Revision test. 1. Last year she was. 22, so she is 23 now

Revision test

I.

1. Last year she was. 22, so she is 23 now.

2. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it was cold.

3. I am hungry. Can I have something to eat?

4. I was hungry last night, so 1 had something to eat.

5. Where were you at 11 o'clock last Friday morning?

6. Don't buy those shoes. They are too expensive.

7. Why are you so angry yesterday?

8. We must go now. It is very late.

9. This time last year I was in Paris.

10. We were tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.

11. Charlie Chaplin died in 1978. He was a famous film star.

12. 'Where are the children?' 'I don't know. They were. in the garden ten minutes ago.

II. Put in was/wasn't/were/weren't.

1. We didn't like our hotel room. It was.... very small and it wasn’t .... very clean.

2. Kate got married when she was 24 years old.

3. I phoned you yesterday evening but you weren’t at home. Where were you?

4. George wasn’t at work last week because he was ill. He's better now.

5. The shops weren’t open yesterday because it was a public holiday.

6. Were you at home at 9.30? “No, I was at work.”

Raymond Murphy, Essential Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press

Explain shortly the usage of The Past Continuous Tense and ask to do the revision test for homework.

Exercise 1.

1. We were listening to the radio when it suddenly stopped working.

2. When I saw them, they were playing football.

3. When I got out of the house it was raining.

4. You broke your tooth when you were eating walnuts.

Exercise 2. Use the past continuous in the sentences below.

Example: I wasn’t listening (not/listen) so I missed what he said.

1. Just as I was getting to an interesting part of the story, the telephone rang.

2. When she was younger, she was always playing jokes on other people.

3. Yesterday afternoon we weren’t tidy up our flat.

4. Pete wasn’t listening to the lecture; he was talking to his friends.

5. A strong wind was blowing right in my face.

Exercise 3.

1. Roy saw Alice and Tina when he was going to work this morning.

2. I broke a cup last night. I was doing the washing-up when it slipped out of my hand.

3. We didn’t go out because it was raining.

4. It was midnight. We were driving home.

5. Christopher Columbus was sailing in the Santa Maria when he discovered America.

Exercise 1.

1. Jane wasn't at home when I went to see her. She was working.

2. I got up early this morning. I washed, dressed and then I had breakfast.

3. The postman came while I was having breakfast.

4. We met Joan at the party. She was wearing a red dress.

5. The boys broke a window when they were playing football.

6. I was late but my friends were waiting for me when I arrived.

7. I got up at 7 o'clock. The sun was shining, so I went for a walk.

8. He was not driving fast when the accident happened.

9. Margaret didn’t go to work yesterday. She was ill.

10. What did you do on Saturday evening?”I went to the cinema”

11. What were you doing at 9.30 on Saturday evening? “I was watching a film in the cinema.

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