6 Past time expressions Complete the sentences with a word from the box. Careful! Sometimes no word is Tarrived home at _ six o'clock last night. Tsaw Jane — yesterday. ago last in for | at when on 1 Lwas born in Africa 1970, 2. My parents moved back to England was five, 3 We lived in Bristol thre 4 Left college three years 5 [found a flat on my own last 6 usually go home the weekend, weekend because some friends came to stay. 8 They arrived the afternoon, three o'clock 9 Saturday evening we went out toa concert 10 wwe got home we listened to LL We got up late Sunday morning. 2 the afternoon we went for a walk. 13. bought a cara few weeks 14 Thad an accident last night 13. Ithappened seven o'clock the ening. 16 Itook my car to the garage this morning. 17 Iwill be ready two weeks, 18 Unit3 + Itall went wrong Past Continuous 7 Forming the Past Continuous Yesterday you went to a party. This is what you saw when you arrived, Make sentences in the Past Continuous. When I arrived at the party. 1 Jenny/talk/to Mick Jenny was talking to Mick 2. Annie and Pete/dance 3 Sarah and Bill/sit/on the sofa 4. Katie/choose/a CD 5. Max/drink/champagne 6 Beth and Dave/eat/crisps 7 Justin/show/Lucinda a photograph 8 Harry/smokela cigar 9 James/tell/a joke8 Newspaper stories r Look at the three newspaper stories. Match the phrases with the correct story. Where exactly do they go? “Iwas working in the garden at the timey she explained, _- because they were wearing masks [) ‘Tknow I was driving fast; he explained to the court, 1 3 4 . when he was travelling at 120 miles an hour 5 who was coming home from school at the time 6 The bottom of the tree was slowly moving ’ TREE DESTROYS HOUSE heard a strange m their house is rebuilt. POST OFFICE ROBBERY Yesterday afternoon thieves = stole £500 from a post office in Preston, Lancashire. Police do not have a good description of the two men, but they know that they escaped in a red Ford Cortina, ‘This information came from an 11-year-old boy, Charlie Carrack. ‘The post office in Preston coming from our tree. Suddenly the wind blew a little stronger, and 1 watehed it crash onto someone call my name. the roof? The Bowles family are staying with friends while saw / was seeing Paula, Motorist Driving at 120 mph Motorist Jeremy Page had to pay a fine of £330 at Durham Magistrates? Court yesterday — for speeding. Police stopped him on the motorway The speed limit on Jeremy Page motorways is 70 miles an hour. “This was because | was late for ‘work.’ The judge said that this was no excuse. Yesterday afternoon a 35- Past Simple or year-old housewife narrowly ‘i 2 escaped death when a tree Continuous? blew over and fell onto her 9 Choosing the correct form Choose the correct form of the verbs. LL met / was meeting a friend while 1 did / was doing the shopping. 1 paid / was paying for my things when I heard / was hearing 3. I turned / was turning round and 4 She wore / was wearing a bright red coat. We decided / were deciding to have a cup of coffee 6 While we had / were having a drink, a waiter dropped / was dropping a pile of plates. We all got / were gettinga terrible shock 8 While the waiter picked / was picking up the broken plates, he cut / was cutting bis finger Unit 3+ Itall went wrong 19