ESTE GLOSARIO PUEDE AYUDARTE CON EL EJERCICIO ...

suddenly: de pronto, repentinamente; tutor: tutor, profesor privado; tiny /táini/: muy pequeño, diminuto; power: corriente eléctrica; very unwillingly: sin ninguna voluntad, de mala gana; cosmetics: cosméticos, artículos para maquillaje; cards: naipes, cartas de juego; step: paso, caminar.  

ALGUNOS VERBOS UTILES
drive / drove / driven / driving: conducir (un vehículo)
get out / got out / got out / getting out: salir
go out / went out / gone out / going out: cortarse (la provisión de luz)
hear / heard / heard / hearing: oir
hide / hid / hidden / hiding: esconder, ocultar
knit / knitted / knitted / knitting: tejer
meet / met / met / meeting: encontrarse, conocerse
ring / rang / rung / ringing: sonar (timbre o teléfono); tañir (campana)
say / said / said / saying: decir
spend / spent / spent / spending: gastar
take out / took out / taken out / taking out: sacar, extraer
tell / told / told / telling: decir, comentar, pedir

Activity 78: Basándote en la gramática de la página anterior, coloca en los espacios en blanco la FORMA CORRECTA (Pasado Continuo o Pasado Simple) de los verbos indicados entre paréntesis. Verifica luego las respuestas correctas ...

1

I    (drive) in England when I suddenly

  (realize) I was on the wrong side of the road. 

2

Helen    (live) with her grandparents when she 

  (enter) high school. 

3

I    (make) dinner last night when the phone  

  (ring). 

4

Milly and Fred    (work) in a restaurant in Toronto  

when they    (meet). 

5

Several years ago, I    (have) problems with math,  

so I    (have) to find a tutor.

6

We    (live) in a tiny apartment when our first child

  (be) born.

7

My wife and I    (watch) TV when the power soon

  (go) out.

8

My boss always    (wear) a gray raincoat and

  (carry) an umbrella when he walked to the office.

9

He    (have) a bath when the phone rang. 

Very unwillingly he    (get) out of the bath 

and    (go) to answer it.

10

Her mother often    (tell) Olivia that she 

  (spend) too much money on cosmetics, 

but she never   (listen).

11

The boys    (play) cards when they

  (hear) their father's step. They immediately 

  (hide) the cards and   (take) 

out their lesson books.

12

When I came in they    (sit) round the fire.

Mr. Pitt    (do) a crossword puzzle, Mrs. Pitt 

  (knit), the others    (read).

Mrs. Pitt    (smile) at me and    (say), 

"Hello. Please, come and sit down".

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