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Thursday, 26 January 2012
Friday, 13 January 2012
Narrative Tenses
Narrative Tenses
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form in the gap AFTER the verb. Where no verb is given, put the following linking words into the gaps:
While / finally / and / although / however / as soon as / then / before / when
The Unlucky Burglar
One evening Paul (watch) ____________ the television ____________ (eat)____________ his supper ____________ the door suddenly (open) ____________ and a burglar (come) ____________ in. He (wear) ____________ a mask and (carry) ____________ a sack. ____________ doing anything else he (tie) ____________ Paul to the chair. ____________ he went upstairs to look for money. ____________ he (not find) ____________ any money he (find) ____________ a lot of jewellery, which he (put) ____________ into his sack. In his rush to get downstairs he (not see) ____________ the dog (lie) ____________ at the bottom of the stairs, and he (fall) ____________ over it, losing his glasses. ____________ the burglar (look for) ____________ them, Paul (try) ____________ to free himself. ____________ Paul (manage) ____________ to escape and he (phone) ____________ the police. ____________ the burglar (find) ____________ his glasses he (run) ____________ out of the house. ____________ unfortunately for him, the police (wait) ____________ for him at the end of the garden.
Put the verb in brackets into the correct form. Where possible, use 'used to' and 'would'.
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens ____________ (born) in 1812 in Portsmouth. The family ____________ (move) to London in 1823. When he was twelve he ____________ (work) in a blacking factory. He worked by a window facing the street and passersby ____________ (pause) and watch him at work. Every day he ____________ (trudge) through the London streets from Camden Town to Southwark. His family ____________ (be) very poor. His mother ____________ (hope) to open a small school. While she ____________ (try) to do this, her husband ____________ (send) to prison for being £40 in debt. When Charles ____________ (be) twenty-four, his first work, sketches by Boz, ____________ (publish). This ____________ (follow) by Pickwick Papers with which he ____________ (achieve) financial security and popularity. For the rest of his life, work simply ____________ (pour) from his pen. He ____________ (die) of a stroke in 1870.
Narrative Tenses Exercise
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My day at the school was (be) really fun. When I arrived (arrive) at 9 a.m. I saw that the playground was (be) full of snow. As I stepped (step) on the fresh snow, I saw (see)that some kids were building(build) a snow-man.
After, in class, I noticed (notice) that all my pupils were (be) very excited. They had never seen (never see) a snowfall or, at least, they couldn't remember (can remember) one. They had been expecting (expect) this moment for a long time. We spent (spend) the first hour making paper flakes. I was trying (try) to teach them the names of the different seasons when one of them suggested(suggest) that we should go play with the snow. They all agreed (agree) loudly. However, I didn't let them go (let go), but rather, asked (ask) them to wait until the break.
At breaktime they finally went (go) to the playground. Unfortunately, by then the snow had already melted (already melt)!
My day at the school was (be) really fun. When I arrived (arrive) at 9 a.m. I saw that the playground was (be) full of snow. As I stepped (step) on the fresh snow, I saw (see)that some kids were building(build) a snow-man.
After, in class, I noticed (notice) that all my pupils were (be) very excited. They had never seen (never see) a snowfall or, at least, they couldn't remember (can remember) one. They had been expecting (expect) this moment for a long time. We spent (spend) the first hour making paper flakes. I was trying (try) to teach them the names of the different seasons when one of them suggested(suggest) that we should go play with the snow. They all agreed (agree) loudly. However, I didn't let them go (let go), but rather, asked (ask) them to wait until the break.
At breaktime they finally went (go) to the playground. Unfortunately, by then the snow had already melted (already melt)!
Sunday, 8 January 2012
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