Key 11.11A-11.13E9.2C The simple present and the present
progressive tenses in typical contexts
1 you take ... and sort... you file
(Spoken or written explanation or demonstration)
2 We hope you are enjoying ... We sunbathe and go
... Next week we're going
(Letter or postcard from someone who is on
holiday)
3 The action takes place ... goes up ... are sitting ...
They are arguing
(Review of a play in a newspaper or on the radio)
4 The plumber is putting ... are rewiring ... is building
(Letter to, or telephone conversation with a friend)
5 I think ... you are doing ... I doubt... knows ... you
tell me
(Letter to a friend or relation in reply to a phone
call or a letter)
6 Pym passes ... runs ... shoots ... pushes
(Spoken commentary on a football match on TV or
radio)9.2 D Context
1 am studying 2 am working 3 don't have to
4 opens 5 closes 6 are always coming in
7 asking 8 am learning 9 enjoy/am enjoying
10find/am finding 11 use 12are 13are 14are
always finding 15 think 16 love
17 miss/am missing
9.3 The simple past tense
9.3A The past form and pronunciation of regular
verbs
1 waited /id/ 2 cleaned Id/ 3 played Id/
4 posted /id/ 5 smiled /d/ 6 stopped M
7 dreamt Л/, or dreamed /d/ 8 burnt Л/, or burned /d/
9 cried/d/ 10 watched M 11 laughed M
12 obeyed/d/ 13 hurried/d/ 14 lied/d/
15 finished/t/ 16 included/id/ 17 locked Л/
18 travelled /d/
9.3B Irregular past forms
1 saw 2 understood 3 knew 4 met 5 found
6 left 7 wrote 8 sold 9 was 10 had 11 kept
12 ate
9.3C Uses of the simple past tense: 'I worked/he
worked'
1 I worked as a civil servant five years ago.
2 I last played football when I was 14.
3 The Carters left for their summer holiday last night.
4 John arrived at 4.
5 I last saw 'Gone with the Wind' recently.
6 I/We waited at the airport till they arrived.
7 Sally told me/us about her engagement when she
was here.
9.3D Context
1 claimed 2 attacked 3 was 4 had 5 chased
6 jumped 7 believed 8 called 9 set out
10 offered 11 captured 12 visited9.4 The simple past and past progressive
tenses9.4A Irregular verbs with the same form in the
present as in the past: 'put/put'
1 past 2 present 3 past 4 past 5 present
6 present or past 7 past 8 past 9 past 10 past
11 present or past 12 past 13 present 14 past9.4B Uses of the past progressive tense:
'I was working'
I was not listening 2 were enjoying 3 Were they
playing 4 was gardening 5 Were you watching
6 was raining 7 was wondering 8 Were you still
working 9 were living 10 was always doing
II were constantly improving 12 Were you
reading 13 was getting9.4C The simple past and the past progressive in
story-telling
1 It was just before
2 Tom was only 20
3 (he) was living with his mother (1 )
4 He was working and travelling (1)
5 He received a mysterious letter
6 It was addressed
7 ... was signed... asked
8 as he was dealing ... Tom was wondering (3)
9 he decided
10 It was full
11 He was just wondering ... when a stranger
introduced himself (2)
12 (The stranger) said... when Tom was a baby
13 The stranger explained... Bill was
14 Tom was recruited ...15 was already working ... when the war began (2)9.4 D Context
1 was driving 2 was driving 3 saw 4 stopped
5 got out 6 was 7 looked 8 was crossing/crossed
9 went 10 noticed 11 told 12 pulled 13 pulled
14 pulled 15 thought 16 looked/was looking
17 noticed 18 gave 19 seized 20 put
21 continued