Jealous Guy – John Lennon

I was ___________ of the past You might not ________ me anymore

And my heart was __________ fast I was __________ inside
I________ to lose control I was -____________ inside
I _________ to lose control
I didn´t mean…
I didn´t ________ to________ you
I´m sorry that I ________ you ______ I was __________ to ______ your eye
I didn´t mean to______ you Thought that you were _________ to hide
I´m just a jealous guy I was ___________ my pain
I was ____________ my pain
I was _________ insecure

I didn´t …

1. Match the expressions with their definitions.

1. I didn’t mean to
2. To make one cry a. To cope with the difficulty
3. To feel insecure b. It wasn’t my plan
4. You might not love me c. To attract one’s attention
5. To catch one’s eye d. To be anxious,
6. To swallow one’s pain e. Your feelings have changed
f. To bring someone to tears

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2. Find and write down all the examples of Past continuous and
Past simple used in the song.

Past Continuous
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Past Simple
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3. What does the author of the song feel? What are his fears?

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A- Use the PAST CONTINUOUS in the following sentences:

1. Some teenagers__________________ (stay) at the hotel.

2. Yesterday at 11 o’clock Jane __________________ (watch) television.
3. Carol and Dennis __________________ (have) dinner.
4. _______________________ (George/ wait) for the bus?
5. They __________________ (not/ drive) very fast.
6. Carol __________________ (wear) a really beautiful dress at the party.
7. They __________________ (not /go out) together.
8. _______________________ (Susan /look) at Dr. Morgan?
9. _______________________ (her parents /talk) about her?
10. I _______________________ (not/ write).

B- Put the verbs into the correct tense: PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS

1. I __________________ (see) the thief just as he__________________ (run) away.

2. The accident took place when she __________________ (have) a driving lesson.
3. The driver __________________ (kill) the dog because he __________________ (not /watch)
the road.
4. I __________________ (wash) my hair when my friend Alice __________________ (arrive).
5. While she __________________ (sing), I __________________ (play) the piano.
6. She __________________ (be) very happy when she __________________ (find) her ring.
7. When he heard the joke, he __________________ (laugh).
8. I __________________ (walk) along the street when I _________________ (see) the crowd.
9. She fell when she __________________ (run) down the street.
10. They read the report while they __________________ (wait) for the bus.

C- Put the verbs into the correct form: PAST CONTINUOUS or PAST SIMPLE

Example: While Tom was cooking (cook) dinner, the phone rang (ring).

1- George _____________ (fall) off the ladder while he _______________ (paint) his room.

2- Last night I ______________ (read) in bed when I ______________ (hear) a strange noise.

3- ______________ (you/ watch) TV when I ______________ (phone) you?

4- Ann ____________ (wait) for me when I ______________ (arrive).

5- Tom ______________ (take) a photo of me while I ______________ (not / look).

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6- We ______________ (not /go) out because it ______________ (rain).

7- I ______________ (break) a plate last night. I ______________ (do) the washing

up when it______________ (slip) out of my hand.

D- Join the two sentences with while or when . Do not change the order of the
sentences.

1. Peter was studying. His sister was playing a video game.

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2. I was having breakfast. Mary arrived.
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3. The children were playing in the garden. Their mother called them.
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4- Bob took a photograph of me. I wasn’t looking.
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5- Mr. Johnson was driving fast. He saw a dog sitting on the road.
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6- Mrs. Harris was shopping. Her husband was cooking dinner.
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7- I was reading in bed last night. The lights went out.
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8- Sophie was updating her blog. Her brother was checking his Instagram account.
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9- My cousin was cycling in the park. It started to rain.
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10- Anne was sleeping in class. Her teacher asked her a question.
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 WRITE THE CORRECT VERB

1. When Carmelo Anthony __________ (shoot) a buzzer beater, the crowd ____________(yell) loudly.

2. The New York Knicks _________ (win) the championship in 1970 and in 1973, but they ____________
(not/win) another championship after that.

3. While LeBron James ____________ (shoot) a free throw, some of the fans from the other team
___________ (boo) .That _________ (be) very rude of them.

4. James Naismith _______________ (invent) basketball in 1891. He _________ (use) a peach basket as the
basket. You ________ (have) to stop after every shot and remove the ball from the basket. Finally they
_______(cut) a hole in the bottom.

5.While I ____________ (watch) the Lakers game on TV, I __________ (eat) a big bowl of popcorn.

6. ________ you ________ (see) The NBA Top 10 Plays of the Day on YouTube? Derrick Rose ________
(block) a shot by Kobe Bryant. It ______ (be) the game winner!

Tick the past simple tense

1. _____ What did your sneakers cost?

2. _____ Did he catch the ball?

3. _____ Blake Griffin was running fast when…

4. _____ While the team was flying to L.A.,

5. _____ Abdul-Jabbar broke the scoring record.

6. _____ Shaquille didn’t make the free throw.

7. _____ Wasn’t the referee looking, when

8. _____The captain was standing near the coach…

9. _____ I paid 50 Euros for my new uniform.

10. ____ Last night the ball hit the rim 20 times!

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Select the correct tense

1. While Blake Griffin ____________ toward the basket, his teammates ________ next to
him.

a. was dribbling/were running

b. dribbled/ran

c. didn’t dribble/didn’t run

2. Kevin Durant ___________ his foot and ________ play in tonight’s game.

a. was fracturing/couldn’t

b. fractured/couldn’t

c. were fracturing/could

3. Michael Jordan _________ 32,202 points in his NBA career.

a. did score

b. was scoring

c. scored

4. The San Antonio Spurs ________ the NBA championship in 2014- they __________ win
in 2013- the Miami Heat did.

a. was winning/wasn’t winning

b. won/didn’t win

c. did win/were winning

5. When Giannis Antentokoumpo

_________ in the US, many fans _________ for him at the airport.

a. arrived/were waiting

b. was arriving/waited

c. arrived/waited

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