Past simple vs Past continuous – used to/would
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Read the radio interview and put the verbs
in brackets into the
past simple
or the
past
continuous
.
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Reporter:
Yesterday, Bailey Franks
1)
noticed
(notice)
a wildfire outside the town of
Kinglake. Bailey, tell us what
2)
...............
(happen
).
Bailey:
Well, it
3)
...............
(be)
a hot day, but
the wind
4)
......................
(blow)
pretty hard. While I
5)
...............
(drive)
through the forest, I suddenly
6)
...............
(smell)
smoke, so I
7)
...............
(lock)
my truck and
8)
...............
(go)
to investigate.
Reporter:
And what
9)
...................
(you/find)
?
Bailey:
A fire
10)
.......................
(burn)
in the
forest, and it
11)
...............................
(grow)
larger by the minute because of
the strong wind.
Reporter:
What
12)
...............
(you/do)
next?
Bailey:
I
13)
...............
(call)
the fire service
immediately. They
14)
...............
(arrive)
quickly and
15)
...............
(manage)
to put out the fire before it
16)
...............
(get)
out of control.
Reporter:
It’s a good thing you
17)
...............
(see)
the fire before it spread. You
18)
...............
(save)
the people of
Kinglake a lot of trouble!
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct
form of the
past simple
or the pa
st
continuous
. Then, answer the questions
about yourself.
1
Did you eat
(you/eat)
breakfast yesterday
morning?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
2
.............................
(you/do)
housework all
day yesterday?
................................................................
3
....................................
(you/watch)
TV at
10 o’clock last night?
................................................................
4
...............................
(your best friend/go)
on holiday last summer?
................................................................
5
.................................
(your parents/have)
dinner with you last night?
................................................................
16
Put the verbs in brackets into the
past
simple
or the
past continuous
.
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Use the prompts to form questions based
on the text in Ex. 17. Then, answer the
questions.
1
When/earthquake/occur?
When did the earthquake occur?
On Thursday night.
2
Where/be/Mark?
................................................................
................................................................
3
What/Simon and Mark/do/at 9 o’clock?
................................................................
................................................................
4
Where/Mike/sleep?
................................................................
................................................................
5
What/Simon and Mark/do/after the
earthquake?
................................................................
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Hi bloggers!
1)
Did you feel
(you/feel)
the earthquake last
Thursday night? I
2)
.........................
(be)
at home
with my flatmates, Simon and Mike. We
3)
....................
(eat)
dinner,
4)
..................
(wash)
the dishes and then
5)
......................
(go)
into the
living room. At about 9 o’clock, I
6)
.......................
(watch)
TV and Simon
7)
.........................
(read)
a
magazine while Mike
8)
.......................
(sleep)
on
the sofa. Suddenly, the ground
9)
…..............…
.................…….
(start)
to shake. I
10)
......................
(not/know)
what to do. “It’s an earthquake!”
Simon
11)
.......................
(shout)
. “We have to go
outside!” But then, just as suddenly, the
earthquake
12)
...................
(stop)
. What a relief!
Afterwards, Simon and I
13)
..................................
(check)
that nothing was broken when we
14)
.......................................
(realise)
that Mike
15)
.....................................
(still/sleep)
! Not even
an earthquake can wake him up!
So what about you? What
16)
.................................
(you/do)
when the earthquake
17)
.......................
(hit)
?
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