Choose the correct form of the verbs. PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT

Choose the correct form of the verbs.

CONFERENCE REPORT

(Parkhouse Hotel 5th September)

The conference was very successful.The seminars and talks were/had been extremely interesting and it was obvious that all the speakers had prepared/prepared their material very thoroughly. Everyone agreed that this should become an annual event.

There were however a number of administrative problems. When we arrived/had arrived, we discovered/had discovered that the hotel manager reserved/had reserved the wrong room for us and therefore we did not have/had not had enough space. Unfortunately, he could not let us have the larger room because he gave/had given it to another group, even bigger than ours.

He also misunderstood/had also misunderstood the letter explaining what food we required/had required. In fact, we suspected/had suspected that he lost/had lost the letter. We do not recommend using this hotel again.

Choose the most suitable tense.

1.I suddenly remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys.

2.While Diana watched/was watching her favourite television programme, there was a power-cut.

3.Who was driving/drove the car at the time of the accident?

4.By the time Sheila got back, Chris went/had gone.

5.David ate/had eaten Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.

6.I did/was doing some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of yours.

7.What exactly were you doing /did you do when I came into you office yesterday?

8.Laura missed the party because no-one was telling/had told her about it.

Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense.

1.While I (try) _____________to get my car started, a passing car (stop)_________and the driver (offer)____________to help me.

2.The police (pay)_____________no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone)_______________them so many times before.

3.Tony (admit)______________that he (hit)______________the other car, but said that he (not damage)_____________it.

4.I (phone)_____________you last night but you (not answer)______________.What (you do)_________?

5.We (not go)_____________out yesterday because it (rain)________________.

6.While I (have) ______________ a bath, someone knocked on the door.

Decide whether the tense underlined is suitable or not.

1.Sally didn’t go to a boxing match before.__________

2.What did you wear last night?_________

3.I didn’t know you had bought a car.___________

4.Were you eating spaghetti every day when you lived in Italy?________

5.As Peggy walked home, she tried to remember what happened. __________

6.”What a terrible day!” thought Lucy. Everything had gone wrong!__________

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT—TEACHER’S NOTES

Choose the correct form of the verbs.

CONFERENCE REPORT

(Parkhouse Hotel 5th September)

The conference was very successful.The seminars and talks were/had been extremely interesting and it was obvious that all the speakers had prepared/prepared their material very thoroughly. Everyone agreed that this should become an annual event.

There were however a number of administrative problems. When we arrived/had arrived, we discovered/had discovered that the hotel manager reserved/had reserved the wrong room for us and therefore we did not have/had not had enough space. Unfortunately, he could not let us have the larger room because he gave/had given it to another group, even bigger than ours.

He also misunderstood/had also misunderstood the letter explaining what food we required/had required. In fact, we suspected/had suspected that he lost/had lost the letter. We do not recommend using this hotel again.

Choose the most suitable tense.

1.I suddenly remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys.

2.While Diana watched/was watching her favourite television programme, there was a power-cut.

3.Who was driving/drove the car at the time of the accident?

4.By the time Sheila got back, Chris went/had gone.

5.David ate/had eaten Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.

6.I did/was doing some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of yours.

7.What exactly were you doing /did you do when I came into you office yesterday?

8.Laura missed the party because no-one was telling/had told her about it.

Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense.

1.While I (try) ___was trying__to get my car started, a passing car (stop)__stopped_and the driver (offer)__offered____to help me.

2.The police (pay)___paid____no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone)____had phoned_____them so many times before.

3.Tony (admit)__admitted____that he (hit)__had hit____the other car, but said that he (not damage)__hadn’t damaged____it.

4.I (phone)__phoned____you last night but you (not answer)__didn’t answer___.What (you do)__were you doing___?

5.We (not go)_didn’t go__out yesterday because it (rain)___was raining___.

6.While I (have) _______was having__ a bath, someone knocked on the door.

Decide whether the tense underlined is suitable or not.

1.Sally didn’t go to a boxing match before.___hadn’t gone_______

2.What did you wear last night?__SUITABLE_______

3.I didn’t know you had bought a car.___SUITABLE________

4.Were you eating spaghetti every day when you lived in Italy?___Did you eat_____

5.As Peggy walked home, she tried to remember what happened._ _had happened__

6.”What a terrible day!” thought Lucy. Everything had gone wrong!___SUITABLE_______

VOCABULARY. Food. Fill the gaps

School dinners
By Hattie Ellis

The Government excluded junk food from school diners in England at the
start of the autumn 2006 school term. We look back at the school dinner
campaign and ahead to future changes planned for school meals.

