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EL PASADO SIMPLE (Simple Past) MANSION INGLES.COMPASADO CONTINUO

1 - Cambia el tiempo verbal a 'past simple' en las siguientes frases, siguiendo el ejemplo:

1. We love England  We loved England 2. They don't like the film   3. They work on a farm   4. Do you work in this factory?   5. Where do you live?   6. I don't like Tokyo  7. Does he play the guitar?   8. I don't study French   9. They hate waiting   10. Does your son study here?

2 - Completa las frases escribiendo el tiempo de pasado que proceda.

1. He  his motorbike when he suddenly felt ill. (ride) 2. We  the television when it suddenly stopped working. (watch)3. When the ambulance came they  him inside. (put) 4. I  to the radio when the phone rang. (listen) 5. When I arrived, they  hello but continued studying. (say)

3 - Cambia las siguientes frases del ‘present perfect’ a frases con un significado parecido en el ‘present simple’ poniendo el verbo entre paréntesis. Sigue el ejemplo. Luis has bought a new computer (have)  1. I’ve written the report. (finish)  2. Angeles has lost her keys. (not find)  3. Have you seen Ruben? (be)  4. I’ve bought a new camera. (have)  5. The secretary has gone to lunch. (not be)  6. We haven’t cleaned the flat. (be)  7. I’m sorry, I’ve forgotten your name. (not remember)  8. Figo has broken his leg. (be)  9. Carolyn’s had a baby. (have)  10. The Pope has died. (be)

4 - Pon ‘since’ o ‘for’ en los espacios en blanco. 1. I’ve lived in Valencia            - ? -           since           for          five years. 2. Angeles and I have known each other            - ? -           since           for          1998. 3. I haven’t eaten anything            - ? -           since           for          breakfast. 4. My parents have been married            - ? -           since           for          more than fifty years. 5. Israel has been an independent country            - ? -           since           for          1948. 6. I’ve been really busy. I haven’t been out            - ? -           since           for          about two weeks. 7. We haven’t seen Luis and Manoli            - ? -           since           for          last Tuesday. 8. Graham has had his Porsche            - ? -           since           for          nearly a year. 9. Danny has been in Michigan            - ? -           since           for          two years. 10. I haven’t had a good steak            - ? -           since           for          ages.

5 - Ahora escríbe frases con ‘since’ y ‘for’ siguiendo el ejemplo Craig and Angeles live together. They started living together five years ago. Craig and Angeles have been living together / have lived together for five years. 1. Graham has a Porsche. He bought it two years ago. 2. Deek is studying German. He started in 1999. 3. Luis and Craig started working on La Mansión del Inglés in 2001. 4. Cathy is in Cuba. She went there three weeks ago. 5. Tom plays the saxophone. He began last March. 6. Craig teaches English. He started in 1991. A A STORY DISASTERS NATURAL. Heavy rains Colombia suffers more than a year and have intensified in recent weekshave left 80 dead and more than 66,000 victims so far in 2011, when President JuanManuel Santos warned that the worst is arrive. The latest report offered today to the press by the Director of National Relief Red Cross,César Urueña, notes that in this 2011 80 people were killed and 20 others are missing because of the rains, floods and landslides caused by the phenomenon of "La Niña". There are also 40 wounded and more than 66,000 victims, according to Red Cross statistics, which calls for extreme caution these days in the departments of Boyacá,Cundinamarca, Tolima and Huila in central and southern Iraq, to the possible flooding of several rivers. Only this week there have been two serious accidents caused by heavy rains with a tragic than thirty victims, dead and missing. On Wednesday, a bus was swept away by a landslide and plunged into a ravine while driving along a road in the department of Caldas (Midwest). In its 20 occupants, 17 diedand 3 are still missing. And yesterday, Wednesday, seven people were killed and three others were reported missing in a landslide that buried several houses in the department of Santander(northeast). Heavy rains in 2010, Colombia suffered the worst in its history, left 310 people dead,dozens missing, hundreds wounded and 2.22 million victims, as well as houses, roads, bridges and thousands of hectares of crops destroyed and flooded. The consequences of La Nina this year will continue to be "devastating, " said Santos tonote that this phenomenon is going to beat Colombia in a situation "already very weak",with rivers, reservoirs and canals in levels "very high" by the rains of 2010. He therefore asked the people to act "responsibly" and follow the orders of preventive evacuations, so far "have saved many lives. "