Giải bài tập sách bài tập (SBT) tiếng anh lớp 10 Friends Global 2D. Grammar Unit 2: Adventure

1. Choose the correct tense toplete the sentences.

1. Jake looked at the weather outside: it was grey, but it didn’t rain / wasn’t raining.

2. You didn’t answer when I phoned you this morning. What did you do / were you doing?

3. Lucy witched off herputer, put on / was putting on her coat and left / was leaving the office.

4. She closed the window because some children made / were making a lot of noise outside.

5. When I told my friends about the robbery, they didn’t believe / weren’t believing me.

6 She didn’t hear the doorbell because she had / was having a shower.

2.plete the sentences. Use the past simple form of one verb and the past continuous form of the other.

1. I _____________ (see) Henry as I _____________  (cycle) to the sports centre.

2. While we _____________  (prepare) the picnic, it _____________ (start) to rain.

3. All my friends _____________  (leave) the party when I _____________  (arrive).

4. As we _____________  (walk) by the river, we_____________ (hear) a shout.

5. We _____________  (not eat) very much while we _____________  (stay) in that hotel.

6. I _____________  (drink) my dad’s coffee while he _____________  (not look).

3.plete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

In January 2014, a doctor from New Zealand (1) had (have) a frightening experience with a shark – but his calm reaction (2)_____________ (make) him the star of news reports around the world.

James Grant (3)_____________ (fish) with friends one Saturday when a shark attacked him. He (4)_____________  (not see) anything, but he (5)_____________ (feel) a sudden pain in his leg. At first, he thought that his friends (6)_____________ (play) a prank on him. He (7)_____________  (turn) around – but nobody (8)_____________  (be) behind him. Then he (9)_____________  (realise) what (10)_____________  (happen).

Luckily, James (11)_____________  (carry) a knife so he (12)_____________  (use) it to fight off the shark. Then he (13)_____________ (get) out of the water and (14)_____________  (look) at his leg. The bites were 5 cm long and they (15)_____________ (bleed) a lot. James (16)_____________ (clean) his leg. Then he and his friends (17)_____________  (go) to a nearby café! While they (18)_____________  (enjoy) a drink, somebody (19)_____________ (give) James a bandage because his leg (20)_____________ (bleed). He (21)_____________  (go) to hospital for some treatment, but on Monday he was back at work.

4.plete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.

1. I hurt my finger while I was playing the guitar.

I was playing the guitar when I hurt my finger.

2. I was walking home when it started to rain.

While I ______________________________

3. She broke her leg while she was learning to ski.

She was learning ________________________

4. He was making lunch when he suddenly felt ill.

As he _________________________________

5. She was telling me about her party when she started to laugh loudly.

She started _________________________________

6. I lost my wallet while I was shopping.

While I _________________________________

7. As the band were playing their first song, all the lights went out.

The band were playing _________________________________

5.plete the sentences with your own ideas. Use the past simple or past continuous.

1. As I was getting off the bus, _________________________________.

2. We were trying to find our hotel when _________________________.

3. An amazing thing happened as _______________________________.