Extra Practice

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Read the sentences below and fill in blanks with the suitable tense (Present Simple or Present Continuous) of the verbs in brackets. Pay attention to negative verbs (use short forms).

By Skwishy. C. Commons

Usually, Paco (eat) anything he (want) to and (not worry) about what it does to his body. However, now, he (compete) in football and he (have) to change his eating habits.

Usually, he (get) up and (have) orange juice or justskips breakfast because he (be) late for class. Then at lunch, he frequently (meet) Andrés and some other friends at a bar and they (have) a sandwich, fries and a drink.

At dinner time, he always down (sit) with his family, and (enjoy) a big meal. His mother usually (serve) meat, vegetables and some potatoes. Most evenings, by ten o'clock, he (be) hungry again, so he (have) a big glass of milk and cookies.

Now, he (play) football competitively and his diet (be) completely different. These days, he (eat) a lot more protein, eggs and bacon, and carbohydrate in the mornings. So, he has more energy for his morning work-out. He (spend) noontime with his basketball teammates, not his "junk food" friends. He is following a low-fat, high-protein diet.

Now, at dinner, he (take) an extra helping of meat and potatoes. In fact, his mother (have) trouble keeping enough food in the refrigerator. She (think) that he is an eating-machine. Next, week Paco (go) to Badajoz for the Regional Football Championship. He is excited about it, but he (know) that it may take a while until they (win)< a big competition.

  

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By F. Jepsen. Creative Commons
Before travelling to Brighton, Paco thought of the Lanes as the area of narrow streets full of shops and restaurants in the heart of the town. Well, this is true, but it is also the oldest part of town, dating back centuries to the time when the village of Brighthelmstone consisted of a maze of streets bounded by North Street, South Street, East Street and West Street.
When Paco was visiting this area, he was gradually getting amazed with some notices he could read on the walls of some old houses: the market, the monastic farm, the poorhouse, the fishermen's cottages, ...
While Paco was walking along The Lanes he was thinking about going to one of the multiple live musical events that took place in town.
So he stopped for a while, chose one of the pubs and sat down to enjoy a live concert with a drink.


Try to identify a sentence in the text to express that the actions in the past happened one after another and, secondly, find a sentence in past continuous expressing that the actions in the past happened at the same time.


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Revise: irregular verbs

Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the sentences and put the verb in the past simple

FLY
SEND
PAY
MEET
DRINK
SWIM
TAKE
BREAK LOSE
BUY
GET
BE


1. I a glass while I was washing up

2. They to New York in a jumbo jet last week

3. He flowers to his wife for her birthday

4. His mother care of him while he ill

5. Mike his wallet on the way to work yesterday. He very upset

6. They in the lake behind their summer house

7. I some fruit on my way home yesterday and I in cash

8. We some friends at a café and we coffee together

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Revise: past tenses

1. 1. Paco (walk) down the street when he (find) a wallet full of money.

2. The doctor (say) that Antonio (be) too sick to go to work and that he (need) to stay at home for a couple of days.

3. A: I (call) you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) there. Where were you?
B: I (work) out at the fitness center.

4. I (watch) a mystery movie on TV when the electricity (go out) . Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.

5. The Titanic (cross) the Atlantic when it (strike) an iceberg.
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses:
simple past or past continuous.

Icono IDevice Paco is now in Liverpool
By P. Keleher. Creative Commons

 

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Paco is now in Liverpool

Was Paco spending too much money? Yes, he was. He was buying some presents for his family and his close friends. Paco was considering the idea of going back home after visiting Liverpool and before traveling to Scotland, so that he could take all the presents with him.

Was Paco taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of going back to Spain and then taking a plane to Edinburgh? No, he wasn't.

After thinking about this for a long time, Paco finally decided to send the presents to Spain by mail, and to go to Scotland by train. In doing so, he could appreciate the English and Scottish landscape better.

 


Answer these questions about the text:
 
a. What were Paco's intentions after visiting Liverpool?
b. What is his next destination?
c. What did he finally do with all the presents he had bought in Liverpool?


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