TIếng Anh 12 - Easy grammar 02

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1. EASY GRAMMAR 02 PRACTICE Something Funny Happened I. What did Jenny see when she arrived at the party? Complete the sentences Jenny Did Tom’s team win their match yesterday? with the past continuous form of the verbs in the box. Nick Yes, they won. But they were very lucky. Something funny happened. Jenny Oh? What? look - look - play- play - sit - dance - sing - drink - eat Nick Well, the score was one nil. Tom’s team was winning. It was almost the end of the match. Suddenly people started shouting. A player from the other  Nick was singing. team was running towards the goal with the ball when a dog ran onto the field. The player kicked the ball, but the dog stopped it right in front of the goal! Jenny That’s amazing! So what did they do then? Nick Well, they finished the match, but the other team didn’t score. So Tom’s team won, but the dog was the star. All Tom’s supporters loved him! REMEMBER! Past simple We form the past simple of regular verbs with ed or d. Irregular verbs have a special form. start - started, love - loved, win - won, run - ran We use did + infinitive (base form) for questions, and did not or didn’t + infinitive for the negative. - Did Tom’s team win? - The other team didn’t score. 1. Kate .out of the window. We use the past simple for an action that started and finished in the past. 2. Manda and Anna - Something funny happened. 3. Adam. the guitar. Past continuous 4. Trig in the corner. We form the past continuous with was/were + the -ing form. 5. Tom and Paul sandwiches. - I was just leaving. 6. Simon at the presents. We make questions and negative forms like this: 7. Beth cola. - Were they playing well? 8. Emma and Lucy .cards. - They weren’t playing well. II. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs We use the past continuous for an action that was already happening at a in brackets. particular time in the past. Levi Strauss and the story of jeans. Levi Strauss 0 came (come) from a small - Tom’s team was winning. town in the south of Germany. When he 1 (be) .a young man, he 2 Past simple and past continuous (fall) .in love with the mayor’s daughter. But the mayor and Levi’s When one action interrupts another, we use the past continuous and the past parents 3 (not want) them to marry. So Levi’s parents 4 (send) . Him simpletogether in one sentence. We use the past continuous (was running) for away to New York, where his brothers 5 (live) They 6 (be) . tailors the longer action and the past simple (ran) for the shorter ‘interrupting’ action. and they 7 (teach) him to sew. - A player was running towards the goal when a dog ran onto the field. In 1850, Levi 8 (take) . Some cloth from New York to San Francisco for his brothers. It was thick, strong cloth for making sails for boats. On the way, TQT EASY GRAMMAR 02
2. 9 10 Levi (meet) some men who (look) for gold in a river. The 11 12 weather was bad. It (rain) . and a strong wind (blow) The men were cold because they 13 (wear) thin trousers. Suddenly Levi 14 (have) an idea. He 15(use) .the cloth which he 16 (take) to San Francisco to make good, strong trousers for the men. The men 17 (love) . the new trousers but they 18 (not like) .the light colour. So when Levi Strauss 19 (open) .a shop for trousers in San Francisco, he 20 (buy) .a special blue cloth from France. That’s how the first jeans 21 (become) blue. III. Write questions about Levi Strauss. Use the words in brackets. 0. He came from Germany. (Where from)  Where did he come from? 1. His parents sent him to America. (Why) . 2. His brothers taught him to sew. (Who) . 3. In 1850 he travelled to San Francisco. (When) . 4. He met some men on the way. (Who) . 5. They were looking for gold in a river. (Where) . 6. They were wearing thin trousers. (Why) . IV. Complete the conversation. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Jenny: I 0 came (come) to your house at seven o’clock last night, but you 1(not be) . there. Amanda: We 2 (be) . all out. Mum 3 (visit) a neighbour and Dad 4 (work) .late. So I 5 (go) to Maria’s house. I think we 6 (eat) a pizza at seven o’clock. Jenny: What 7 (you do) . after that? Homework? Amanda: Yes. We 8 (do) .our maths homework. After that we 9 (watch) .a DVD. We 10 (watch) a really exciting part when Dad 11 12 13 (arrive). I (go) home with him. So I (not see) .the end. TQT EASY GRAMMAR 02