Ofimatica

Instituto Pedagogico Gigante.

Student’s name:_Jose Carlos Ibarra Loaiza _______________________

Unit 2. Lives and Loves.
Past Simple and Past Continuous
1. Past Simple and Past Continuousverb forms
For example:
 I worked on the weekend. = worked is a Past Simple form
 I was working and the lights went out. = was working is a Past Continuous form
How many Past Continuous formscan you find in this story? Underline the right answer.
Dear Lucy,
I like my new job but last week something unexpected happened. I was working at night in my office on the tenth floor and suddenlythe lights went out. The elevator wasn't working. I went to the fire escape door but it was locked. I went to the window. For three hours I was throwing pieces of paper out the window to people inthe street. On the pieces of paper I wrote: Help! I can't get out! Call the police! Finally someone read a piece of paper and phoned the police. I was very tired and angry by then. The next day thepeople at work .....

One | Two | three | four | five | six |

2. Write the letters to complete the rules.
1. We use the Past Simple to describe:2. We use the Past Continuous to describe:
| a)events or completed actions/what happened
b) actions in progress/what was happening
c) the situation/description of the scene
d) past states |

3. Complete the story using the following verbs.Type the correct form of the verbs into the boxes.
write | happen | go | go | go out |
read | not work | work | phone | throw |
I like my new job but last week something unexpected (1) .I (2) at night in my office on the tenth floor and suddenly the lights (3) . The elevator (4) . I (5) to the fire escape door but it was locked. I (6)to the window. For three hours I (7) pieces of paper out the window to people in the street. On the pieces of paper I (8) : "Help! I can't get out! Call the police!" Finally...