,es wäre super, wenn Ihr meine Aufgaben mal gegenlesen bzw. korrigieren könntet. Ich "kämpfe" mich da alleine durch und bin dankbar für jeden "Verbesserungsvorschlag"
.Vielen Dank vorab.
A - Complete these sentences with a phrase in the past continuoues:
1. Her brakes failed when she was driving towards to the crossroads.
2. He did a PhD while he was working as a waiter.
3. There was an announcement when we were waiting at the train station.
4. We saw a musical while we were visiting Hamburg.
5. I made a mistake when I was calculating the task.
6. Our food was brought while I was going to the toilet.
7. He cut himself when he was preparing the salad.
8. Bob arrived when I was shopping for the evening meal.
B - Complete these sentences with a phrase in the simple past:
1. When we were looking out of the window, a car crashed into the neighbour’s fence.
2. While she was giving a presentation, the beamer didn’t work.
3. When we were watching television, the phone rang.
4. While I was looking for my keys, my son played in the garden.
5. When the plane was taking off, I closed my eyes.
6. While she was sleeping, her husband cleaned the kitchen.
7. When I was overtaking a car on the motorway, a fox crossed the road.
8. While we were writing the invitations, loud music played in the background.
C- Answer these questions using a sentence in the past perfect:
1. Why couldn’t he find his key? Because he had given them to his wife.
2. Why did they call an ambulance? Because the biker hadn’t badly hurt.
3. Why didn’t she pass the exam? She passed the exam because she hadn’t learned enough.
4. Why did you walk to work? I walked to work because I had brought my car to the garage for service.
5. Why wasn’t he allowed to board the airplane? Because his passport had expired.
6. Why did Helen look thinner? Because she had started a diet three weeks ago.
D- Report what these people said:
1. Katrin: “I am going to visit my parents tomorrow.” Katrin told me that she was going to visit her parents the next day.
2. Bob: “I will talk to the trainees when I get back from Belgium.” Bob promised that he would talk to the trainees when he got back from Belgium.
3. Claire: “We met some nice American people while we were visiting London las year.” Claire said that they had met some nice American people while they had been visiting London last year.
4. Helen: “I am too busy to read these e-mails at the moment.” Helen said that she was too busy to read those e-mails at the moment.
5. Michael: “Katrin has not finished writing her letter but she is going to send it as soon as she had. Michael said that Katrin hadn’t finished writing her letter but she was going to send it as soon as she had.
6. Amadine: “We weren’t able to reach our boss on the phone.” Amadine told me that they hadn’t been able to reached their boss on the phone.
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