Practice 1 Put the words in order to make passive sentences. 1 ago /This bill / sent / two weeks /was / . 2 Are / these offices / every morning / cleaned / ? 3 invented / Alexander Bell /The telephone / by /was / . 4 lost /My sister’s books / in the post /were / . 5 Radium/Maria Skłodowska-Curie / discovered /was / by / . 6 Two-thirds /with water / covered / of the Earth / is / . 7 John F. Kennedy / killed / in Dallas /was / in 1963 /. 2 Complete the sentences with the active or passive, present or past. Use these verbs. 1 a This house by my grandparents. b My grandparents this house. 2 a Where I live, the rent gas and electricity. b Where I live, gas and electricity in the rent. 3 a This bike to me by my parents. b My parents me this bike. 4 a About a billion cans of Coca-Cola every day. b People about a billion cans of Coca-Cola every day. Unit 7 Past progressive Meaning 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 p.m. At 6.00 p.m. I was making dinner. (point in time = 6.00 p.m.) Dinner was ready at 7.00 p.m. I left work at 4.00 p.m. When you phoned me, I was driving home. (point in time = when you phoned me) I got home at 4.20 p.m. 6.00 p.m. You phoned me NOW making dinner driving home give build include drink Compare the past simple and the past progressive: I made dinner yesterday. (talking about a finished action) At 6 p.m. 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.) Form was /were + -ing What were you doing at 6 p.m. yesterday? I was making dinner. I wasn’t watching TV. Were you driving home when I called? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t. Remember: 1 I / he / she / it was 1 you /we / they were Practice 1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past progressive. 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) 2 Circle the best verb form in each sentence. 1 I went / was going to bed at two in the morning, but I couldn’t sleep. My neighbours had / were having a party. 2 Sorry, can you repeat that? I didn’t listen / wasn’t listening . 3 When I was younger, my family lived / was living in Berlin for three years. 154 G Grammar reference and practice Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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