PAST CONTINUOUS

Czasu Past Continuous używamy do wyrażenia czynności trwających w określonym

momencie w przeszłości.
They boys were studying all morning.
Najczęściej używane przyimki w czasie Past Continuous to: while, as, just as.
Just as I was opening the door, I heard a funny noise.
While Jake was jogging in the park, he met his Uncle Tim.
Did you hear what happened to Mark as he was coming home from school yesterday?
TWORZENIE: w zdaniach oznajmującyh używamy WAS / WERE (was tylko przy
pierwszej i trzeciej osobie liczby pojedynczej) oraz czasownika z końcówką -ing, np. I was
watching the news for three hours yesterday.; You were talking with him! I saw you!
W pytaniach WAS / WERE pojawia się na początku zdania, np. Were you doing your
homework yesterday? Was she listening when I was talking?
W zaprzeczeniach dodajemy NOT do WAS / WERE tworząc WASN’T / WEREN’T, np.
She wasn’t playing video games.; You weren’t cooking.
Ćwiczenie 1.
Uzupełnij zdania odpowiednią formą czasowników w nawiasach. Dodaj niezbędne elementy.
Możesz wpisać maksymalnie 4 wyrazy.
1. I (read) a book when my sister came into my room.
2. While Brian (talk) __________________ we left.
3. (The woman / look) __________________ at you when you shouted?
4. Sorry, could you repeat? I (not / listen / you) __________________.
5. Horses (run) __________________ across the field.
Ćwiczenie 2.
Uzupełnij poniższe zdania czasownikiem w poprawnej formie.
1. Yesterday at 8 pm I __________________ (watch) the news.
2. The students __________________ (write) a test when I came in.
3. It __________________ (rain) all day yesterday.
4. My neighbour __________________ (play) loud music after 10 pm last night.
5. The children __________________ (make) a lot of noise while they __________________
(play).
Ćwiczenie 3.
Z podanych słów ułóż pełne zdania przeczące. Dodaj wszystkie niezbędne elementy.
1. they / work / in the morning
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2. the sun / shine / yesterday
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3. I / clean the house / when you phoned me
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4. My friends / cook / all evening
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5. Betty and Jim / play tennis / yesterday at 5 pm
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Ćwiczenie 4.
Uzupełnij poniższe zdania czasownikiem w poprawnej formie.
1. When the boss came in I __________________ (not work).
2. What __________________ (you / do) all day?
3. Why __________________ (the baby / cry)?
4. Tom and Minnie __________________ (drive) on holidays when their car broke down.
5. A: __________________ (your teacher / mark) tests during the class?
B: No, __________________ .
6. The police officer stopped us when we __________________ (cross) the street.
7. My dog __________________ (not bark) at night!
8. At 3 pm on Monday our friends __________________ (sit) on a plane to Paris.
9. When we arrived the children __________________ (not do) their homework. They
__________________ (play) outside.
10. Who __________________ (laugh) so loud a moment ago?
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Let’s look at:
1. When we use comparative and superlative adjectives.
2. When we use other forms with comparatives.
3. How we make comparative adjectives.
4. How we make superlative adjectives.
Function: when do we use comparative and superlative adjectives?
1. Comparative adjectives: to compare two people, things or places.
The new cinema is nicer than the old cinema. (phrases in bold are the two objects of the
sentence); however, you don’t always have to have two objects in the sentence; let’s look at
this sentence:
The tickets are more expensive. – we have only one object (the tickets), because we don’t need
to mention both objects as we know that we are talking about tickets for the two cinemas; so
we understand this sentence as “The tickets are more expensive (than the tickets for the old
cinema).”
2. Superlative adjectives: to compare one person, thing, etc. to a group.
It’s the best superhero film ever! – here the speaker is comparing one film to all the other films
(a group of films)
It was the hottest day of the year, and the sunniest! – the speaker is comparing one day to all
the other days in the year.
Function: when do we use (not) as … as and too / enough?
1. We use as + adjective + as to say that two things or people are the same in some way. (the
negative is not as … as)
A: Is the old cinema as nice as the new one?
B: No, but it isn’t as expensive as the new one, either.
2. We use adjective + enough to mean ‘the right amount’. We use too + adjective in a negative
way to mean ‘more than the right amount’. (negative form of adjective + enough is not +
adjective + enough and it means ‘less than the right amount’)
A: Was the park big enough to play a game of football?
B: Yes, but it was too hot to run around!
Form: how do we make comparative and superlative adjectives?
Types of adjectives Comparative adjectives Superlative adjectives
Most one-syllable adjectives Cheaper + - er The tallest The + -est
(cheap) (tall)
One-syllable adjectives Nicer (nice) + -er The widest The + -st
ending in -e (wide)
One-syllable adjectives Bigger Double The hottest The + double
ending in a vowel and then a consonant + - (hot) consonant + -
consonant er est
Two-syllable adjectives Easier (easy) Delete -y + - The sunniest The + delete
ending in -y ier (sunny) -y + -est
Long adjectives (two or more More More + The most The most +
syllables) expensive adjective exciting adjective
Irregular adjectives (the rules Better (good) No rule The best No rule
are very similar for both Worse (bad (good)
comparatives and Further (far) The worst
superlatives) (bad)
The furthest
(far)
Ćwiczenie 1. Comparatives and Superlatives – Adjectives and Adverbs
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the adjective or adverb,
comparative or
superlative of the words provided.
1. This is ___________________________ (fancy) dress I own.
2. In my opinion, a deer moves ____________________ (graceful) of all the animals.
3. The politician spoke ________________ (loud) than was necessary.
4. When we travel, my suitcase is always _______________ (heavy) than my husband’s.
5. January is _____________________ (cold) month of the year.
6. Mrs. Pedrido speaks _______________________(fluent) than her husband, but her
daughter speaks _______________________ (fluent) of the whole family.
7. December 21 is the ________________(short) day of the year. It is ______________
(short) than any other.
8. Andrew is __________________ (fast) runner on the team.
9. This apartment is __________________(convenient) of all the apartments I have seen.
10. Annie usually gets up ________________(early) than her sister.
11. Max finished the homework _________________ (fast) than anyone else in the class.
12. A turtle moves _____________________(slow) than a rabbit.
13. Bonnie works ___________________(hard) of all the employees in the office.
14. This book is _____________________ (interesting) than the one I read last week.
15. Daniel drives ____________________________ (careful) than his father.
16. Judy goes to the library ____________________ (often) than I do.
17. That gold necklace is ____________________(expensive) one in the whole store.
18. This is _____________________ (bad) movie I have ever seen.
19. Shaun sings even __________________(beautiful) than her mother, who is a famous
opera star. In fact, she has ___________________ (beautiful) voice I’ve ever heard.
Ćwiczenie 2. Make your own comparisons using the words provided and the structure as…as.
Ex. My apartment/ large/ yours My apartment is as large as yours.
My car /expensive/ your car My car isn’t as expensive as your car.
1. biology/ interesting/ history
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2. train/ fast/ airplane
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3. algebra/ difficult/ geometry
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4. Batman / popular/ Superman
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5. lemon/ sweet/ orange
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