Unit 8 Time

A long time ago, my family and I were on holiday. We went

Reading : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. to the forest, and we set up our tent by the river. While I
was trying to cook something, I heard a strange noise like a
1.He liked (like) music and
scream coming from the mountains behind us. At first, I didn’t
2.He started (start) writing his music
3.He travelled (travel) around Western Europe with his care about it, but a few minutes later, I heard one more scream.
father That time, my mother and father also heard it, and everybody
4.Everybody admired (admire) this talented young man, looked at each other with suspicious eyes. We didn’t dare go
5.In 1781, he married (marry) Constanze Weber, but life to the mountains, so we just ate our dinner. In the late hours
was very hard for them after midnight while all of us were sleeping, we were awakened
6.Mozart continued (continue) writing music and by a big noise It was like a bomb or something fell .We were
performing at the Royal Courts
sitting in our tent, and I could see the fear in everybody’s eyes.
Nobody went out or even looked outside. When we saw
Now match the endings below with the sentences (A to F)
above. daylight it was 7 o’clock in the morning. The sun was shining .
The birds were singing, and it was wonderful view. While my
(C) and played music for the royal class. mother was preparing breakfast, my brother was collecting tree
(F) and they often invited him to their balls. branches and my father was fishing in the river. I was walking
(B) when he was five years old. around the forest when I saw a huge hole on the ground. I
(E) because they had financial problems thought of last night when we got up with that strange noise …
(D) until he died in 1791 at the age of 35.
(A) learned to play the violin very well. Look at the underlined clauses.
Decide which one “ simple past tense” and which one is
Complete the anecdote with the correct conjunctions. “past continuous tense”.
One day, a young man approached Mozart after one of his
lectures. He greatly admired Mozart and he asked for his While I was trying to cook something , I heard a strange
advice on how to compose a symphony. Because he was noise.
very young, Mozart advised him to start by composing A B
ballads. The young man was disappointed. “But you wrote A : Past continuous
symphonies when you were only ten years old.” he B : Past simple
responded sadly. Mozart answered with a smile “That’s true
but I didn’t ask anyone before I did it!”
8B Peace
8A Before vs After
Fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense.
Fill in the blanks with before or after. Anne : What were your children doing (do) yesterday
afternoon?
1. My friend started to take roles in movies after she Bob : Brad and Amy were studying (study) French
graduated from drama school. yesterday afternoon and Jonathan was playing
2. She became a star in Hollywood after she starred in (play) game on the computer.
Titanic. Anne: What were they doing (do) at eight o’clock?
3. Before I studied English Literature at university, I Bob : They were eating (eat) their dinner.
graduated from high school. Anne: What about you? What were you doing (do) at
4. Before I moved here for my studies, I lived with my nine o’clock?
family. Now, I have my own house. Bob: I was talking (talk) to a friend at nine o’clock
5. My father was working in a small town before he found yesterday. You?
a better job in New York City. Now, he earns much Anne: I was reading (read) a book at that time
more money.
6. I did not know anything about this job before I started Listening 2
to work here. Listen and choose the correct answers.
7. We used to work 9 hours a day. Before we started to
work ten hours a day, nobody wanted to go to work. 1.When did the demonstrations start in USA?
8. We got a raise last week. We all started to work harder a. at the beginning of the 1960’s
after we got the raise.
9. Our assistant manager changed a lot after he got the
2.How many people were at the largest peace
raise.
10. He deserved this! He never worked hard before he got
demonstration?
fired! a.100,000

3.Where was the largest peace demonstration?

b. New York City
Listening 1
Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks. 4.Why were the young men burning their draft cards?
c.They protested against the army.
(B) No one was looking at the robber’s face at the
5.What were the demonstrators wearing? time of the robbery.
a.They were wearing very casual clothes. (C) Someone broke into our house last night while
we were all asleep.
(B) I wasn’t listening to you at all this morning.
6.What was the other biggest event in those years? (D) They were always interrupting me during the
a. rock concert in Woodstock meeting.
(B) A young lady was talking to herself when I entered
7.How many people went to the concert? the room.
c. 500,000 (B) I was playing the violin and my wife was singing
along.
8.How long did the concert last? (C) My three uncles were fishing in the lake during
a. 3 days the whole afternoon.

