If you understand, say «understand». If you don’t understand, say «don’t understand». But if you understand and say «don’t understand», How do I understand that you understand? What are the two young people doing? What do you thing they did? a. Destroyed a statue b. Insulted some police officers c. Stole a car Identify the tenses of the verbs in bold: Past Simple/Past Continuous/Past Perfect. 1. When I reached the front, the police had stopped the traffic. 2. When I reached the front, two teenagers were walking along the street. 3. When I reached the front, I asked one of the cops a question. We use the Past Simple • to describe finished actions. — для описания законченных действий. • to tell the main events in a story in order. — чтобы рассказать об основных событиях в истории по порядку. I ran forward and pushed through the crowd. We use the Past Perfect • to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past. — чтобы говорить о действии, которое произошло до того другого действия в прошлом. They were doing it because they had stolen a statue. We use the Past Continuous • to describe things which were in progress at a specific time in the past. — чтобы описать вещи, которые были в стадии разработки в определенный момент времени в прошлом. It was 10 o’clock. I was jogging. — Было 10 часов. Я бегал трусцой. • for temporary situations/habits. — для временных ситуаций / привычек. I was staying in Ohio. — Я находился в Огайо. • for longer actions interrupted by shorter ones. I was running when I saw some people. — для более длительных действий, прерываемых более короткими. Я бежал, когда я увидел некоторых людей Ex. 8 Complete sentences a-e with the Past Perfect. Then match the crimes with punishments 1-5 in Exercise 7. a He (make) a false call to the fire station. b He (drive) too fast near a school. с He (break) into their house and he had stolen their property. d He (run ) away from the police after they had seen him drinking beer while driving. e He (insult) a woman and he had thrown beer cans at her car. Ex. 7 1. Andy had to work as a school crossing guard. 2. Bill had to visit nine fire stations and apologise to the fire fighters. 3. Carl had to wear a dress, a wig and make-up in a busy shopping street. 4. Dan invited a family to his house and asked them to take anything they wanted. 5. Ed had to run a five-mile race. FEEDBACK What have you learnt today? Have you worked hard / with pleasure or were you lazy/inactive?
