58 Past Simple - Past Continuous Zarówno Past Simple, jak i Past Continuous są czasami przeszłymi. Czas Past Simple stosowany jest do opisu: a) czynności dokonanej - zakończonej, której czas jest zwykle określony: Mark wrote two letters last week. Marek napisał dwa listy w zeszłym tygodniu. We bought a new house a year ago. My kupiliśmy nowy dom rok temu. Mr Howard worked here in 1980. Pan Howard pracował tutaj w roku 1980. The film ended at ten p.m. Film skończył się o dziesiątej. b) szeregu czynności dokonanych, które nastąpiły kolejno: I went out and locked the door. I took a taxi to the city centre where I met Tom. Wyszedłem z domu i zamknąłem drzwi. Wziąłem taksówkę do centrum gdzie spotkałem Toma. Czas Past Simple jest zwykle stosowany z czasownikami, które nie mogą wystąpić w czasie Past Continuous nawet jeśli opisują czynność trwającą. I liked this soup. It tasted really good. Did you understand what the man was saying? What did you know at that time? We wanted to make a plan. Inne czasowniki, których zwykle nie stosuje się z czasem Past Continuous to: agree believe forget guess hate have (got) hear love remember see smell Czas Past Continuous stosowany jest do opisu: a) czynności ciągłej - niedokonanej, która trwała w ściśle określonym momencie: Cindy was playing the piano at five p.m. yesterday. Cindy grała na pianinie wczoraj o piątej po południu. I was working at noon. Ja pracowałem w południe. b) dwóch lub więcej czynności, wykonywanych jednocześnie w danej chwili: When I came home, my mother was cooking and my father was repairing the clock. Gdy przyszedłem do domu moja mama gotowała, a mój tata naprawiał zegar. They were talking loudly while I was sleeping. Oni rozmawiali głośno, podczas gdy ja spałem. c) czynności ciągłej wykonywanej przez dłuższy określony etap czasu: Mr Harris was lying in bed all the afternoon. Pan Harris leżał w łożku przez całe popołudnie. You were making noise all night. Wy hałasowaliście przez całą noc. 122 Plik zabezpieczony watermarkiem jawnym i niejawnym: 1075453A65326166
I. Wybierz poprawną odpowiedź. 1. Tom came / was coming home late last night. 2. When I met / was meeting Peter he was going / went to the barber s. 3. Mr Houston worked / was working all day yesterday. 4. I was having / had lunch when my guests arrived / were arriving. 5. What did you do / were you doing yesterday at eleven p.m.? 6. It rained / was raining hard while we were driving / drove home. 7. My sister wasn t writing / didn t write any letters yesterday. 8. We ate / were eating dinner in a restaurant last Sunday. 9. Our teacher was telling / told us a lot of interesting stories yesterday. 10. When I was seeing / saw Jack, he smoked / was smoking a cigarette. II. Uzupełnij zdania czasownikami w poprawnej formie. 1. No one... (wait) for us at the platform when we arrived. 2. What film... (you / watch) when the lights went off? 3. Sandra... (lend) me this magazine last month. 4. While I was sitting in my garden, the birds... (sing) cheerfully. 5.... (Adam / want) to go to the cinema last night? 6. The telephone... (ring), so I... (answer) it. 7. The Whartons... (have) a party all night yesterday. 8. You... (not tell) us the truth. Why? 9. Michael... (read) three books last month. 10. I... (not understand) what she... (say). III. Uzupełnij teksty czasownikami w poprawnej formie. 1. Yesterday morning, I... (wake) up at nine. I... (look) out of the window and I... (see) that the sun... (shine). A few of my friends... (play) outside. They... (build) a sandcastle. Andrew... (carry) water in a small bucket and the others... (build) the walls. 2. Last summer our family... (go) to Egypt. We... (travel) by plane. While we... (fly) over Italy, my mother... (start) to panic. She... (go) pale and her hands... (shake) nervously. All the time, we... (try) to help her but she only... (calm) down when the plane... (land) safely in Cairo. 3. I... (meet) Eva in the park while I... (jog). She... (tell) me that she... (want) to jog with me, so I... (invite) her to join me the following morning. 123 Plik zabezpieczony watermarkiem jawnym i niejawnym: 1075453A65326166
