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139 Grammar reference and practice (continued on p. 140) I, you, he, she, it, we, they You can get married when you’re 18. You can’t get married when you’re 16. Can you get married when you’re 16? Yes, you can . No, you can’t . PRACTICE 1 Is there a cash machine near here? I get some money. 2 “Can I make myself a cup of coffee?” “Of course you can. You ask.” 3 Where I live, you buy anything after five pm. All the shops are closed. 4 Carlo’s not coming to work this morning. He go to the doctor’s. 5 OK, I can hear you! You shout! 6 People think Poland’s a cold country, but summers in Poland be really hot. 7 Our company likes its employees to dress smartly. You wear jeans, and men wear a tie. 8 Sorry, I meet you for lunch tomorrow. I go to work. 1 We first met Jim and Esin when we in Turkey. (travel) 2 What you when I called you? There was no answer. (do) 3 It when I left my flat this morning. Now it’s hot and sunny. (rain) 4 My brother the computer, so I used it to check my email. (not use) 5 “Where’s Ben?” “He in the garden about an hour ago.” (read) 6 I saw an accident when I to school this morning. (go) 7 Pedro his homework when you saw him? (do) 8 I went home at about two o’clock yesterday. I well. (not feel) 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of can or have to , positive or negative. 1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past progressive. 2a Order the words to make questions. 2b Discuss the questions. 1 do get up have to on a typical day What time you ? 2 Can manage online you your bank account ? 3 at weekends do have to How often work or study you ? 4 children in Austria do go have to How many years to school ? 5 join people in Austria Can the army when they’re 16 ? 6 do do have to tomorrow What things you ? 7 go students in Austria to university without paying Can ? 1 I went /was going to bed at two in the morning but … 2 … I couldn’t sleep. My neighbours had /were having a party. 3 Sorry, can you say that again? I didn’t listen /wasn’t listening. 4 When I was younger, my family lived /was living in Berlin for three years. Unit 4 Past progressive You can use the past progressive to talk about an action that was in progress at a time in the past. I started making dinner at 5.30 pm. At 6.00 pm I was making dinner. (point in time = 6.00 pm) Dinner was ready at 7.00 pm I left work at 4.00 pm. When you phoned me, I was driving home. (point in time = when you phoned me) I got home at 4.20 pm. Compare the past simple and the past progressive: I made dinner yesterday. (talking about a finished action) At 6 pm yesterday, I was making dinner. (saying an action was in progress at a time in the past) When she phoned me, I drove home. (She phoned me, and then I drove home.) When she phoned me, I was driving home. (She phoned me in the middle of my journey home.) Remember: Æ I / he / she / it was Æ you /we / they were MEANING 6.00 pm You phoned me making dinner driving home NOW FORM was / were + -ing What were you doing at 6 pm yesterday? I was making dinner. I wasn’t watching TV. Were you driving home when I called? Yes, I was . No, I wasn’t . PRACTICE 2 Circle the best verb form in each sentence. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags C öbv