References

Main literature:

Clive Oxenden “New English File”. Intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford University Press. 2010.
Clive Oxenden “New English File”. Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press. 2010.

Additional literature:

John and Liz Soars «New Headway”. Intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford University Press, 2010
John and Liz Soars «New Headway”. Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press, 2010
Audio discs of “New English File” for Intermediate level, Disc-1.
R.Murphy. “Essential grammar”. Second edition. Intermediate level. Cambridge University Press. 2009.

Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Hand Out

English as a foreign language Department of General Humanitarian

Training

Intermediate level Academic year 2012-2013

2 credits The 3^rd term

Practical lesson №2

Lexical theme “Sport”

Grammar: “Past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses”

Assistant Professor: Sultanbayeva Zhaina Ubaidullayevna

Grammar.

past simple: worked, stopped, went, had, etc. past continuous: was/were + verb + -ing

♦ Use the past simple for finished pas actions: ♦ Use the past continuous to describe an action

They got married last year. in progress at a specific time in the past.

What time did you wake up this morning? A What were you doing at six o’clock last night?

I didn’t have time to do my home work. B I was watching TV. It was a cold night and it was

raining.

past perfect: had + past participle

♦ Use the past perfect when you are talking about the past and you ant to talk about an earlier past action.

When they turned on the TV, the match had finished.

I felt nervous because I hadn’t flown before.

Consolidation of grammar

My exam nightmare.

Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past simple, past continuous or past perfect

I woke up (wake up) on the morning of the maths exam with a horrible feeling in my stomach. I knew that I _______ (not study) enough the night before and that I was going to fail.

When left home it _______ (rain) and there was a lot of traffic. I ________ (arrive) five minutes late and the exam ________ (already / start). I sat down quickly and looked at the questions. I _______(not can) answer any of them! It was the most difficult exam the teacher _______(ever / give) us. I ______(sit) next to one of my friends called Sophie and I could see that she _______ (write) very quickly. She was great at maths. Suddenly I had an idea. I ______ (look) at the teacher, Mr.Everitt.

He _______(stand) by the window and he ________(not look) at us. I wrote a message on a piece of paper and ______ (throw) it to Sophie. It said ‘I need help’. Sophie _______(already / finish) the exam. She copied the answers on a piece of papered quickly passed it to me.

The following day Mr.Everitt ______ (call) us both to his room. We saw that he ________ (hold) my exam paper, and Sophie’s, too. He told us that we ______ (both/ fail) the exam. We _______ (write) exactly the same answers for every question, including several wrong answers.

Speaking

a) Use your dictionary to find out the names of these sports. How do you pronounce them?