58 Past Simple - Past Continuous I. 1. came 2. met, was going 3. was working 4. was having, arrived 5. were you doing 6. was raining, were driving 7. didn t write 8. ate 9. told 10. saw, was smoking II. 1. was waiting 2. were you watching 3. lent 4. were singing 5. Did Adam want 6. rang/was ringing, answered 7. were having 8. did not tell 9. read 10. did not understand, said/was saying III. 1. woke, looked, saw, was shining, were playing, were building, was carrying, were building 2. went, travelled, were flying, started, went, were shaking, were trying, calmed, landed 3. met, was jogging, told, wanted, invited 59 Czas Present Perfect - zdanie twierdzące I. 1. have 2. has 3. have 4. have 5. has 6. has 7. has 8. have 9. have 10. has II. watch - watched open - opened get - got clean - cleaned forget - forgotten buy - bought see - seen read - read steal - stolen take - taken repair - repaired eat - eaten paint - painted wash - washed catch - caught move - moved give - given begin - begun send - sent sail - sailed meet - met close - closed run - run wait - waited make - made win - won pay - paid bring - brought miss - missed break - broken III. 1. George has just cleaned his room. 2. You have already eaten your lunch. 3. We have missed our bus. 4. I have just taken a photo. 5. Mr Grey has already opened his shop. 6. My parents have bought a new house. 7. The thief has stolen our money. 8. She has forgotten my phone number. 9. Ann and Sue have watched the game. 10. He has just read the long story. 11. Nick has broken his leg. 12. I have already seen the comedy. 13. They have brought some food. 14. Mr Jones has repaired my car. 15. The children have already got up. 214 Plik zabezpieczony watermarkiem jawnym i niejawnym: 1075453A65326166
8 PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS I. Uzupełnij zdania czasownikami w poprawnej formie. 1. Mr Taylor... (buy) his car several years ago. 2. Yesterday at seven a.m. we... (still / sleep). 3. When you came in, my mother... (make) a cake. 4. I... (feel) bad all day yesterday. 5. The plane from Boston... (land) an hour ago. 6. You were watching TV while I... (study) hard. 7. In 1965, my grandfather... (work) on a farm. 8. The professor was in his room at five. He... (read) something. 9. Cindy... (wash) her hair when she heard someone knocking. 10. Jim was walking alone, when we... (meet) him in the park. 11. Last Saturday we... (drive) to Humpton to visit our aunt. 12. I... (not know) that the printer was broken. 13. While I was waiting for you, I... (listen) to the news on TV. 14.... (the Parsons / move) to New York last October? 15. The policemen stopped us when we... (cross) the street. 16. That car... (not go) fast when it crashed against the tree. 17. Mr and Mrs Robson... (pick) a lot of mushrooms here last time. 18. The scouts... (collect) firewood from seven till nine. 19. What...... (they / tell) you in the office when you phoned them? 20. It... (not rain) when we went out. II. Wybierz poprawną formę czasownika. 1. Janet made / was making sandwiches for everybody yesterday. 2. When you were phoning / phoned, Mr Ross was writing / wrote a report. 3. My mother often was telling / told me to respect other people. 4. We were paying / paid for our meals and went / were going for a walk. 5. While we picked / were picking roses, we scratched our hands. 6. Right after breakfast I was taking / took my dog for a walk. 7. At two p.m. last Thursday, the football team were practising / practised. 8. When I saw him in the supermarket, John bought / was buying groceries. 9. The baby cried / was crying while the nurse was giving / gave her an injection. 10. I didn't use / wasn't using the computer between one and three o'clock. - 35 -
11. When I was opening / opened the bag I was seeing / saw that it was empty. 12. The wind blew / was blowing heavily when the accident happened / was happening. 13. It was starting / started raining when Mr Paulson was watering his flowers. 14. That beautiful girl smiled / was smiling at me at least three times. 15. While the singer recorded / was recording his new song, he lost his voice. III. Uzupełnij dialogi czasownikami w poprawnej formie. 1. 'What... (Lisa / read) when you... (come) in?' 'She... (read) a magazine.' 2. 'Where... (Sally / buy) that smart dress?' 'Her husband... (bring) it for her from Paris last week.' 3. '... (you / sleep) when the phone... (ring)?' 'No, I... (not sleep). I... (read) a book.' 4. 'You... (not come) to my birthday party last Saturday, Jim.' 'I'm sorry I couldn't. I... (look) after my little sister all evening.' 5. 'Where... (you and Janet / meet)?' 'We... (meet) in the park. She... (walk) home.' 6. '... (it / rain) much last summer?' 'Not in July but it... (rain) a lot in August.' 7. 'What... (the people / do) in your house at eight a.m. yesterday?' 'They were plumbers. They... (remove) the leaking pipes.' 8. '... (Alice / wait) in the hall while you... (dress)?' 'No. I... (invite) her to sit down in the living-room.' 9. 'How much... (Mr Jenkins / pay) for that old car?' 'It... (not cost) much about one thousand.' 10. '... (David / hold) Mary's hand when you... (see) them in the park.' 'I don't know. I... (not look) at them for long. - 36 -
