Mara's English corner: Unit 3

domingo, 27 de diciembre de 2009

Grammar: Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the Past Simple/Past Continuous

1. I ______ (meet) John in town yesterday. He _________ (go) shopping.

2. Mary _________(wait) for me when I _________(arrive).

3. _________he/have) a shower when I _______(call)?

4. _________ (not/know) what to say _______ he asked that.

5. The telephone rang ________we _______(watch) TV.

When I was young I didn´t like going to weddings. My grandmother used to tell me, "You´re the next". However, she stopped doing that after I started saying the same thing to her at funerals.
Why couldn´t Cinderella be a good soccer player? She lost her shoe, she ran away from the ball, and her coach was a pumpkin.
Aren´t you wearing your wedding ring on your own finger? Yes, I am, I married the wrong woman
Patient: Doctor! You've got to help me! Nobody ever listens to me. No one ever pays any attention to what I have to say. Doctor: Next, please!
A family of mice were surprised by a big cat. Father Mouse jumped and said, "Bow-wow!" The cat ran away. "What was that, Father?" asked Baby Mouse. "Well, son, that's why it's important to learn a second language".