Lesson XX: Review Exercises: 31-42

Exercise: A.31. Review Past-HAD-ING-Action Form Stress progressive character of the action completed BEFORE another past action takes place. For example: I studied . John came . I ’ D BEEN STUDYING BEFORE JOHN CAME. I studied . I took a walk . I ’ D BEEN STUDYING BEFORE I TOOK A WALK. He read . Mary telephoned . HE ’ D BEEN READING BEFORE MARY TELEPHONED. 1. We talked. They arrived. 7. I ate. I telephoned John. 2. Mary worked. She left the town. 8. The man sang. The police arrived. 3. We ate. He telephoned. 9. I wrote my CV. John called me up. 4. They talked. The concert began. 10. They ate. We knocked on the door. 5. The class chatted. The teacher arrived. 11. She read. She called up Jane. 6. We walked. We went to the movie. 12. I walked. It started to rain. Exercise: A.32. Practice Various Action Forms Produce long responses. For example: What have you been doing lately? - take a course in math - I ' VE BEEN TAKING A COURSE IN MATH . What does he have in his hand? - a coin - HE HAS A COIN . What had you been working on before I came? - my grammar lesson - I ’ D BEEN WORKING ON MY GRAMMAR LESSON . 1. Where are you going? -downtown- 2. What have you been doing for so long? -listen to music- 3. What have you done with your car? -sell it recently- 4. What are you going to do next summer? -take a trip to Europe- 5. What did you do last summer? -paint my house- 6. What have you done this summer? -do my final theses- 7. When did you sell your car? -last week- 8. What have you done with your book? -lend it to my friend- 9. What have you been doing with your book? -read it since 9 o'clock- 10. What color pencil does John have? -a red one- 11. What color pencil has he taken? -a black one- 12. What had you bought before you came here? -a new laptop- 13. What has John been doing lately? -paint his room- 14. What has John forgotten? -turn off the radio-