IV. Uzupełnij zdania w tekście czasownikami w poprawnej formie. Al is one of my school friends. I Iike him although he is rather strange. He loves telling stories about UFO and aliens. He says he... (meet) them some time ago. But let me begin from the start. It... (be) a few months ago. He... (go) out for a walk near his place. It was about nine p.m. and Al... (stroll) alone in the woods. After several minutes he... (notice) that he...... (be) quite a long way from his house. And then it all...... (happen). A silver flying saucer... (land) in front of him and two green creatures... (come) out of it. They... (invite) him to come into their saucer and... (ask) him questions about life on Earth. While Al... (tell) them about our planet, the creatures... (do) strange experiments. When they... (finish), they... (let) Al go back. After coming back home, Al... (not remember) anything. The memories of this unusual visit... (appear) only after a few weeks. Many people still do not believe in Al's stories and say that they are untrue. V. Przetłumacz zdania na język angielski. 1. Kiedy wszedłem do pokoju Eddie grał w karty ze swoimi przyjaciółmi. 2. Czy państwo Lee pracowali w swoim ogrodzie wczoraj o dziesiątej rano? 3. Zobaczyłem ją w parku po lekcjach. Siedziała na ławce i czytała książkę. 4. Dziecko naszych sąsiadów płakało przez całą noc. 5. Czy pan Johnson siedział w swoim biurze, gdy telefon zadzwonił? - 37 -
8 PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS I. 1. bought 2. were still sleeping 3. was making 4. was feeling 5. landed 6. was studying 7. worked 8. was reading 9. was washing 10. met 11. drove 12. did not know 13. was listening 14. Did the Parsons move 15. were crossing 16. was not going 17. picked 18. were collecting 19. did the tell 20. was not raining II. 1. made 2. phoned, was writing 3. told 4. paid, went 5. were picking 6. took 7. were practising 8. was buying 9. was crying, was giving 10. wasn't using 11. opened, saw 12. was blowing, happened 13. started 14. smiled 15. was recording III. 1. was Lisa reading, came, was reading 2. did Sally buy, brought 3. Were you sleeping, rang, was not sleeping, was reading 4. did not come, was looking 5. did you and Janet meet, met, was walking 6. Did it rain, rained 7. were the people doing, were removing 8. Was Alice waiting, were dressing, invited 9. Did Mr Jenkins pay, did not cost 10. Was David holding, saw, was not looking IV. met, was, went, was strolling, noticed, was, happened, landed, came, invited, asked, was telling, were doing, finished, let, did not remember, appeared V. 1. When I came into / entered his room, he was playing cards with his friends. 2. Were the Lees working in their garden at ten a.m. yesterday? 3. I saw her in the park after lessons. She was sitting on a bench and reading a book. 4. Our neighbours' baby was crying all night. 5. Was Mr Johnson sitting in his office when the phone rang? 9 PRESENT PERFECT I. 1. have 2. has 3. have 4. have 5. has 6. has 7. have 8. has 9. have 10. Has II. 1. We have eaten our breakfast. 2. You have done your homework 3. I have written a letter to Peter. 4. Dave and Sue have gone for a walk. 5. My father has fallen asleep. 6. Eva has recorded a song. 7. The boys have broken a window. 8. He has brought her flowers. 9. You have organised a party. 10. I have told you the truth. III. 1. has been 2. have bought 3. have just seen 4. have gone 5. have passed 6. have fallen 7. has cut 8. has repaired 9. have invited 10. has failed 11. has helped 12. has taken 13. has taught 14. have always liked 15. has worked IV. 1. Has Gina learn a lot? 2. Have we prepared dinner? 3. Have Mike and Jerry quarrelled? 4. Have you put on weight? 5. Has Fiona found a new job? 6. Have the Browns moved to Leeds? 7. Has Josh won a million? 8. Have they told us everything? 9. Has the weather changed? 10. Have I paid a fine? V. 1. Have you live d in Paris 2. Has Mrs Dean lost her keys 3. Have they known each other 4. Have we stayed in the hotel 5. Has Alice written ten letters 6. Have the police fined you 7. Have they been together 8. Have I made a mistake 9. Have you turned the TV off 10. Has Harry had his dog - 153 -