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 W hat 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. 4 The family had / were having lunch when the police arrived / were arriving . 5 The last time I saw / was seeing Joanna, she lived / was living in Paris. 6 I first met / was meeting my girlfriend when I stood / was standing at a bus stop. 7 My aunt and uncle worked / were working abroad when they had / were having their first child. Adverbs Meaning Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and sentences. They tell us how, where, when, how often or to what extent something happens, or about the speaker’s attitude (= the way the speaker views what happens). Carefully, outside, soon, frequently, extremely and fortunately are examples of adverbs. He drove the car carefully through the heavy rain. (how) Her car was parked outside. (where) Manuel soon got better. (when) They frequently update their website. (how often) The questions were extremely difficult. (to what extent) Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with her neck. (how the speaker feels about the situation) Form English has a certain number of basic adverbs such as always, fast, often, outside, soon, well, etc. But most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective: sadly, slowly, frequently. Adjective Spelling rule Examples ending in a vowel and -l + -ly beautifully, thankfully ending in -y -y 1 + -ily happily, luckily ending in -ic + -ally dramatically, fantastically ending in -le -e 1 + -y incredibly, gently ending in -e + -ly extremely, sincerely Note: ■■ If an adjective ends in -ly (e. g. friendly, lovely, ugly), use a paraphrase instead. in a friendly way ■■ Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form (e.g. early, likely, fast, hard). We had an early lunch. (adjective) We got up early. (adverb) Practice Complete the sentences using adverbs formed from the adjectives below. 1 Ian didn’t go out because it was raining … . 2 Joanne fell during practice and hurt herself quite … . 3 Everyone at the party was … dressed. 4 The final exams were … easy. 5 Suzy loved her red top; it fitted her … . 6 Tottenham’s centre forward managed to … head the ball into the back of the net. immediate surprising perfect colourful bad heavy relative comfortable acrobatic early 153 G Grammar reference and practice Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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