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Listening Evaluating Activity Past Simple Past Continuous
Listening Evaluating Activity Past Simple Past Continuous
BE (was) – WORRY (worried)– TAKE (took)– DRIVE (drove)– HIT (hit)– CAN (could)– NO BE (wasn’t)–
COULD NOT - WANT (wanted)- DO (did)- TELL (told)– THINK (thought)– NOT WORK (worked) – DO NOT (didn’t)– BE
NOT GO (was not gone) - KNOW (knew)
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Man: Honey. Do you know what time Katie will be __? Man: Uh, I've been meaning to get those repaired.
Woman: Uh, she should be here any __. She __ the car Daughter: And mom. I _______________ to use the car
to pick up something from the store. this weekend to go camping with my friends, but now my
Man: Okay, I_______ just a Little_____ that . . . Man, plans are ruined. My friends are going to hate me. What
what was that? Oh, no. The car! She drove over the am I going to do?
mailbox and _____ a tree in the front yard. Ah, the car! Woman: Hon, yeah, what IS your daughter going to do?
Woman: Well, just don't stand there blabbing all day. It appears that it's mainly your fault for the accident and
Let's go out and see if Katie's okay. that she's in such a jam.
Man: Ah, my car. Man: My fault? Hey, why don't you just invite your
Woman: Honey, are you okay? friends over for pizza? I'll buy.
Daughter: Oh, mom. I'm so sorry. I ______ believe this Daughter: Mom, we've been planning this weekend for
is happening. months. I need a car.
Man: Oh, my car! Woman: Hon.
Woman: Forget your car! Man: What? I mean, man, what a predicament!
Man: Driving with the cell phone. I know. That's tough.
Daughter: It ________ that at all. Don't jump to Woman: I think what your dad is trying to say is that you
conclusions. can take his new Jeep.
Man: Oh, yeah. Daughter: Yeah, awesome.
Daughter: Dad . . . uh, mom. It's not like that at all. I Man: What?
mean, as I was pulling into the driveway, something Daughter: Yes!
rolled from under the seat and got stuck under the brake Man: Wait, not my new Jeep. I don't even have 500
pedal . . . the gas pedal . . . I, I don't know, and I miles on it.
_____________ stop the car. And then I accidentally hit Daughter: Four-wheeling through the mud, over big
the gas when I ______________to brake, and I hit the rocks and in deep ruts in the road . . . if there IS a road.
mailbox. Man: Ah.
Woman: Uh, I think I know what the problem was. Woman: You love your daughter, don't you?
Honey, think you put those golf balls away like I told Man: Ask me after she returns from the trip.
you? The ones YOU put under the driver's seat . . . the Daughter: Ah, Dad. I'm going to call my friends to let
ones I _________ you would get in the way. them know of the good news. Thanks, Dad, I ________
Man: Man, I __________I got those. I could count on you.
Daughter: Plus, Mom, the windshield wipers on the car Man: Yeah, but make sure wrecking the car doesn't
__________________ , so I couldn't see very well in the become a routine activity.
rain. Daughter: Dad
Woman: ______________you get those fixed?
ANSWER:
Where did the car accident take place? some obstruction in the car
a faulty car mechanism
in front of the house excessive speed
in the parking lot at the store
at the post office Why is the girl really upset?
The main factor that caused the accident was _____. She wrecked her friend's car.
She won't have a car to drive over the weekend. The girl decides to go camping instead.
She doesn't have money to repair the car. The girl invites friends over for a pizza party.
The father reluctantly loans his car.
Narrate in your own words what happened to this family in maximum 8 sentences, remember to use the past tense.