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Past Tense, Past Progressive (2)
Warm Up! (1)
(
に入れるのに正しくないものを1つ選んでください。(b)
Warm Up He began to practice karate only ( ).
1. recently 2. two weeks earlier 3. these days
4. one week ago
Part 2: Grammar Section
《解説と解答》
「彼はつい最近 (2週間早く; 先週) 空手の練習を始めた」 という意味ですから、 3. these days
のみが、 過去形の動詞と共に使えない表現です。 these days は 「このごろ (最近)」 という意味で
すが、 現在形 現在進行形や現在完了形とともに用います。
Warm Up! (2)
(
に入れるのに最適な表現を1つ選んでください。
John didn't want to see me because he () his lunch.
1. once had 2. was having 3. has
4. took
《解説と解答》
「ジョンは昼食中だったので、私に会いたがらなかった」 という意味ですから、 ジョンが私に会い
たがらなかった理由を完成させます。 私に会いたがらなかった時に進行していた動作が「昼食を取る」
ことですから 2. was having の過去進行形にするのが適切です。 なお、 have lunch の have は 「食
べる (eat) 」 の意味ですから、この意味の場合haveは進行形で用いることができます。
Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks in these sentences with one of the choices below.
3. A pine tree
(a) stands
1. While Cindy.
(a) was playing (b) is playing (c) played
her violin yesterday, two of her strings broke.
(d) has played
up late the night before to
2. My paper was due yesterday, so I
complete it.
(a) stayed
(b) stood
(b) would stay
(c) stay
(d) am staying
at the gate, and a girl was standing in its shade.
(d) standing
(c) was standing
4. The car wasn't here yesterday because Jane
takes the bus, but the drivers were on strike.
(a) uses
(b) is using (c) has used
5. One of the boys
(a) fall
(b) falls
6. When the door bell rang, I
(a) take
(b) am taking
7. Mr. Brown
(a) leave
(b) is leaving
(d) was using
in the river, but I dived in and saved him.
(c) were falling
(d) fell
a shower.
(c) was taking
the office only a minute ago.
(c) was leaving
8. During the last earthquake books
(a) fall
it. She generally
(b) are falling (c) had been falling
(d) taking
(d) left
from the shelf.
(d) fell
Unit 4
Exercise 6: Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the correct form of the verb in
parentheses. The first one is done for you.
Mark (live) lives in Japan. His family (come)
five years ago, when his father (start)
Osaka. At that time Mark was still only 10 years old, and he (do)
not want to leave America. But now, he (have)
Osaka, and he likes living there.
During the last summer vacation, Mark (go)
United States with his parents. They (visit)
Washington D.C., and Boston, and (enjoy)
They also (go)
Mark's grandparents. His grandparents (be)
see Mark. One evening, as they (eat)
the telephone (ring)
Mark and his parents (talk)
over one hour.
Now Mark is back in Osaka. He (want)
his grandparents again. He is (plan).
America by himself next time.
to Japan
his own business in
many friends in
back to the
New York,
seeing the sights.
to a small town in Connecticut to (see)
very happy to
a big chocolate cake,
It was Mark's aunt in California.
with her one after another for
to (visit)
to go to
