Question

Choose the right item to complete the sentences:

At 5 o’clock yesterday Polly was watching / watched TV.

What did you do / were you doing when I phoned you yesterday?

Last time I visited / was visiting Paris was in 2012.

While mother was cooking dinner, the children played / were playing football in the street.

I didn’t listen / wasn’t listening to music at that moment yesterday.

We were reading / read all books from our school library two years ago.

Where Sam was going / went when you met him in the street yesterday?

In 1995 my little brother was starting / started to walk.

They didn’t ride / wasn’t riding his bike the whole morning yesterday.

Did Max send / Was Max sending e-mails to his friends last Monday?








Open the brackets to put the verbs in the correct tense form of the Past Simple or Past Continuous

They (translate) a difficult text yesterday.

At six o’clock yesterday I (clean) the windows.

When I (open) the door, my friends (sit) around the table and (discuss) the party.

When they (read) a newspaper last Sunday, they (find) a very interesting fact.

At half past six yesterday we (have) dinner.

- You (watch) TV yesterday?

Yes, I (watch) it the whole evening yesterday.




Отработка употребления фразового глагола “go”:




Fill in the correct particle and translate the sentences:

Don’t eat this meat, because it has gone … .

This tie goes really well … your blue shirt.

The driver pushed the klaxon of his car and it went … .

Put the milk in the fridge or it’ll go … .

Our show must go … .

Susan would like to buy nice shoes which will go … her new dress.

Granny stood up, switched the lights off and went … to tell interesting stories to her grandchildren.

Don’t touch this car or its alarm system will go … .

Answer 1

At 5 o'clock yesterday Polly was watching TV.
What were you doing when I phoned you yesterday?
Last time I visited Paris was in 2012.
While mother was cooking dinner, the children played football in the street.
I wasn't listening to music at that moment yesterday.
We read all books from our school library two years ago.
Where Sam was going when you met him in the street yesterday?
In 1955 my little brother started to walk.
He wasn't riding his bike the whole morning yesterday.
Did Max send e-mails to his friends last Monday?

They translated a difficult text yesterday.
At six o'clock yesterday I was cleaning the windows.
When I opened the door, my friends were sitting around the table and discussing the party.
When they were reading a newspaper last Sunday, they found a very interesting fact.
At half past six yesterday we were having dinner.
Did you watch TV yesterday?
Yes, I was watching it the whole evening yesterday.

Don't eat this meat, because it has gone off
This tie goes really well with your blue shirt.
The driver pushed the klaxon of his car and it went off.
Put the milk in the fridge or it will go off.
Our show must go on.
Susan would like to buy nice shoes which will go with her new dress.
Granny stood up, switched the lights off and went out to tell interesting stories to her grandchildren.
Don't touch this car or its alarm system will go off.