Grammar Unit 2

While my parents were visiting (visit) some old

Past continuous friends, my brother and I stayed (stay) at home.
1 They (not cook) dinner when I
1 Look at the pictures. What were the people (arrive).
doing yesterday? 2 What (you / do) when you
(hurt) your hand?
3 I (fall) while I (play) ice
hockey.
4 He (explore) the cave when he
(discover) the old paintings.
5 As Susan (text) Gill, I (try) to
call Susan!
1 He was listening to music. 2
5 Write when or while and complete the sentences
with the correct past continuous or past simple
form of the verb.
What were you doing (you / do) when I phoned
you earlier?
1 they (work) at the airport, they
3 4 found some money in an envelope.
2 Phil was making a salad the girls
2 Write the words in the correct order. (cook) the burgers.
tennis / Jack / watching / last night / wasn't 3 Mum went to get the car Dad
Jack wasn't watching tennis last night. (pay) for our meal.
1 was / I / computer games / playing / 4 We (not sit) at our desks the
yesterday morning teacher came into the classroom.

2 last Saturday / were / doing / what / from 7.00 6 Rewrite the sentence in exercise 5 in
p.m. / you and Tim / to 9.00 p.m. / ? which you could also use as to describe a
simultaneous past action.

3 looking for / at 8.00 a.m. / was / her keys /

Julia 7 Complete the story with the verbs in the correct
form of the past continuous or past simple.
4 we / listening to / sorry, / you / weren't

break cut dig look at not be

5 going / where / they / last night / were / ?
realize see think try walk

On Tuesday morning, my friend Gina and I

3 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
were walking on the beach when we (1)
What was were you and your mum doing from
something sticking out of the sand. While we
5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. yesterday?
(2) it out of the sand with our hands, we
1 We wasn't talking in class this morning.
suddenly (3) that it was an old glass
2 Who they were visiting earlier today?
bottle. While we (4) it, we suddenly (5) that
3 The farmer were working at 7.00 a.m.
maybe there was something interesting in the
4 Jo wasn't study English last Saturday at 9 p.m.
bottle, like a message. While Gina (6) to
open the bottle, it (7) and she (8)
5 Yesterday I was write a thank-you note.
her hand. Luckily, it (9) a bad cut. When
we looked inside the only thing that was in the old
Past continuous and past simple
'mysterious' bottle was lots of sand!
4 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct past
continuous or past simple form.

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Vocabulary Unit
Materials Extra vocabulary
1 Complete the words in the sentences.
4 Match words 1–8 to definitions A–H.
I found some old photos in that big cardboard
1 coin E
box in the garage.
2 field
1 Oh, no! You broke Mum's favourite amic
3 luggage
vase!
4 miserable
2 That's a nice c ton T-shirt you're
5 survive
wearing, Jon.
6 empty
3 Don't throw those stic bottles in the bin;
7 special
we can use them again. 8 cheerful
4 I love these go earrings, but the _ver ones
are very nice, too.
A bags you take with you on holiday
5 It’s too cold for a cap, I need a hat that’s made
B happy
of wo .
C unusual, in a positive way
D extremely unhappy
Containers E a form of money
F live through an
2 Find seven more words for containers in
the word puzzle. accident G the opposite of
'full'
B O X T I U E J L X H a place to keep cows and horses outside

I M V S U K P D Y O 5 Complete the sentences with the words.

I H E D K J A R N R
iceberg passengers rare stomach
A S N U R V C D W F strange tools
There aren't many of these animals left – they're
B G V K R R K K Z F very rare.
O C E D V S E J C K 1 There is a(n) noise coming from the
garden I wonder what it is.
T P L B H E T D U M
2 Oh, no! The ship is going to hit that huge
T W O N F L J H P G !
3 Did you know that ambergris comes from
L M P U G L A S S V
inside a whale's ?
E T E B O W L S N B 4 I want to build a dog house, but I haven't got
the right to do the job.
5 How many were on the Titanic when it
3 Complete the sentences with seven of the words set off from England?
in exercise 2.
I bought a big packet of pasta at the At the lost property office
supermarket.
1 I can't open this of marmalade – can you 6 Complete the dialogue with the words.
help me?
2 You look hot. Would you like a cold of any is it left look lost made one
water? A Good morning. I'm here because I lost my
3 Put the thank-you note in the and I'll post it wallet yesterday. I (1) it on the bus.
for you. B What does it (2) like?
4 Grandma, can I make you a nice of tea? A Well, it's (3) of leather and it's black.
5 What's in that huge cardboard ? B What brand (4) it?
6 There's some fruit in the ceramic on the A It's a Nike (5) .
table. B Is it (6) of these?
A Yes, that's (7) ! Thank you!

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