Ex.25. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous.

A B

THE PAST CONTINUOUS

Ex.23. Translate into English.

Ex.22. Correct the mistakes if there are any.

1. I lay the papers on your table.

2. In 1994, Christian Rucker aged 24, got out of magazines and started her own business – she found The White Company.

3. Ron worryed that he might lose his job.

4. How much they paid you last month?

5. He used to lay awake worrying about work.

6. For some reason, they canceled their tour to New Zealand.

7. Did you used to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?

8. She hanged a picture on the wall.

9. Do you feel that he chose the wrong career?

10. She lied on the sofa because of a severe migraine headache.

11. As the summer was very dry, the apples felt down from the trees.

12. There was a party on Friday at your house, wasn’t it?

 

1. Мій брат вивчав менеджмент в університеті.

2. Я раніше часто грав у теніс, а тепер я не маю часу.

3. Коли ти переїхав до Києва? – Близько п’яти років тому.

4. Прибутки компанії різко впали в 2012 році.

5. Директор провів нараду з керівниками відділів, а потім поїхав у відрядження до Вени.

6. Нам не сподобалась п’єса, тому ми пішли раніше.

7. Ми часто, бувало, писали листи один одному, зараз же, в основному, надсилаємо текстові та електронні повідомлення.

8. Секретарка поклала листа на стіл та вийшла з кабінету.

9. Де ти був учораввечері? Я дзвонив тобі десять разів.

10. Я не працював у четвер, у мене був вихідний.

11. Рік тому назад ціни на цю продукцію виросли вдвічі.

12. Ви добре провели вихідний у Львові? – Так, ми оглянули майже всі визначні місця цього чудового міста.

13. Самий старий ресторан в світі відкрився в Китаї в 1153 році.

14. Вчора по телебаченню була дуже цікава передача про економічну ситуацію в світі. Ти дивився її?

15. Уряд підвищив податки минулого року.

Ex 24. Match the beginning of each sentence in column A(1-11) with its ending in column B (a-k) and add when (suddenly) to complete the phrase. Look at the example provided(11-k).

I was going to bed when suddenly I heard a strange noise.

1. Jane was walking home a. he fell off the ladder.

2. John was painting a picture b. she cut her finger.

3. Mr Drill was driving to the c. their ball broke a window.

airport

4. She was chopping potatoes d. the teacher entered the room.

5. Dan was climbing the tree e. a branch broke.

6. We were having a picnic f. he spilled the paint.

7. Jill was sleeping g. the wind blew her hat off.

8. The children were playing h. his car broke down.

football

9. He was painting the bedroom i. the telephone woke her up.

10. The students were talking j. it started raining.

11. I was going to bed k. I heard a strange noise.

 

1. Yesterday at six, John _______ (drive) to the airport.

2. While Clara _______ (have) lunch in the canteen, Jane and Vicky _______(talk) to a customer.

3. I _______ (prepare) the invoice, when my computer crashed.

4. When we _______ (sit) in the meeting, Joseph suddenly got an idea.

5. The secretary _______ (correct) the document, they _______ (discuss) the solution to the problem.

6. Tracy and her colleague _______(walk) to the office, when it suddenly started to rain.

7. During the week of the conference I _______ (stay) at a nice B&B.

8. Where you _______(stay) at during your business trip in London?

9. Who _______ (do) my job while I was in hospital?

10. I ________ (just leave) the office when they arrived.