School food in focus
The battle for better meals in schools was brought to the public eye when ___________ 1 ___________ diets in his 2005 television series, Jamie’s School Dinners. The nation gasped as the cameras filmed classrooms of children who ___________ 2 ___________ recognise a leek, while the dinner ladies were monotonously opening packets of processed food, rather than cooking nutritious food from fresh ingredients.

Jamie’s campaign, along with pressure from parents and other pressure groups, led to former Education Secretary Ruth Kelly’s pledge to put £280m towards school dinners.

The new rules
In autumn 2006, school dinners in England officially excluded ___________ 3 ___________ and ‘low-quality’ meat. School children are now served at least two portions of fruit and vegetables with every meal and deep-fried food is ___________ 4 ___________.

From September 2007, there will be additional rules in place about what can be sold from school tuck shops and school vending machines. Schools will not be allowed ___________ 5 ___________ or sweetened drinks. They must also sell a variety of fruit and vegetable products, such as fresh juices, and must ___________ 6 ___________water.

From 2008, primary schools will need to stipulate the vitamin content of school meals; secondary schools will need to do so from 2009. Also from 2008, pupils at secondary schools in England will be offered cookery lessons, although the lessons will not be compulsory.

The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments are also ___________ 7 ___________ junk food from school dinners. New plans were put forward to ban junk food in schools by the Scottish Executive in September 2006.
Since 'healthier' meals were introduced, some councils, notably Denbighshire and Glasgow, have reported a decline in the number of pupils eating school diners. Using high-quality, fresh ingredients can also push up the prices of school meals.

The state of the nation's plate
Britain has an eating disorder - and it starts young. The number of obese or overweight children aged 2-15 ___________ 8 ___________ and health experts warn of a time bomb waiting to explode. Poor diet currently accounts for around a third of deaths from cancer and heart disease, the major killers in the UK.
Yet, in recent years, bad eating habits have been a routine part of the school day. Spending on the food for school dinners can be as ___________ 9 ___________, with money saved by dishing up cheap, processed foods.
The Government's increase in funding has raised this amount to 50p per child in primary schools and ___________ 10 ___________.


1. Fill in the gaps with the right sentence.

a. to sell confectionery, savoury snacks (unless they're free from added salt, sugar or fat)
b. were addicted to chips and unable to
c. has spiralled to around 30 per cent
d. restricted to two portions per week
e. developing legislation to ban
f. low as 37p per child
g. Jamie Oliver revealed the shocking state of children's
h. 60p in secondary schools
i. provide access to free, fresh
j. crisps, chocolate, fizzy drinks and ‘low-quality’ meat


KEY 1. G, 2. B, 3. J, 4. D, 5. A, 6. I, 7. E, 8. C, 9. F, 10. h

PREPOSITIONS Fill the gaps

Read the following story and complete the gaps with the words you are given.

NEVER LEAVE YOUR NAME. (Dangerous women driving).

had hit	on	hit	that	about	fast	to	left	after that	saw
asked for	parked	said	angrier	came back	who	went off	fast	later

One Saturday afternoon and old man, Mr Roberts, sat in the park in the centre of the town and talked to his friend, Mr Jones. They watched the people and talked __1__________ the life in town. There were a lot of cars _2________ the road and one young man parked his new red car near the two men and _3________ to the shops. After five minutes a big car came __4________ round the corner of the street and CRASH! –it _5_______ the red car.

“Oh no! Look at that new red car!” Mr Roberts said __6______ his friend.

“Yes,it is not too good,” Mr Jones answered.

The woman who __7_______ the car stopped and got out. She looked carefully at the red car and thought:” I´ll leave a letter on the front window...now, let me think,...” Then she looked round and _8_______ the two men in the park.

She walked across to them and _9_______ some paper and a pen. “I want to write a letter about the accident and leave my name and phone number”, she said. She then wrote something on the paper and _10______ it on the front window of the new red car. _11__________ she got into her car and drove away.

Ten minutes _12_______ the driver of the red car _13_____________ from the shops. He looked at this car and was very angry. Then he took the letter, read it and got even _14___________.

Mr Roberts walked over to him. “What´s the problem?”, he asked. “I saw the woman __15_________ was driving the car _16_________ hit you, she wrote her name and phone number on the paper”.

So the angry man showed him the woman´s letter. It _17_______: “Everybody thinks my name and phone number is on this paper but it isn´t”.

Key:

NEVER LEAVE YOUR NAME – KEY

1. about 2.on 3. went off 4.hit 5. to 6. had hit 7. saw 8. asked for 9. left 10. After that 11. later 12. came back 13. angrier 14. who 15. that 16. said

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