Змістовий модуль 3 «Selling»

Past simple

We use the past simple to talk about past actions or states, often with time expressions like yesterday, last week, a year ago, when I was young,etc.: I saw Mull yesterday.

We were in France two weeks ago.

Complete the sentences. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

0 I ......did...... cycle ride for charity last year. (do)

1 We .............................. from the most northerly point of Ireland to the most southerly. (go)

2 It .............................. us seven days to cover about 670 kilometres. (take)

3 On most days, we.............................. about 150 kilometres. (cycle)

4 We .............................. some beautiful lakes and rivers. (see)

5 We .............................. in expensive hotels. (not stay)

6 One man .............................. the ride because he .............................. ill. (not finish, be)

7 We .............................. very proud when we .............................. the end. (feel, reach)

8 I.............................. I had so many muscles that could hurt! (not know)

Complete the articles. Use the past simple of the verbs in the box.

admit be crash have lose not have not perform not play start

 


There (0) ..... was...... a huge traffic jam on the M6 yesterday after two lorries (1) .............................. into each other. People (2) .............................. to wait in their cars for hours. ‘We (3) ............................. any food or water, so it was very difficult for the children,’ one driver said. Traffic eventually (4) .............................. moving at 5.00 p.m., eight hours after the accident.

 

City (5) .............................. match against United, 2— 0. City’s best striker, Anderson,

(6) .............................. because of a recent injury. After the match, their manager, Jimmy Simmons, (7) .............................. ‘We (7) well (8) .............................. and we know that we have to improve.’

Past simple and past continuous

- We use the past continuous to talk about an action or situation in progress at a particular time in the past: I was working at eight o’clock last night.

- We also use the past continuous to describe the background scene in a story: The sun was shining and I was walking along the High Street.

- When a short action interrupts an action in progress, we use when before the action in the past simple and while/when before the action in the past continuous: When he arrived, I was working. My car broke down while/when I was driving home.

- When one action happens after another, we use the past simple: When Sam arrived, I cookeda meal. (= Sam arrived and then I cooked a meal.)

- We don’t usually use state verbs in continuous tenses: When I met her, she seemed upset. (Not she was seeming upset)