SIMPLE PAST-PAST CONTINUOUS

PRACTISE

I-Classify the following verbs according to their -ed pronunciation: /t/id/ d. Opened - stopped- missed- changed - walked- looked- started- patted- refused- dropped

/ t /:…………………………………………………………………………………………..

/ id /: …………………………………………………………………………………………

/d /: ………………………………………………………………………………………….

II-Thanks to the following information, write a short biography . Be born - spend- attend- marry- be- have- move- become- enjoy- retire- live -die

William Shakespeare Birth: 1564. Early life in Stratford-upon-Avon.Local grammar school. Marriage with Anne Hathaway at 18.Four children.1584:London, a playwright. Fame and prosperity. 1610: back to his birthplace. A country gentleman. Death: 1616.

III- Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past continuous.

1.You (look)……………….very busy last night when I (see)………….you: what you (do)…………? 2. What (happen)……………..when she (realize)…………..he(lie)………………to her? 3. I (not be)………………..sorry I (have not)……………..leave early because actually I (not enjoy) ……………………myself. 4. Why ( you/lend)……………..him my laptop* (*ordinateur portable)? I(think)………………..of sending a few e-mails during the weekend. 5. I last (see) ………………..him at the airport. I(ask)……………him where he (go)……………… He (tell) …………….he (fly)…………….to Los Angeles. I (not believe)………………….him: there (be) ………………..no scheduled flights* ( *vols réguliers) to Los Angeles on that day. 6. She (wear)………………..no hat. At that moment she (be)……………..very beautiful. Her eyes (go) ………………….to Arbuthnot for a minute b- just a minute. She (say)………………… to Poirot: '(you/wish)…………….to see me?' ' I( wish)…………….to ask you, Mademoiselle, why you (lie) ……….. to us this morning,' ' I (lie)………………..to you? I don't know what you mean' ' You (conceal) …………………………………. The fact that at the time of the Armstrong tragedy you (actually live) …………………….in the house. After Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express

IV- Translate the following sentences into English;

1. "Quel temps faisait-il ce jour-là? - Il pleuvait" 2. Si je changeais mon ordinateur, je te demanderais ton avis. 3. 'Tes parents étaient très sévères, non? Que se passait-il quand tu étais en retard?' 4. L'homme m'a dit qu'il faisait un sondage d'opinion* ( * to carry out a survey) 5. On n'a pas beaucoup dormi la nuit dernière: les voisins faisaient une fête. 6. La salle d'attente était pleine: une femme lisait un magazine, un homme regardait fixement devant lui, un petit garçon se rongeait les ongles*(* to bite one's nails)