9.What was the other change in appearance? Grammar

Time clauses for past actions; when/while
b.Long hair was very popular.
Yesterday evening, we were eating our dinner in the garden
10.In those years, what was the music like? when my brother came in with his friends. Our garden was
c. It emphasized anti-war feelings. very important to him when he was a child. He was very
happy while he was playing in the garden with his cousins.
Often while he was doing his homework, he sat in the
8C How did you feel when ..? garden. However, one day, while he was climbing a tree, he
fell out of the tree and broke his arm. Another day he broke
Vocabulary his leg when he was running. Now he doesn’t like the
Read the sentences and try to work out the meanings of garden very much.
the underlined words. Use a dictionary if you need.

jealous :upset and angry because someone that 8D Continuity

you love seems interested in another person
insecure: dangerous / not safe Reading
swallow: take a large quantity of food or drink through the I hate computers
mouth quickly
mean: want, intend or do something on purpose Sometimes I hate computer technology. One day, when I
shiver: shake slightly because of fear, illness, cold etc. while I was trying (try) to do a research on the internet for
my homework, the battery ran out (run out). While I was
Listening 3 : Jealous Guy by John Lennon making (make) a search on google, I was chatting (chat) to
Listen to the song and fill in the blanks my girlfriend and listening to music on Spotify on the other
hand. I was concentrating (concentrate) very hard on my
1.dreaming 2.beating research and I forgot (forget) to plug in my laptop! I didn’t
3.feeling4.shivering notice (not notice) that the battery was getting (get) low. I
5.trying 6.swallowing was just about to finish my homework when the screen went
blank (go) black. I lost (lose) everything. I screamed
(scream) with frustration. My dad came (come) running into
What kind of feelings does the song express? Tick the my room. I told him what was wrong and he offered to give
appropriate ones. me his laptop. I tried (try) to remember everything in my
homework but it was very difficult because my girlfriend
regret confession sadness pain sent (send) me funny videos in the meantime. The WiFi
stopped (stop) working when I was watching (watch) one of
them, but this was probably better because I managed
(manage) to finish my homework eventually.

Language Use Choose the right answer.

Using past continuous
1. Why did the boy’s battery run out?
Read the sentences below, and decide which category ( A a) because he forgot to plug in the computer.
to D) they fall into.
2. Why was it hard for the boy to remember the details of
his homework? call dream have x doubt dance
a) because her girl friend was sending him videos.
Check your answers from the list of non-progressive verbs
3. When did the WiFi stopped working? at the back of your book.
a) while he was watching one of his girlfriend’s
videos. Quiz

Complete the rules. 1. When you arrive tomorrow, I ) will be cooking

2. Tom was washing the car while I was reading the
Both “The Simple Past Tense” and “The Past Progressive newspaper.
(Continuous) Tense” are used to express actions in the past. 3. They visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art the other
We use the Simple Past tense to talk about completed day.
events, states or habits at a definite time in the past, whereas 4. She will participate in tomorrow's race.
we use the Past Progressive tense to talk about events and 5. Jack always complains about how little he earns.
temporary states that were in progress around a certain time 6. They will be going to work by train for the next month.
in the past. 7. Frank thinks Peter is a bit stupid at the moment.
8. I was working in the basement when you arrived
Now correct the mistakes in the sentences below.
Example:
My sister and I was decided to have a party without asking Practice makes perfect!
our parents first.
Fill in the blanks.
1. We were getting excited about it.
It was (be) a cold night last night, and I was walking (walk)
2. We danced while we were listening to music.
on the seaside when I suddenly heard (hear) the noise of a
3. While she was eating candies, she broke her tooth. big crash. I immediately I ran (run) to the street. I saw (see)
a very big accident there. There were (be) a lot of people.
4. Our parents came home and they were becoming
Some of them were crying (cry) and some of them were
became very angry when they saw the house. arguing (argue). I decided to (wait) for a few minutes, I
decided (decide) to help because some of the people were
5. After everybody going went back their home, I was
(be) injured. First, I talked (talk) to them and then, I took
cleaned the living room and the kitchen with my sister. (take) some of them to the hospital in my car. I was (be)
very upset, so while I was driving (drive), I hit (hit) the car
6. At one o’clock we were both fell asleep in front of me. Then, we called (call) a mechanic because
my car didn’t work (not / work). I think it was (be) the worst
day in my life.
Simple Progressive
(verbs in base form) (be + Ving)
Pres She generally reads short She is reading a short story at the 1. I ran to the street after I heard the noise
ent stories. moment. 2. After I talked to them I took them to the hospital.
She walked all the way to She was walking to her office when 3. I called the mechanic after I hit the car.
Past the office yesterday. I met her yesterday.
Futu She will probably sleep She will be sleeping in the middle
re before the movie ends. of the movie.
1. Leonardo Da Vinci was living in Florence
when he painted the Mona Lisa

