Practice Exercises 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of past simple or past continuous.
1. While Jeremy
(walk) to school he found some money.
2. It was raining when we
(arrive) at the beach.
3. While he
(do) the washing up the phone rang.
4. When Philip arrived home, Helen
(clean) the windows
5. Ben
(go) to bed when he finished his homework.
6. Mike
(ride) to school when he got a puncture.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. We
(sit) in the park when it
(start) to
rain. .
14. A
(play)
you
15. We ne
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2. My mum
(bake) a cake when my dad
(arrive) home.
3. Where
(go) when I
(see) you
yesterday?
4. When!
(arrive) at the party Laura
(leave).
5. While !
(send) an email the computer
(crash).
6. They
(drive) to Scotland when the accident
(happen).
3.Complete the text with past simple or past continuous.
Yesterday afternoon I was walking through the park when I (1). (find) a little
black dog on a lead. 1 (2)
(decide) to call the police. While
(3)
(call) the police, a man (4)
(come) into the park.
He (5)
(run) and (6)
(shout) "Harry! Harry!". When I
(7)
(finish) my phone call I (8)
(walk) towards the
men with the dog. I (9)
(ask) him "Is this Harry?" and he (10)
(reply) "Yes! Yes, that's Harry! Oh, thank you!". He was very happy.

Which excerpt from fish cheeks most appeals to a reader’s sense of sight?

Usatestprep 1) how might an article with the same information as this passage be used for a different purpose by a different author? a) the author of the new article might be celebrating the great variety and richness of the english language. b) the author of the new article might be demonstrating how travel affects the integration of new words into a language. c) the author of the new article might be trying to educate readers about how many foreign words are in the english language. d) the author of the new article might be arguing that the english language is being corrupted by the influence of foreign languages. reactivate 2) from steal this book, by abbie hoffman pay phones you can make a local 10 cent call for 2 cents by spitting on the pennies and dropping them in the nickel slot. as soon as they are about to hit the trigger mechanism, bang the coin-return button. another way is to spin the pennies counter-clockwise into the nickel slot. hold the penny in the slot with your finger and snap it spinning with a key or other flat object. both systems take a certain knack, but once you've perfected the technique, you'll always have it in your survival kit. if two cents is too much, how about a call for 1 penny? cut a 1/4 strip off the telephone book cover. insert the cardboard strip into the dime slot as far as it will go. drop a penny in the nickel slot until it catches in the mechanism (spinning will ). then slowly pull the strip out until you hear the dial tone. in the first paragraph of "steal this book," the term "technique" can best be defined as a) style of clothing b) necessary routine c) emotional control d) method of movement 3) which word or phrase from this article would a reader most likely be able to define without knowing the language from which it derived? a) parka b) regatta c) flamenco d) bon chance 4) which of these is true about the phrase bon chance? a) it means “good luck.” b) it means “boat race.” c) it comes from germany. d) it comes from england. 5) from steal this book, by abbie hoffman pay phones you can make a local 10 cent call for 2 cents by spitting on the pennies and dropping them in the nickel slot. as soon as they are about to hit the trigger mechanism, bang the coin-return button. another way is to spin the pennies counter-clockwise into the nickel slot. hold the penny in the slot with your finger and snap it spinning with a key or other flat object. both systems take a certain knack, but once you've perfected the technique, you'll always have it in your survival kit. if two cents is too much, how about a call for 1 penny? cut a 1/4 strip off the telephone book cover. insert the cardboard strip into the dime slot as far as it will go. drop a penny in the nickel slot until it catches in the mechanism (spinning will ). then slowly pull the strip out until you hear the dial tone. the tricks discussed in this passage from steal this book would not be of any if a) you have no dimes, only pennies. b) you have no pennies, only quarters. c) you have only two pennies. d) you have only one penny. 6)

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