Unit 15
Good news, bad news
Vocabulary:
boss, office, builder, vet, journalist, secretary, dentist, receptionist, mecanic, author
Grammar:
Past Simple and Past Continuous
e.g. When I was working, the phone rang.
They were smiling when I went in.
When can go at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence.
Use a comma after the first verb if a sentence starts with "When".
e.g. I was eating when he arrived.
When I was eating, he arrived.
Read through the explanation (1+2) and then go down and try the short exercise: Past Simple vs Past Continuous:
Grammar homophones:
there, they're, their
There is some good news and some bad news.
They're very happy.
They will be with their cousins.
These three words sound the same but are spelt differently.
there - a place, or to say what is present
they're - short form of they are
their - shows possession by more than one person
Now, do the exercises to prepare for the exam:
Click on the picture. Read and then go down to click on the different exercises:
Click on the picture. Read and then go down to click on the different exercises:
Exercises on Simple Past and Past Continuous.
