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Colin plays football every Tuesday. Look! Colin is playing football now.
present actions happening one after another also for several actions happening at the same time
First Colin plays football, then he watches TV. Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.
Signal words
Exceptions
Speak spoke
Positive Negative Question
If you want to express that a new action happened in the middle of another action,
you need both tenses: Simple Past the new action and Past Progressive for the
action already in progress.
A. When My mobile rang, I was sitting in a D. While I was sitting in a meeting, My mobile
meeting rang.
B. My mobile rang while I was sitting in a C. I was taking a shower, when my sister arrived
meeting. D. While I was taking a shower, my sister arrived
A. When my sister arrived I was taking a shower
B. My sister arrived while I was taking a shower
PRACTICE
5. In five days, Sue (go) back to South Korea because the next term at
university (start) in ten days.
ENGLISH CLASS III. REVIEW SIMPE PRESEN, PRESNT CONTINUOS, SIMPL PAST, PAST PROGRESSIVE.
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Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past progressive).
2. While Tom (play) the piano, his mother (do) the washing-up.
Exercise 8
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
6. One man (mow) the grass while his wife (pick) strawberries.
7. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud
suddenly (appear) and it (start) to rain.
ENGLISH CLASS III. REVIEW SIMPE PRESEN, PRESNT CONTINUOS, SIMPL PAST, PAST PROGRESSIVE.
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11. I (thank) the farmer for his hospitality and (move) on.
Today (be) 1.________ the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted
and my legs (shake) 2. ____________; I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet
(kill, really) 3.____________ me and my toes (bleed) 4., but I (want, still)
5.___________________ to continue.
Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything (be)
6.________________ so different, and I (try) 7. _______________ to adapt to the new way
of life here. I (learn) 8. ____________ a little bit of the language to make communication
easier; unfortunately, I (learn, not) 9. ____________ foreign languages quickly. Although I
(understand, not) 10. ____________ much yet, I believe that I (improve, gradually) 11..
_________________
I (travel, currently) 12. _______________ with Liam, a student from Leeds University in
England. He (be) 13. ____________ a nice guy, but impatient. He (walk, always) 14.
_______________ ahead of me and (complain) 15. ________________ that I am too slow.
I (do) 16. ________________ my best to keep up with him, but he is younger and stronger
than I am. Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am getting old.
Right now, Liam (sit) 17. ____________ with the owner of the inn. They (discuss) 18.
____________ he differences between life in England and life in Nepal. I (know, not) 19.
________________ the real name of the owner, but everybody (call, just) 20.
________________ him Tam. Tam (speak) 21. ____________ English very well and he
(try) 22. ____________ to teach Liam some words in Nepali. Every time Tam (say) 23.
____________ a new word, Liam (try) 24. ________________ o repeat it. Unfortunately,
Liam (seem, also) 25. ____________ to have difficulty learning foreign languages. I just
hope we don't get lost and have to ask for directions.