2. Ara Guler took many black and white photographs

while he was walking around Beyoglu.

3. Osman Hamdi Bey was living in Galata

when he painted many beautiful paintings showing us
Ottoman life in the 19th century.

Some verbs in English are always non-progressive, so they

are not used in continuous tenses. 4. Van Gogh painted many self portraits
Work with a partner and decide which verbs below are non- while he was staying in hospital.
progressive.
5. You can see the Hagia Sofia
while travelling on a ferry from Kadikoy.
x envy drive belong jump cost
6. JK Rowling was travelling on a train
when she had the idea of the Harry Potter novels.
x forget x remember shave try want
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in
brackets. 1. regret 5.excitement
2. pain
1. Jake was sleeping (sleep) when the thief entered (enter) 3. fear
the house. 4. boring
2. While I was looking (look) for my passport, I found (find)
this old photograph. Noun Verb Adjectiv Adverb
3.As I crossed (cross) the road, I stepped (step) on a banana e
skin and fell (fell) heavily. excitement excite excited excitedly
4. When I arrived (arrive) at the station, Mary was waiting
anger - angry angrily
(wait) for me. She was wearing (wear) a blue dress.
5. While Grandpa was watering (water) the flowers, it began pain - painful painfully
(begin) to rain. boredom bore bored -
amazement amaze amazed amazingly
8B
Nick Hornby began (begin) writing while he was studying
(study) English Literature at Cambridge University. After he
finished (finish) university , he had (have) several different
1.loyal 4.sad
jobs. Among other things, he taught (teach) English to 2.excited 5.bored
foreign language students. He was working (work) as a 3.amazing
journalist when he wrote (write) his first book High Fidelity.
C I was playing football when the bus crashed into the bus
stop.
JK Rowling also worked (work) as an English Language B The bus was driving along the road.___ I was playing
teacher in Portugal. Apparently, the idea for the Harry Potter football.___
books came (come) to her while she was sitting(sit) on a A While I was playing football, I saw the bus coming
down the road.___
train to London. She completed (complete) the first novel in D My mum was always warning me about that bus
1995 while she was living (live) in Edinburgh. stop.

True or False or Unknown?

8D
1. Nick Hornby studied English Language teaching. F News stories from the BBC.
2. Nick Hornby is a journalist. U
3. Nick Hornby started writing while he was studying at a. A d. F g. C
university. U b. C e. B
JK Rowling got the idea for Harry Potter while she was c. B f. T
teaching English. F
JK Rowling finished the first Harry Potter book in 1995. T U8
JK Rowling lives in Scotland. U Test Yourself.

Match the sentence with a suitable response. 1.C 5.B 9.B

2.A 6.C 10.C
1.f 4.g 7.c 3.A 7.C 11.D 15.B
2.e 5.d 4.A 8.C 12.D 16.A
3.a 6.b

Vocabulary
Odd one out
the student’s answers may vary, as long as they can justify
their choice.

8C

Positive Negative
loyalty regret
joy fear
excitement pain
honour boring
pride sadness
anger
jealous