we / have / breakfast
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3 it / rain / this morning
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4 they / listen to / the teacher
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3 Correct the mistakes.

1 a We were walking to the park when we

saw our friends.
b We walked to the park when we were
seeing our friends.
2 a She swam in the river when she was
cutting her foot.
b She was swimming in the river when
she cut her foot.
3 a I was doing my homework when the
phone rang.
b I did my homework when the phone

1 Ana was do her homework.

was ringing.

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2 We did writing emails yesterday.

walked to school.

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3 They wasnt chatting on the phone.

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4 Mum were making lunch for us.

4 a He was seeing the accident while he

b He saw the accident while he was

walking to school.
5 a They were having dinner when I arrived.
b They had dinner when I was arriving.

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5 He didnt having a shower at 7.30.

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Vocabulary unit 4
Summary
Verb + preposition: movement
climb down climb up cycle through fall off
walk under

jump into

jump over run around swim across

Geographical features
desert falls forest lake mountains ocean pole river sea valley

Verb + preposition: movement

Geographical features

1 Look at the pictures. Then complete the text.

Write a verb and a preposition from the boxes in
each gap.

2 Read the clues and complete the crossword.

1

climbed (x2) cycled jumped (x2)

ran swam walked

4
5

across (x2) around down

into over through up
1

2
6

4
9

Across
5

3 An _________ is bigger than a sea.

5 The highest _________ in the world is Titicaca.

6 The longest _________ in the world is the Nile.
8 Its very cold at the north _________.
7

9 This _________ has got lots of different types

of tree.

Down
1 Everest, K2 and the Matterhorn are _________.
First she (1) _________________ a tree. Then she
(2) _________________ a rope bridge and
(3) _________________ another tree. Next,

2 Blondini walked across the Niagara _________.

4 Its difficult to find water in a _________.
7 There is often a _________ between two big hills.

she (4) _________________ a river and she

(5) _________________ to the other side. She got out
of the river and (6) _________________ a wall. Then
she (7) _________________ a tunnel. She
(8) _________________ some trees and then she
finally arrived at the finish line.

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