ENGLISH 11
Unit 2
Language Focus
PRONUNCIATION
The consonant sounds
/m/ /n/ /ŋ/
Listen and repeat
Practise reading aloud these sentences.
1. Good morning. I want an apartment in
central London.
2. We have an inexpensive apartment in
Northend Avenue.
3. I remember meeting him on a nice
summer afternoon.
4. Mr. King is singing next door.
5. He’s holding a string in his fingers.
6. He loves spending his holidays in his
small summer house.
GRAMMAR
Verb Tenses
invites
sets
gets
waves
promises
carries
contains
bakes
is
is shining
are singing
is
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the past simple or past progressive.
Examples:
Do you like this picture? My uncle …….. it. (paint)
 Do you like this picture? My uncle painted it.
We ………… lunch when we ………..the news.
(have, hear)
 We were having lunch when we heard the news.

1. He _____ his arm when he __________football. (break, play)
2. Julia _____ her first novel when she ___ 19 years old. (write, be)
3. I __________ on the computer when the fire _____out. (work, break)
4. When it ______ to rain, they ___________ through the forest. (start, walk)
broke
was playing
wrote
was
was working
broke
started
were walking
5. He ___ us about his marriage when we __________ afternoon tea. (tell, have)
6. Sorry, I ___________to you. I ___________ about something else. (not listen, think)
7. I ______ you last night, but you _________. What _____you_____? (phone, not answer, do)
8. Mary ______________her glasses at the time, so she ___________ what kind of car the man _________. (not wear, not notice, drive)
told
were having
did not listen
was thinking
phoned
did not answer
were
doing
was not wearing
did not notice
was driving
Exercise 2 (continued)
Exercise 3. Write the sentences, putting the verbs in each sentence into the past simple or the past perfect.
Example:
When the police (arrive), the car (go).
When the police arrived, the car had gone.

1. They ………………….(eat) everything by the time I …………….(arrive) at the party.
2. When I ………….(find) my purse, someone ………………….(take) the money out of it.
3. By the time I …………(get) into town, the shops ………………..(close).
4. When they ………..(get) to the station, the train ………………(leave).
5. By the time you …………(get) her letter, she …………………(arrive) in Paris.
had eaten
had left
had arrived
had closed
had taken
arrived
got
got
got
found
6. The police …………(pay) no attention to Clare’s complaint because she ………………….(phone) them so many times before.
7. I …………(go) to the post office to ask about my package, but they ……….(say) that it …………………….(not arrive) yet.
8. When I ……………..(look) at the new dress for half an hour, I ………..(ask) how much it ……….(cost).
had not arrived
had looked
asked
cost
said
went
had phoned
paid
HOMEWORK
1. Practise the words with the sounds /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/
2. Do the exercises 1, 2 and 3 again.