Grammarunit 4

Past continuous: affirmative and negative

1Yesterday Dan Daredevil was at a sport camp. Look at the information. Then write past continuous sentences. Use the verbs in the box.

Sport camp
2.00–2.30 p.m.
2.30–3.00 p.m.
3.00–4.00 p.m.
4.00–4.30 p.m.

1At 2.15 p.m. he ______.

2At 2.45 p.m. he ______.

3At 3.15 p.m. he ______.

4At 4.15 p.m. he ______.

2Write negative past continuous sentences.

1Alex / go / school

______

2we / have / breakfast

______

3it / rain / this morning

______

4they / listen to / the teacher

______

3Correct the mistakes.

1Ana was do her homework.

______

2We did writing emails yesterday.

______

3They wasn’t chatting on the phone.

______

4Mum were making lunch for us.

______

5He didn’t having a shower at 7.30.

______

Past continuous: questions

4Order the words to make questions about yesterday. Then answer the questions.

1at 9 p.m. / were / your homework / you / doing / ?

______

______?

______

2sleeping / were / at 10 p.m. / you / ?

______?

______

3watching TV / at 8.30 p.m. / was / your family / ?

______

______?

______

4doing / you / at 5 p.m. / what / were / ?

______?

______

Past simple and past continuous

5Tick () the correct sentence.

1aWe were walking to the park when we
saw our friends.

bWe walked to the park when we were
seeing our friends.

2aShe swam in the river when she was
cutting her foot.

bShe was swimming in the river when
she cut her foot.

3aI was doing my homework when the
phone rang.

bI did my homework when the phone
was ringing.

4aHe was seeing the accident while he
walked to school.

bHe saw the accident while he was
walking to school.

5aThey were having dinner when I arrived.

bThey had dinner when I was arriving.

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Vocabularyunit 4

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Vocabularyunit 4

Verb + preposition: movement

1Look at the pictures. Then complete the text. Write a verb and a preposition from the boxes in each gap.

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First she (1) ______a tree. Then she (2) ______a rope bridge and
(3) ______another tree. Next,
she (4) ______a river and she
(5) ______to the other side. She got out of the river and (6) ______a wall. Then she (7) ______a tunnel. She
(8) ______some trees and then she finally arrived at the finish line.

Geographical features

2Read the clues and complete the crossword.

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4
5
6 / 7
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9

Across

3An ______is bigger than a sea.

5The highest ______in the world is Titicaca.

6The longest ______in the world is the Nile.

8It’s very cold at the north ______.

9This ______has got lots of different types
of tree.

Down

1Everest, K2 and the Matterhorn are ______.

2Blondini walked across the Niagara ______.

4It’s difficult to find water in a ______.

7There is often a ______between two big hills.

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