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Lesson 2
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: simple past or past continuous.
- He (sit) 1 …………on the bank fishing when he (see) 2 ………… a man’s hat floating down the river. It (seem) 3 ………… to be a strange thing.
- The dentist’s waiting room was full of people. Some (read) 4 ………… magazines, others just (turn) 5 …………over the pages. A woman (knit) 6 …………; a child (play) 7 ………… with a toy car. Suddenly the door (open) 8 ………… and the nurse (say) 9 …………, ‘Next, please”.
- When I (reach) 10 ………… the street I (realize) 11 ………… that I (not know) 12 ………… the number of Tom’s house. I (wonder) 13 ………… what to do about it when Tom himself (tap) 14 …………me on the shoulder.
- As the goalkeeper (run) 15 ………… forward to seize the ball a bottle (strike)16 …………on the shoulder.
- I (look) 17 ………… through the classroom window. A geometry lesson (go) 18 ………… on. The teacher (draw) 19 …………diagram on the blackboard.
- Most of the boys (listen) 20 ………… to the teacher but a few (whisper) 21 ………… to each other, and Tom (read) 22 ………… a history book. Tom (hate) 23 ………… mathematics; he always (read) 24 ………… history during the mathematics lesson.
- Everyone (read) 25 ………… quietly when suddenly the door (open) 26 ………… and a complete stranger (rush) 27 ………… in.
- I (got) 28 ………… to Jack’s house but (not find) 29 ………… him in. His mother (say) 30 ………… that she (not know) 31 ………… what he (do) 32 …………but (think) 33 …………he probably (play) 34 ………… football.
- This used to be a station and all the London trains (stop) 35 ………… here. But two years ago they (close) 36 …………the station and (give) 37 …………us a bus service instead.
- She (promise) 38 ………… not to report me to the police but ten minutes later I (see) 39 ………… her talking with a policeman and from the expression on his face I am sure that she (tell) 40 ………… him about it.
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
MARIA’S HOMECOMING
When the bus (1).......... in a small square, Maria was reading her magazine and didn’t realize that she had arrived at her destination. “This is Santa Teresa,” Martin said. “You’ve arrived home!” I suppose your cousin will be (2).......... for us. Come on. I’ll carry the bags.” Maria thought, “All those years when I (3).......... in New York, I used to dream if this moment. And now it’s real, I can’t believe it! Here I am, I’m really standing in the square.” Santa Teresa was Maria’s birthplace, but she often left the town at the age of six. She had some (4).......... of the town, and some photos, but did she belong here still? She didn’t know. Nobody was waiting in the square. Perhaps her cousin Pablo hadn’t received Maria’s letter. “What are we going to do now?” asked Martin. “There isn’t (5).......... a hotel here!”
1 A. reached B. got C. stooped D. came
2 A. expecting B. waiting C. welcoming D. receiving
3 A. was living B. have lived C. live D. am living
4 A. recall B. memories C. thinking D. remembering
5 A. even B. hardly C. too D. very
III.Make questions for the underlined words
1. ………………………………………………………………………..?
They went to New York.
2. ………………………………………………………………………..?
It takes four hours to get there.
3. ………………………………………………………………………..?
I didn’t think much of it.
4. ………………………………………………………………………..?
He earns a hundred pounds a week.
5. ………………………………………………………………………..?
He was fined ten pounds.
6. ………………………………………………………………………..?
They left the country ten years ago.
7. ………………………………………………………………………..?
They came by bus.
8. ………………………………………………………………………..?
We were going home when it rained.
9. ………………………………………………………………………..?
They (the students) went to the museum yesterday.
10. ………………………………………………………………………..?
It (the car) does fifty to the gallon.
IV. Arrange these words or groups of words in the correct order.
1. to/ play/ five/ He/ piano/ started/ the/ years/ ago
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2. he/ was/ not/ hungry/ all/ had/ day/ Tim/ because/ eaten
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3. letter/ the/ ,/ opening/ the/ was/ telephone/ I/ rang/ While
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4. often/ I/ the/ museum/ Saturday/ visit/ on
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5. years/ my / died/ ago/ neighbor/ because/ accident/ got /an
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6. cooking/ sister/ in/ my/ is/ dinner/ kitchen/the
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7. do not/ Jane/ usually/ breakfast/ morning/ in the/ have.
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8. tired/ I/ when/ cycle/ to/ school/ am/ always/I
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