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Pracise reading aloud these sentences:
Exercise 1. Use the correct present tense forms of the verbs in brackets in the story below. The first one has been done for you as an example.
The story is about a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who (0. live) lives with her mother. Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother(1. invite)…… invites…her to her cottage, so one fine day she (2. set)… sets ….off to visit her. The little girl (3. get)……gets……ready,(4. wave)…… Waves ….goodbye to her mother and (5. promise)…promises…to be careful. On her arm she (6. carry)…Carries…..a basket which (7. contain)……Contains….a cake her mother (8. bake)… has baked …..specially. It (9. be)..Is…a lovely spring; morning, the sun (10. shine)… Is shining….and the birds (ll. sing)… Are singing…..feeling happy that the winter (12. be)…is…..over.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the past simple or past progressive.(Hoàn thành các câu sau bằng cách chia các từ ở thì quá khứ đơn hoặc quá khứ tiếp diễn)
Examples:
1.He……broke……his arm when he……was playing……football, (break, play)
2. Julia…wrote……her first novel when she…was….19 years old. (write, be)
3. I……was working…..on the computer when the fire……broke….out. (work, break)
4. When it…started…..to rain, they…was being found……through the forest, (start, walk)
5. He……told……us about his marriage when we…were having…afternoon tea. (tell, have)
6. Sorry, I……did not listen….to you. I…was thinking….. about something else, (not listen, think)
7. I…phoned….you last night, but you…did not notice…didn’t answer……I What…were …..you doing?(phone, not answer, do)
8. Mary…was not wearing…her glasses at the time, so she…did not notice….what kind of car the man…was driving…(not wear, not notice, drive)
Exercise 3. Write the sentences, putting the verbs in each sentence into the past simple or the past perfect.
Example:
When the police (arrive), the car (go).
When the police arrived, the car had gone.
1. They (eat) had eaten everything by the time I (arrive) arrived at the party.
2. When I (find) found my purse, someone (take)had taken the money out of it.
3. By the time I (get)got into town, the shops (close) had closed.
4. When they (get) got to the station, the train (leave) left.
5. By the time you (get)got her letter,, she (arrive) had arrived in Paris.
6. The police (pay) paid no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone)had phoned them so many times before.
7. I (go) went to the post office to ask about my package, but they (say)said that it (not arrive) had not arrived yet.
8.When I (look) had looked at the new dress for half an hour, I (ask) asked how much it (cost) cost