Change the verbs in brackets to the Past Continuous to show that two actions are happening at the same time and for the same length of time.

1) I _____ on the grass relaxing while the band _____ classical music. (lie) (play)

2) It was a cold day. The wind _____ hard and the rain _____ heavily. (blow) (fall)

3) John _____ in the sea while the children _____ on the beach. (swim) (play)

4) We _____ the plans while our boss _____ about the project. (draw) (talk)

5) While John _____ the presentation, nobody _____. (give) (listen)

17. In the sentences below, something or someone interrupted the action. Insert the correct form of the verb (shown in brackets at the end of each sentence) into the spaces.

1) A group of friends were having dinner in an old house in the country when suddenly there _____ a noise and the door _____ slowly. (be) (open)

2) John was sitting in his office reading the newspaper when he _____ the sound of a car crash in the street. (hear)

3) Mary was walking home late one night when a strange man _____ her and _____ for a cigarette. (stop) (ask)

4) Policeman Plod was leaving home one morning when his wife _____ to him from the door. "You've forgotten your umbrella!" she said. (call)

5) We were driving along a country road when suddenly a fox _____ out in front of the car and _____ at us. (jump) (look)

6) While I was studying my English grammar lesson, my roommate _____ in and _____ he wanted to watch the television. (come) (say)

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses (Past Simple or Past Continuous).

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela _____ (call). She said she _____ (call) me on her cell phone from her biology classroom. I asked her if she _____ (wait) for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she _____ (talk) to me. I couldn't believe she _____ (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on. She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students _____ (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students _____ (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her ____ (draw) a picture of a horse. While we _____ (talk), I _____ (hear) her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line _____ (go) dead. I _____ (hang) up the phone and went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I _____ (cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone _____ (ring) once again. It _____ (be) Angela, but this time she _____ (not/sit) in class.

Future Continuous Tense

Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous Tense.

1) This time next month I _____ (sit) on a beach.

2) I'll call for her at 8. — No, don't, she still _____ (have) breakfast then.

3) I _____ (wait) for you when you come out.

4) My son will be in the 6th form next year. That means that old Dr Adder _____ (teach) him mathematics.

5) In a hundred years' time people _____ (go) to Mars for their holidays.

6) It's a serious injury but he_____ (walk) again in six weeks.

7) I'll come at three o'clock. — Good. I _____ (expect) you.

8) Stand there, they _____ (change) the guard in a minute and you'll get a good view.

9) You'd better go back now, your mother _____ (wonder) where you are.

10) We've just got to the top in time. The sun _____ (rise) in a minute.

Use the verbs below as the Future Continuous or Future Simple.

1) I _____ (see) them tomorrow. — I _____ (tell) them what you said.

2) You _____ (work) all tomorrow evening?

3) She _____ (stay) in Leeds all weekend.

4) She _____ (visit) our office next week. — I _____ (ask) her then.

5) I _____ (see) the sales manager at the marketing meeting on Monday and I'm sure she _____ (give) me the figures then.

6) I _____ (not/be able) to lend you a car tomorrow. I _____ (use) it all night.

7) Next year they _____ (live) in Spain.

8) I _____ (work) at home tomorrow. You can call me there.

9) They _____ (come) round for dinner tomorrow evening. I ______ (show) them the photos then.

10) At four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon we _____ (fly) over Paris.

Unit 13 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
	Vocabulary in Use The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland London Language Focus Perfect Continuous Tenses

Vocabulary In Use

1. Find the Ukrainian equivalents in the right-hand column for the following: