2015-02-27 Structure: past tenses test

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: finish p. 21 exercise 5, also do p. 25 (A, B, C)
p. 21 exercise 5
- you were walking
- While I was working at Lenox Hospital
- I published a book
- When I got a contract
- He got his degree last summer.
- while I was writing
- the tim you got that terrible rash
- We were riding our bikes
- when you fell into a patch
- When you fell off the bike
He has had a career change. ("change" is a noun)
He has changed his career. ("change" is a verb)
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p. 25
part A
1 met
2 was working
3 saw
4 had
5 When
6 was thinking
7 gave
part B
1 were you doing
2 met
3 were waiting
4 met
5 when we were studying (probably better to use "while" here)
6 noticed
7 entered
I met her when she fell off her bike. (First she fell, then I met her.)
I met her when we were studying. (I met her in the middle of studying.)
part C
- I was studying
- when I met Paul
- we always went to a cafe
- while we were drinking
- Paul asked me
- left Paris and went back to California
"While" can only be used with the longer time or action.
"When" is *usually* with the shorter time, but also sometimes with the longer one.
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Do not do part 2 (listening) on your test
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http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/
http://www.xkcd.com (visual explanation)
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"While" means contrast, not time, in part 2 number 8 (= "but" or "although").
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Homework: p. 20-21 exercise 4 (you will make your own timelines on Monday)