tailieunhanh - First certificate language practice part 2

Tham khảo tài liệu 'first certificate language practice part 2', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | This book is designed to revise and consolidate grammar points at the level of First Certificate. It also provides practice in key lexical areas. There are regular consolidation units which include forms of testing commonly used in the First Certificate examination. It can be used as a self-study reference grammar and practice book or as supplementary material in classes preparing for examinations. If used for classwork activities can be done individually or co-operatively in pairs or small groups. The grammatical information provided can be used for reference when needed or worked through systematically The grammar section includes recognition and concept-checking activities as well as production activities. Each vocabulary section includes focus on phrasal verbs prepositions and particles and collocations. Explanations Describing events in the past Main events The past simple is used to describe finished actions and events in the past. Susan went into the station and bought a ticket. - Background description The past continuous is used to describe actions in progress in the past. It gives information about the background situation. There were a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were sleeping on the benches and others were walking up and down. Susan was looking for Graham so she didn t sit down. Past before past The past perfect is used to make it clear that one past event happens before another past event. We use the past perfect for the earlier event. By the time the train arrived Susan had managed to push her way to the front of the crowd. It is not always necessary to use the past perfect if a time expression makes the order of events clear. Before the train arrived Susan managed to push her way to the front of the crowd. - Past continuous used with past simple We often use the past continuous first to set the scene and then the past simple for the separate completed actions that happen. Susan was looking for Graham so she didn t sit down. Instead she