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1 Match rules 1-3 with the examples of tenses a-c. Then find more examples of these tenses in the text on pages 12-13.a past continuous Some workers were repairing the building. b past simple Some experts opened the box. c past perfect Water had destroyed the documents a long time before they opened the box.
2 Look again at examples a-c in exercise 1. Answer the questions.1 Which word is a regular past simple form? 2 Which word is a past participle? 3 Which word is a past form of be? 4 How do we form the past continuous? 5 How do we form the past perfect? 3 Read the story and choose the correct verb forms. Explain your answers.A true story A long time ago in Sweden, there was a sailor called Ake Viking. He worked on a boat, but because of his work, he didn't meet many people. He 1hadn't had / wasn't having a girlfriend for a long time. One day he 2was feeling / had felt lonely and romantic, so he 3decided / was deciding to write a letter. He addressed it to 'someone beautiful and far away', then he 4put / was putting the letter into a bottle and he 5threw / had thrown it in the sea. One day a fisherman in Italy 6emptied /was emptying his net when he found the bottle and the message. He 7gave / was giving it to his daughter Paolina, and she 8started / had started writing to Ake. Three years after Ake 9had written /was writing the letter, he finally travelled to Sicily and 10married / had married his true love. | 4 Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Include a past simple form and a past perfect form in each sentence.1 I .................. (remember) that I .................. (see) her somewhere before. 2 We .................. (be) late because we .................. (forget) the tickets. 3 We .................. (not meet) before I .................. (see) her at the party. 4 After we .................. (have) breakfast, we .................. (go) for a walk. 5 When we .................. (arrive) at the station, we were late and the train .................. (leave). 5 Complete the questions with the correct verb forms. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.1 What .................. you doing at this time yesterday? 2 .................. you do anything interesting last weekend? 3 When .................. you last to the cinema? 4 ..................you studied much English before you .................. to this school? 5 Who .................. talking to you before you came into this class? 6 USE IT! Work in pairs. Invent a 'cooperative story. Take turns to say sentences. Listen to your partner and continue their ideas.One day I was walking in a wood with a friend. It was dark and we were feeling a bit scared. Suddenly, I saw ... Finished? Think about a film with a happy or surprising ending. Write the story, using past narrative tenses. Read it to your classmates. Can they guess the film?
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