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    Ingles - Past Tenses

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    Past tenses in English

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    TUTTTT Tee hak ddaaaddag SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE Jt-was three o'clock. A man" (walk) down a high siret in the north of England. He? (wear) a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name ‘was Terry and he” __ (live) away from home for the last twenty years. Infuctbe* __ (be) in prison. “Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his home town . (change). The park where be used t0 play was now a car park. ‘The house where he was born‘ (disappear) and ints place, ironically, ‘was.a bank. Terry” (decide) to have a cup of coffce in the old snack bar where he used to go with his friends ater school bot t* (become) burger bar While” pay for) the coe he __ (find) an old ticket ‘ns his wallet. Te was fora pair of shoes be (take) to be repaised the day before the bunk robbery 20 years ago. The shoe separ was an obi ma then so Terry ‘was sare that he must be dead. Bat when he (sen) the comer of the street he couldn't believe his eyes. The shop was sil there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He looked about a hundred years old. Terry was 90 happy! ‘Terry told him that he”. __ (live) in Australia for the past twenty years. and that he * ‘Gonges) to pick up some shoes before be left England. “The shoe repeirer disappeared into the back ofthe shop. After ten minutes he = (come back). ‘Were they dark brown, Halian shoes, size 422° he asked slowly. “Test said Terry, excitedly. “They'I be ready tomorrow aftermouss sd the shoe repaires. UNIT3 SET E CHOOSE THE TENSE 1. Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: past simple, past continuous or past perfect. ‘At 3.30 on Friday afternoon Sally (1) (sit) at the back of the class, dreaming about the weekend. Her teacher (2) (talk) about Shakespeare and some of her friends (3) (listen) but many, like Sally, (4) (think) about 4 o'clock. (begin). (realise) that she when their weekend really (5) ‘Suddenly she (6) a (not want) to wait until 4 o'clock. She (3) (tell) her teacher she © saree (feel) sick and (10) (leave) the room. She (11) (escape) from the classroom but now she (12) (have to) ‘escape from the school. She (13) (cannot) leave by the front door: that (14) co) ‘much too dangerous. Fortunately, she (15) route. She (16) school kitchen. She (17) before. There (18) She (19) window and (20) . her when she (21) (lenow) another (make) her way to the (come) this way (be) no-one about (climb) out of the kitehen, Cust close) it behind (hear) a voice she 2) (hear) many times before. It (3) (be) the headteacher. He ey (want 10 know where she 25) ) 2 Using the pictures to help you, expand the sentea below to form a complete story, Write on a separate 9 of paper. Take care to choose the right narrative tense Example Last Saturday evening/Sally/Iie /her bed. Last Saturday evening Sally was lying on her bed 1. Earlier that day her father/tell her/she cannot 20) disco/because she/must study/her exams. She/make/a rope from/sheets/her bed/and cis cot of the window. 3 She/crass the garden when she/ealise/she leave purse in her bedroom. 4 As/she climb/back up/rope her father/see/her & the kitchen window 5. When she/come/through/window her father/4 hier. He/laugh/so much/he decide/she can go oa afterall a AND A WINDSURF BOARD ‘A Frenchman, an Italian and an Englishman wanted tobe the frst people to windsurf across the Pacific. They (etoff) one morning in Joly. When they 7 (travel) for a month the weather suddenly changed dramatically. Itbecame very windy and the waves were enormous. Unfortunately one of the waves a __— (break) their windsurf boards in two. Lckly the three men“ (manage) to swim to a small island, They 5____ (be) on theisiand for several weeks when one morning the Taian came back with a bottle he* (Gind) on the beach while he : Gee). ‘When they opened it there was abig ach and a genie suddenly" (eppea). “Thaik you! Thank you!” said the genie. “Iam ree thanks to yout” He told the three men thathe” __ (be) a prisoner in the botle for fifty years. "To show hhow grateful [am you can each have one wish — anything you want? Then he i: (disappear) Immediately the alin chouted, ‘This is my wish! Td love to be ia Rome eating a big plite ofmy mothe’ spaghetti” At once there was a big fash and a cloud of smoke and ‘when it cleared the other two saw thatthe Italian ™ (disappeat). Next, the Frenchman said ‘Genie, please take me to my favourite restaurant with my wife near the Fiffel Tower Immediately there was a flash and hie too disappeared, ‘The Englishman, who wasn’t very intelligent, sat down on @ rock. He"___-__ (feel) a bit unhappy and lonely now thet both his friends : (go). He" (thought) for moment then he snake) his wish. “Genie! Please... bring my friends back?” ‘There was.a big lash... RET ~

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