Tarek Ben Ziad Secondary School Miss : ABDELLAH

Read the following passage taken from "The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor".

.....Unfortunately, when I reached the summit, the island began to move. At first, I thought it was an
earthquake, but then I realised that the ‘island’ was not an island at all. It was a whale! I started to run
back to the ship, but before I reached it, the whale threw me down in the water. When I came back to the
surface, I realised that the ship was sailing away from me. Soon I saw nothing around me, except water
and a floating box. I climbed on the box and let myself float on the sea for many days and nights until I
landed on an island, a real island this time.......

Consider the following example then do the task .

The whale threw me down the water .
Task: 1. In which tense is the underlined verb in the sentence ?
a) Future simple b) past simple c) Future perfect
2. Complete the following table :
Affirmative The whale threw me down the water .
Negative .................................................................
Interrogative ..................................................................
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Stating the rule : 1. The rule of form

a. Affirmative

b. Negative

C.Interrogativ
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2. The rule of meaning . Fill in the gaps to get the rule
The past simple is used for actions which ............... and ......................in the .....................
Task . Write affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in the PAST SIMPLE.
a. Alison went to the cinema yesterday.
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b. Did you buy a new CD last week ?
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c. Kevin didn’t find his book in the classroom .
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Study the following situation then answer the questions

Jim , Bob and jack played football from 2 P.M . to 4 P.M. yesterday
What were they doing at 3 P.M ?
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The action of playing at 3 p.m was :
a. in progress and not finished b. the action is not in progress C. The action was finished
The tense used in the sentence is :
a. past simple b. Future perfect C. past continuous .
Complete the following table with the above example .
Affirmative ................................................................. .
Negative .................................................................
Interrogative ..................................................................
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Stating the rule . 1. The rule of form
a. Affirmative

b. Negative

C.Interrogativ
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2. The rule of meaning . Fill in the gaps to get the rule
The past continuous is used for .................... actions in the ....................that were in ......................
Activity
2-Read what Rachid and karim did yesterday.

6.30 woke up. 7.30 -8.30 have breakfast 9.20-10.15 run until the park.

11.00-12.45 revise lessons 1.00-2.15 had lunch 2.30- 4.45 play chess

6.05-6.45 visited a friend 8.30-9.00 cooked a meal 9.30-11.00 listened to music

3- Pair work : ask and answer questions about what Rachid and karim were doing at the times
bellow.

Example : a- What were they doing at 9.45 am ?

b- They were running until the park.

8.00 am 3.00 pm 8.45pm 11.30 am 6.30 pm 10.00pm

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Read the following passage taken from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland then do the tasks
It was spring, and Alice was sitting in the garden. She had nothing to do. Her sister was reading while her
cat Dinah was mewing. But Alice did not find the book interesting .”How stupid !“ she thought , ” a book
with no pictures or conversation in it “ §1

The weather was very hot , and Alice felt she was going to sleep . She was just considering what to do when
suddenly a white rabbit passed near her. §2
That was not very extraordinary, and Alice did not think it was very strange when she heard the rabbit say to
itself,” Oh dear ! Oh dear ! I Shall be too late.” She understood later that it was not real ; it was just a bizarre
dream. But then the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket and looked at it. She was very surprised and curious
.She got up and hurried after it.”Rabbits don’t have pocket watches” she told herself. §3

She went after the rabbit into its hole , running very fast. Before she could stop , she found herself falling ,
falling .falling .But how strange ! There were cupboards and bookshelves , pictures and maps , all down the
sides of the hole . She was looking at al objects when she was a little bottle on one of the shelves. It was marked
‘ DRINK ME ‘ . §4

Task 01. Work in pairs. Join a line in A with a word in B and a line in C to make correct sentences.

A B c

1. Her sister was reading When she saw a little bottle

2.She was considering what to do her cat was mewing
While
3.She was looking at the objects a rabbit suddenly passed near by

Task 02 . Tick the correct one .

1. The actions in sentence 01 are actions that:
a. happened at the same time b. one interrupted the other c. one happened after the other .
2. The actions in sentence 02 and 03are actions that :
a. happened at the same time b. one interrupted the other c. one happened after the other

Task 03. Complete the following table

Sentence
Tense + Connector + Tense
+ +
+ +
Task 04. Use the information in task 02and 03 to fill in the following gaps
The past continuous / progressive is used for both actions that ..........................................in
the .............. Both actions are joined with the connector ............... The past continuous and the past
simple are used together in order to say that one action is in ..........................when the other ..................
it . Both actions are joined with ..............
Activity Complete the sentences with the verbs in the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1-While I ………………………………(have) a bath this morning , the

telephone…………………………( ring)
2- I ………………………….(run) for the bus when……………..( fall) over.
3-While…………………………. (walk) in the park, a dog …………………..( bite) me.
4-I …………………………………………..( read) a book when the light ……………………….
(go) out and I let myself …………………..(fall ) asleep.
5-I…………………………….(have) a beautiful dream when I …………………(hit) my foot on the
bed.
Write affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences in the PAST
SIMPLE.
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Kevin didn’t find his book in the
classroom. _____________________________________________________________ ___
__________________________________________________________ d. Did you sing with
your friends at the
party? ___________________________________________________________ _________
__________________________________________________ e. The police didn’t catch the
thief.___________________________________________________________ __________
_________________________________________________ f. Anne and Thomas didn’t
review for their
test. _____________________________________________________________ ________
_____________________________________________________ g. Were you at the
dentist’s yesterday
evening? __________________________________________________________