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Extra Grammar Exercises

(Unit 4, page 41)

LESSON 1 The past continuous

1 Complete the statements and questions with the past continuous.

1. My daughter was driving her car yesterday at 4:00.

drive

2. I to work when I saw the accident.

walk

3. Who on the phone when I came home?

talk

4. Traffic was awful this morning. Everyone !

speed

5. They the house when the phone started ringing.

leave

6. The clients at the rental agency complain

about the quality
of the cars they got.

7. The accident occurred because a car weave

through
traffic.

8. Why your girlfriend / shop

at the mall when online shopping is so much
easier?

2 Circle the correct verb form to complete the sentences.

1. I (tailgated / was tailgating) when the car in front of me suddenly (stopped /
was stopping).
2. John (cooked / was cooking) dinner when his children (arrived / were arriving).
3. Larissa (didn’t pay / wasn’t paying) attention while she (drove / was driving).
4. They (washed / were washing) the car when the headlights (broke / were
breaking).
5. My son (texted / was texting) his boss when the storm (started / was starting).

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Extra Grammar Exercises

(Unit 4, page 43)

LESSON 2 Placement of direct objects with phrasal verbs

1 Rewrite the following sentences, correcting the errors.
1. If you return a rental car and it’s almost out of gas, who has to fill up it?
If you return a rental car and it ’s almost out of gas, who has to fill it up?
2. The car’s ready. Can you pick up it before 5:00?

3. The car? I’m planning to drop off it at the rental office, not the airport.

4. There’s something wrong with the headlights. I can’t turn on them.

5. I can’t stand that loud music while I drive. Could you please turn off it?

2 Rewrite each sentence, replacing the direct object noun with a pronoun.
1. Please fill the car up with super.
Please fill it up with super.
2. Jane’s going to drop off the car at the airport.

3. It’s raining and we can’t turn on the windshield wipers.

4. When you’re sitting in a parking lot, you should turn the headlights off.

5. Turn the TV on, please, so I can see the news about the accident.

3 Complete each conversation with an object pronoun.

1. A: Please turn off the car.
B: OK, I’ll turn it off .
turn off

2. A: Why are your headlights still on?

B: Oh, no! I forgot to last night. I hope the engine starts!
turn off

3. A: The car is ready.

B: Great, I’ll at 3:00.
pick up

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4. A: My brakes are making a funny sound.

B: No problem. We’ll check out the whole car. What time can you
?
drop off

5. A: Why isn’t the TV working?

B: Did you try to ?
turn on

6. A: Why is it so cold in this car? Is it the air conditioning?B:

Yes, I can’t turn off
.

7. A: You left your glasses in my car last night.

B: I’m glad you found them. Can you drop off
on your way home?

8. A: Oh no! I think I’m almost out of gas.

B: No problem. There’s a station. We can fill up
there.

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Part 2
Fill in the names of the car parts from the box to label the picture. You will not
use all the parts.

dashboard clutch rearview mirror gearshift

horn windshield steering wheel
Example: ____windshield_____ 7.

8.

10.

9.

Part 3
Rewrite the statements by replacing the object with an object pronoun.
Example: Did you pick up the keys?
___Did you pick them up? ___

11. I dropped off the car.

12. She turned on the taillights.

13. Turn the radio off.

Part 4
Complete the paragraph using the past continuous or the simple past tense of
the verb provided.

Laurel ______saw_________ an accident while she to work this

(see) 14. (go)
morning. She down the street, and she up just in time to
15. (walk) 16. (look)
see that a sports car down the road. Suddenly, a Suv onto
17. (speed) 18. (turn)
the street in front of it. The driver of the sports car to stop, but it was too late.
19. (try)
the sports car the SUV. Unit 4, Lesson 2
20. (hit)
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Part
Choose Good driving habit or Bad driving habit for each action given below.

Good driving habit Bad driving habit

Example: talk on the phone

( ) ( ✓)

21. pay attention to other cars

( ) ( )

22. weave through traffic

( ) ( )

23. pass in a no-passing zone

( ) ( )

24. signal when turning

( ) ( )

25. tailgate
( ) ( )

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