Cover of the textbook Performer B2 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Build up to B2 - 2 for the textbook Performer B2 - Student's Book with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton from Zanichelli

Question

Underline all the examples of the past simple in the texts and match them to the corresponding use in the grammar map. Then write a sentence for each use.

Answer

USE

  1. To talk about finished states, events, and actions that took place at a specific time in the past.
  2. To describe completed actions which happened in sequence.

The popsicle

  • Frank Epperson was just 11 years old when he invented the delicious summertime snack, the popsicle. (1)
  • More than 18 years later, Epperson patented the idea under 'Eppsicle... (1)

The trampoline

  • George Nissen invented the trampoline in 1930 at the age of 16. (1)
  • When he went back to his parents' garage, he put together a metal frame, put some canvas over it and created the first trampoline. (2)

Braille

  • When he was only 15, he simplified a military code made up of dots and dashes impressed on thick paper... (1)
  • He invented the ingenious Braille system and made it possible for blind people to read. (2)

Earmuffs

  • It was 1873 and Chester Greenwood was 15. (1)
  • He made a loop and asked his grandmother to sew something warm onto the ends. That was the first pair of earmuffs. (2)

Sentences:

  1. She graduated from university in 2010.
  2. He woke up, brushed his teeth, and then had breakfast.

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