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Ex.66 Ask your partner the following questions. Make sure the Past Simple and Past Continuous is used in the replies




Ex.65 Read the following passage and complete the gaps using the correct tense of the verb in brackets (the Past Simple and the Past Continuous).

I remember very clearly the day that my youngest brother was born. I (1) ________ (be) eight at the time and I (2) ________ (look) forward to helping my mum with the new baby. It (3) ________ (snow) very heavily when my mum (4) ________ (leave) for the hospital. We (5) ________ (stay) at home with our grandmother, and had great fun playing in the snow outside. We (6) ________ (make) a snowman, and (7) ________(call) it baby! Our grandmother (8) _______ (cook) us some homemade soup while we (9) ________ (tidy) the house ready for the new baby.

We (10) ________ (have) a bath when the phone (11) ________ (ring) with the news of the baby. He (12) ________ (be) a beautiful baby boy called Cameron, and he (13) ________(cry) loudly at that moment! Whilst my grandmother (14) ________ (read) us our bedtime story, I (15) ______ (keep) interrupting her to ask questions about the new baby!

 

1 What is the funniest thing you remember happening to you at school or work?

2 What has been your best sporting moment?

3 What was the best result you got at school? How did you feel? Did you celebrate?

4 Has there been a moment when you were very proud of a family member?

5 What’s the best holiday you’ve been on? Why, what happened?

6 What was your first job? Do you have good or bad memories?

 

Ex.67 Many of science's greatest findings or events have come as a result of good luck as well as hard work. Complete the following passages by using simple past or past continuous forms of the verbs in parentheses.

1. In the late 1800s, Louis Pasteur ____________ (experiment) with bacteria. When Pasteur __________ (give) chickens old bacteria by accident, they ___________ (become) sick but they __________ (die / not). When he __________ (repeat) the injections several times, the chickens __________ (develop) a resistance to infection. This discovery __________ (begin) his work on immunization.

2. While von Mering and Minkowski __________ (study) the pancreas (which helps to metabolize sugar), they __________ (remove) the organ from several dogs. Subsequently, a laboratory assistant __________ (notice) something unusual. Flies __________ (swarm) around the cages of these dogs, but they __________ (go / not) near the cages of other dogs. When the two researchers __________ (test) the dogs without pancreases, they __________ (discover) that the dogs __________(have) the symptoms of diabetes. This incident __________ (give) medical science the first information connecting the pancreas to the cause of diabetes.

3. A Danish researcher, Henrik Dam, __________ (do) experiments with chickens when he __________ (find) that certain diets __________ (cause) internal bleeding. When he __________ (change) the diet, the bleeding __________ (stop). Through his work, he __________ (discover) the importance of vitamin K, especially for patients undergoing surgery.

4, In 1929, the English bacteriologist, Alexander Fleming, __________ (experiment) with a bacteria culture when it __________ (become) contaminated by a mold. When the mold __________ (touch) the bacteria, the bacteria __________ (die). Fleming __________ (save) this mold and __________ (let) it continue to grow in a liquid. While this mold __________ (grow), it __________ (produce) a substance that __________ (be) able to kill a number of bacteria. Moreover, the substance __________ (harm/ not) animals. This substance later __________ (become) known as penicillin.

 

COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY

Ex.68 Do you have clear memories of a particular time in your childhood or youth? Perhaps you remember a series of events, pleasant or unpleasant. Or, perhaps it was a party, a celebration, a trip, or an accident. Briefly tell your story by answering the following questions. You may want to add other details.

1. How old were you?

2. Where were you living (staying, and so forth)?

3. What happened?

4. What were you doing when this happened?

5. What were other people around you (family, friends, and so forth) doing when this took place?

6. How did you feel?

7. What did you do?

8. What did others do then?

9. What was the result?

 




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