🛎️ Trivia!
📍 REVISION UNIT 2 ‘ A hard life’
Narrative tenses (past simple, past continuos, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous)
vocabulary – Descriptive verbs
vocabulary -Time periods
🤓Narrative tenses – board review with a twist!
💭📣Can you explain to your classmates what you know?
ACTIVITY 1 – Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past simple or continuous.
- I saw (see) Sandra as I was walking (walk) down the street.
- He ___________ (not hear) the doorbell because he ___________ (listen) to music.
- James ______________ (fall) asleep while he ______________ (read) a book.
- She ____________ (open) the carton and then ______________ (pour) everyone a glass of juice.
- Although the TV ______________ (be) on, nobody ______________ (watch) it.
- I ______________ (drive) when you ______________ (call).
*answers:
- saw; was walking
- didn’t hear; was listening
- fell; was reading
- opened; poured
- was; was watching
- was driving; called
ACTIVITY 2 – Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past perfect.
- The film had already started (already start) when we arrived (arrive).
- As soon as we ___________ (meet), I realised that I ______________ (see) her before.
- His clothes ____________ (be) dirty because he _____________ (play) football in the park.
- I ___________ (have) breakfast and then I ______________ (go) to school.
- I ______________ (not eat) Greek food before I went to Greece.
- She ______________ (run) so she ______________ (be) out of breath.
*answers:
- had already started; arrived
- met; had seen
- were; had been playing
- had; went
- hadn’t eaten
- had been running; was
ACTIVITY 3 – Correct the mistakes.
I would know how to get there, but I don’t now.
I used to know how to get there, but I don’t now.
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He was getting out of the car when he was slipping and fell.
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It wasn’t the first time she had been riding a scooter.
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You already went out when I called.
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I didn’t usually like dancing, but I do now.
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Why was she being so sad yesterday?
*answers:
- I used to know how to get there, but I don’t now.
- He was getting out of the car when he slipped and fell.
- It wasn’t the first time she had ridden a scooter
- You had already gone out when I called.
- I didn’t use to like dancing, but I do now.
- Why was she so sad yesterday?
🕹️ VOCABULARY GAMES

