2B GRAMMAR past continuous

Q Look at the pictures and write the sentences. Use the past simple and past continuous.

1 She saw the spider when she was

buying some fruit, (see, buy)

2 His mobile__________ when he

(ring, drive)

3 Neil__________ late when his boss

______________ a speech.
(arrive, make)

4 They__________ football when it

______________ to rain, (play, start)

5 We . ______ _ a party when I

______________ this photo, (have,
take)

6 W e__________ the result when we

______________ in France.
(hear, travel)

Q Complete the story with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets.

When Alex Jones 'arrived (arrive) at JFK International

IJFK ARRIVAL Airport, she2______________ (look) around, but she
3______________ (not see) anybody there to meet her. A
lot of people4______________ (hold) cards with names on
them, but they 5______________ (not wait) for her. She
. (not know) what to do, but it
(be) a beautiful, sunny day, so she
(decide) to go to the hotel on her own.
She9__________ ____(go) outside and 10______________
(look) for a taxi. A lot of people n_
so she 12______________ (catch) the airport bus into New
York. The bus13. (stop) in Manhattan,
quite near the hotel, and she 14___________
--------- (get) off.
She 15______________ (walk) into the hotel and
16______________ (give) her name, Alexandra Jones. She
______ (talk) to the receptionist when suddenly a man 18______________ (run) up to her.
_____ ____ (carry) a card which20______________ (read) ‘Mr Jones’.
‘Ms Jones? I’m terribly sorry! 121____ ___________ (wait) for you at the airport, but 122______________
(think) you . (be) a man!’
‘That’s OK,’ 24_ _ (say) Alex, i t happens to me all the time!’

Q Cover sentences 1-6 in a. Look at the pictures and remember the sentences.

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2C GRAMMAR time sequencers and connectors
^ Match the sentence halves and Ifcirclothe correct word: so, but, because, or although.
I The weather was awful, a a so / but I invited her to dinner.
2 I didn’t give him my phone number Qd b because / although it had a happy ending.
3 She didn’t like the song □ c but / so we couldn’t find the house.
4 It was her birthday, □ d because / although I didn’t want him to call me.
5 He’s an intelligent student, □ e because / although it was by one of her favourite
6 1ran to the shop bands.
□
7 They didn't want to dance, f so / but we had a wonderful evening.
□
8 We didn’t go anywhere special. □ g but /@ w e didn’t go out.
9 It was a sad story h although 1because I was in a hurry.
□
10 We drove along the street i because / but he’s very lazy.
very slowly, □ i so / because they left the club early.

Q Complete the story with the time sequencers and connectors in the list.

although (x2) because (x3) but (x2) next day one evening
so (x3) suddenly two minutes later when

Don’t always listen

to the sat nav...
Oscar Peters never wanted a sat nav 'because
he didn’t like technology. And 2______________
his brother gave him one as a birthday present,
it directed him into a difficult situation.
'My brother Jez loves gadgets and
technology. Last year he gave me a sat nav
for my b irth da y,3_______________he knew I
didn’t really w ant one. Jez uses his sat nav all
the tim e 4______________ he likes listening to
in stru ction s,5_______________I prefer using a
map.
6_______________, a friend of a friend phoned.
She needed my h elp,7_______________I agreed
to drive to her house.8_______________I had a
map in the car, I decided to use the sat nav to
find her village. It was dark, and I wanted to get
there as quickly as possible.
Everything was going fine. I was nearly
there, but th e n 9_______________I saw there
was a small river on the left. I could see th a t
there was a road which w ent through the water
to the other side o f the river. The sat nav said
Turn le ft!’
10_______________I followed the instruction
and turned le ft into the water. The sat nav said
‘Go straight on!’, b u t 11_______________my car
was completely stuck in the mud.
I had my mobile w ith m e ,12_______________
I phoned my friend and she came to the river
to help. I fe lt terrible 13_______________she got
very cold and w et in the water.
14_______________, a tra cto r pulled my car out
o f the rive r,15_______________it was completely
ruined by the water. I can’t believe I made such
a stupid - and expensive - mistake!’

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