PRACTICE 2 I. Fill a suitable preposition in each space. 1) It is very different ……… the present shopping area. 2) Customers will shop …… comfort and won’t notice the weather. 3) The residents and store owners have been concerned …………the new mall for a few month. 4) Little pea had to do chores all day. This made Little Pea’s father very upset. He soon died …… a broken heart. 5) As Little Pea ran to the festival, she dropped one …….her shoes and lost it. 6) Of course the shoe fitted Little Pea, and the prince immediately fell ………love with her. 7) The farmer said that he had something called wisdom, but he left it ……home that day. 8) Would you like please try to be much more careful ………….now on. 9) ………….present, my uncle is working on a novel about the war. 10) I’m usually completely exhausted ……… the end of the day. 11) times, I felt as though I would never be able to finish it. 12) Please submit your reports to me ……… Thurday. 13) …………first, I could hardly believe what the man had said to me. 14) …………the first time ………his life, he didn’t argue about anything. 15) I hope that conditions will be changed ………the future. 16) …………the past, people did a great deal of work by hand. 17) The girls usually go for coffee …………the middle of the afternoon. II. Make sentences. Put the verbs into the correct form: the past simple or the past progressive. 1) While I / write / letter / phone / ring. 2) You / read / newspaper / as soon as it / arrive. 3) She / not / lock / door / when she / leave / office. 4) Train / go through / tunnel / when / it suddenly / stop. 5) She / wash / her hair / when / doorbell / ring. 6) John Logie Baird / invent / television / or / telephone? 7) They / cry / when / they / hear / bad news. 8) Cat / lie / on / sofa / when / mouse / come into / room. III. Write sentences, beginning with “I wish”. 1) I hate having to wear my crash helmet whenever I ride my motorbike to school. 2) I’m not used to the noise in this city. 3) I don’t have a bigger dictionary. 4) It’s a pity that my room is too small. 5) I don’t know anyone in this class. 6) It’s a pity that Lan can’t come to my birthday party. 7) The dictionary is more than I can afford. 8) The bus stop is far from the place where I live. 9) I have to stay at home every Saturday night. 10) It’s very cold in the winter here. 11) I’m sorry I can’t speak English perfectly. 12) I’m sorry I can’t do exercise. 13) I’m sorry I don’t know how to swim. 14) Are you ever sorry that you aren’t tall? (Do you ever….) 15) I’m sorry I can’t answer that question. 16) I’m sorry you don’t like my painting. 17) It’s a pity the weather isn’t better today. 18) I’d like to have more time to study, but I haven’t. 19) I’d love to be really intelligent! IV. Use the past simple or the past progressive for the verbs in brackets. 1) When I (leave) ………….the house this morning, it (rain) …………………very hard. 2) They (eat) …………their dinner when we (arrive) …………… 3) The handle (break) …………….just as they (move) …………….the heavy box into place. 4) We (cross) ……………the street when the policeman (shout) …………….at us. 5) The students (still write) …………….thier papers when the bell (ring) …………… 6) When we (arrive) ………… at the meeting, everyone (discuss) ……… the plan. 7) I (read) ………… the newspaper while Devis (get) ……….ready to leave. 8) While I (walk) ………….around the park, I (see) ………….two different accidents. 9) Fred (argue) …………….with George when we (walk) ……….into their office. 10) When their son (get) ………… married in 1980, they (live) ……… in Nha Trang. 11) I (mail) ………….the letters while Lan (talk) ………….on the phone. 12) The teacher (wave) …………… to us just as we (get) ………… ready to leave the classroom. 13) Hung (sit) ………….with Lan in the school canteen when I (see)……….them. 14) Just as I (leave) ……….for home, a classmate (stop) ………… me in the hall. 15) When the teacher (stop) ………… us, we (still work) …………….on the last question. . I live. 9) I have to stay at home every Saturday night. 10 ) It’s very cold in the winter here. 11 ) I’m sorry I can’t speak English perfectly. 12 ) I’m sorry. ………….now on. 9) ………….present, my uncle is working on a novel about the war. 10 ) I’m usually completely exhausted ……… the end of the day. 11 ) times,