Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 2: Personal experiences - Lesson: Language focus

nt Simple Tense to tell a story happening in the past to make the events more dramatic and lively. 
2) The Past Simple Tense : We use Simple Past to talk about actions and situations in the past. 
3) The Past Progressive Tense : We use Past Progressive to talk about something which was in progress at a past time. The action or situation had started but it had not finished at that time. 
 Activity 1: Tense Revision 
GRAMMAR 
4) The Past Perfect Tense : We use Past Perfect to talk about something which had happened before the past time we are thinking about. 
 Activity 1: Tense Revision 
 Activity 2: Doing Exercises 
Exercise 1 
Exercise 2 (see Textbook pages 30, 31) 
Exercise 3 
EXERCISES 
Exercise 1: Story Completion 
The story is about a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who (0. live) lives with her mother. Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother (1. invite) __________ her to her cottage, so one fine day she (2. set) ______ off to visit her. The little girl (3. get) ______ready, (4. wave) _______ goodbye to her mother and (5. promise) _________to be careful. On her arm she (6. carry) _______a basket which (7. contain) ________a cake her mother (8.bake) __________specially. It (9. be) ___a lovely spring morning, the sun (10. shine) _________and birds (11. sing)__________, happy that the winter (12. be) ___over. 
invites 
sets 
gets 
waves 
promises 
carries 
contains 
 has baked 
is 
 is shining 
 are singing 
is 
Exercise 2: Sentence Completion 
 He ________his arm when he ____________football. (break, play) 
 Julia _______her first novel when she _____19 years old (write, be) 
 I ____________on the computer when the fire ______ out (work, break) 
 When it ________to rain, they ___________through the forest (start, walk) 
broke 
 was playing 
wrote 
 was 
 was working 
broke 
 started 
 were walking 
5) He _____us about his marriage when we ____________ afternoon tea (tell, have) 
6) Sorry, I ___________ to you. I ______________about something else. (not listen) 
7) I _______you last night, but you ____________. What ______you _______? (phone, not answer, do) 
8) Mary ________________her glasses at the time, so she _______________what kind of car the man ______________(not wear, not notice, drive) 
Exercise 2: Sentence Completion 
told 
 was having 
 didn’t listen 
 was thinking 
phoned 
were 
 doing 
 wasn’t wearing 
 didn’t notice 
 didn’t answer 
 was driving 
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing 
1) They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party. 
____________________________________ 
2) When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it. 
____________________________________ 
3) By the time I (get) into town, the shops (close). 
____________________________________ 
 had eaten 
 arrived 
 found 
 had taken 
 got 
 had closed 
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing 
4) When they (get) to the station, the train (leave). 
____________________________________ 
5) By the time you (get) her letter, she (arrive) in Paris. 
____________________________________ 
6) The police (pay) no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone) them so many times before. 
____________________________________ 
 got 
 had left 
 got 
 had arrived 
 paid 
 had phoned 
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing 
7) I (go) to the post office to ask about my package, but they (say) that it (not arrive) yet. 
___________________________________ 
8) When I (look) at the new dress for half an hour, I (ask) how much it (cost). 
___________________________________ 
 went 
 said 
 hadn’t arrived 
 had looked 
 asked 
 cost 
Homework 
 Make 5 sentences with each tense: The Present Simple indicating past time, The Past Progressive, The Past Perfect. 
 Prepare for the Reading of Unit 3 in advance. 
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