The key answer of exercise 33
The key to exercise solutions in chapter Workbook 7 - Clothes and cultural identity for the textbook Performer B1, Vol. 1 with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella e Margaret Layton from Zanichelli
Question
Look at the grammar map and fill in the blanks in the boxes below.
Answer
PAST CONTINUOUS
FORM
Affirmative
- I / He / She / It was looking for a jumper.
- You / We / They were looking for a jumper.
Negative
- I / He / She / It wasn't (was not) looking for a jumper.
- You / We / They weren't (were not) looking for a jumper.
Interrogative
- Was I / he / she / it looking for a jumper?
- Were you / we / they looking for a jumper?
Short answers
- Yes, l / he / she / it was.
- Yes, you / we / they were.
- No, I / he / she / it wasn't.
- No, you / we / they weren't.
USE
- Actions in progress in the past - Example: I was studying when the phone rang.
- Actions happening simultaneously in the past - Example: While I was cooking, he was watching TV.
- An action already in progress but interrupted by a new action in the past - Example: I was reading a book when the doorbell rang.
PAST SIMPLE
USE
- Completed actions - Example: I visited Paris last summer.
- Past actions that happened one after the other - Example: I woke up, had breakfast, and left for work.
- A past action interrupting another action or a situation - Example: While I was studying, the power went out.
SIGNAL WORDS
- Past simple: yesterday, last week, two days ago
- Past continuous: while, when, as
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