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4th Sec - STUDY GUIDE Ex Cuatrimestral Ene 2023
4th Sec - STUDY GUIDE Ex Cuatrimestral Ene 2023
7. First, we (do) did exercise, and then we (drink) drank some water.
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II. Organize the sentences using the past continuous.
Remember: The past continuous is formed using was/were + present participle (-ing).
Questions are indicated by inverting the subject and was/were.
Negatives are made with not.
4. (they / drink coffee when you arrived?) where they drinking coffee when you arrived?
7. (we / talk when the accident happened) we were talking when the accident happened.
III. Look at Jane's diary. What was she doing at these times? Remember to use the past continuous.
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IV. Complete the dialogues with negative forms (past continuous).
VI. Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Put the verb in the past perfect
tense (had & past participle).
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1. When I got to the house, Mary wasn’t there. She had already left.
2. I didn’t recognize my old classmate because she had changed so much.
3. We were late for the show last night. By the time we got to the theater, the movie had already started.
4. Yesterday I went on my first plane trip. I was very nervous because I had never flown before.
5. I couldn’t eat much dinner last night because I had eaten such a big lunch.
6. I couldn’t buy any groceries last night because when I got to the supermarket, it had already closed.
7. Last week our teacher gave back the essays we had written the week before.
8. The house was quiet when Andrew got home. Everyone had gone to bed several hours earlier.
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9. They got to school late yesterday. The bell had already rung.
10. Sheila couldn’t come to my house last night because she had already made other plans.
11. We couldn’t find the house. It was clear that he had given us the wrong add address.
12. Annie didn’t want to come to the movie with us because she had seen it the week before.
13. By the time the police arrived at the bank, the robber had already escaped.
14. I couldn’t get into my apartment when I came home from work last night because I had forgotten. to take my key.
VII. Match the first part of the sentence on the left with the correct ending on the right.
VIII. Complete these sentences with the past perfect negative form.
● Statement: You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.
● Question: Had you been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived?
● Negative: You had not been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.
X. Read the paragraph about an expedition to the Canadian Arctic. Find and underline the simple past, circle the past
perfect, and double underline the past perfect continuous verb forms.
By the mid-nineteenth century, Europeans had been trying to find a quick way to travel to Asia for hundreds of years.
They had been looking for a waterway through the icy Canadian Arctic since the sixteenth century; however, no one
had ever found it. Then in 1845, Sir John Franklin tried. He set out on the risky journey with an expedition of 128 men.
Two years passed by, but Franklin did not return. What had happened to him and his men? Had their ship sunk? Had
they gotten lost? A rescue team went to find out.
XI. Read and answer the questions about the text above.
1. What had the Europeans been trying to find since the sixteenth century?
A waterway through the icy Canadian Arctic
XII. Look at the photo. Imagine what could go wrong on this trip. Then complete the chart with your ideas. Use the
simple past, past perfect, and past perfect continuous.
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1. While kayaking, they got lost. 1. They hadn’t been paying attention to their location.
4. A shark swallowed them 4. They had been rowing into a dangerous area.
2. "We went out last night" She told me that they had gone out the previous night.
4. "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived" She told me that she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived.
5. "I've never been there before" She said that she had never been there before.
6. "I didn't go to the party" She told me that she hadn’t gone to the party.
7. "Lucy'll come later" She said that she would come later.
8. "He hasn't eaten breakfast" She told me that she hadn’t eaten breakfast.
XIV. These people are saying these things. Report them, using says that.
1. Paul: “Atlanta is a wonderful city.” Paul says that Atlanta is a wonderful city.
2. Ruth: “I go jogging every morning.” Ruth says that she goes jogging every morning.
3. Anna: “Jenny isn’t studying for her exams.” Anna says that Jenny isn’t studying for her exams
4. Andrew: “I used to be very fat.” Andrew says that he used to be very fat.
5. Jim: “I can’t swim.” Jim says that he can’t swim
XV. Write the correct form of the future progressive tense using “will”.
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Remember: The future continuous tense is used to describe actions that will/are going to be in progress in the future.
[Subject] [will be] [verb + “ing”]
[Subject] [form of “to be” + going to be] [verb + “ing”]
1. Professor Baker (teach) Professor Baker will be teaching American history next semester.
3. Grandma (smile) Grandma will be smiling when she answers the door.
4. Brian (supervise) Brian is going to be supervising the construction crew for a few days.
5. In order to earn a badge, the scouts (learn) the scouts are going to be learning to tie knots this Thursday.
XVI. Write the correct form of the future progressive tense using “verb to be + going to be + -ing”
1. On Tuesday, the girls (take) are going to be taking a taxi to the airport.
2. The pastry chef (bake) is going to be baking turnovers early tomorrow morning.
3. Julia and Rick (look) are going to be looking for a new house while they are in Portland.
4. I (clean) am going to be cleaning the house while you are doing the laundry.