Personal life and experience
I have been born/was born in 1960 in a small town in Wales.
When I was five years old my parents died and I became and orphan/orphanage.
was
orphanage
A lot of families lived in poorly/poverty in my hometown, so I worked hard and was very ambitious.
poverty
As night fell, we set out/about on our journey across the desert.
set out
What tense do we use for a finished action in the past.
past simple
Life was not easy during my early childish/childhood and I was often miserable.
As I didn't have many friends, I often felt very on my own/lonely.
childhood
lonely
I managed to put by/put off a little money each month.
I dreamt of having my own business and living a life of luxury/luxurious.
DOUBLE POINTS
put off
luxury
Although it was raining heavily, I forced myself to keep up/on running.
Well, I ____________ (encountered) difficulties after just a couple of days, when the brake cable on my bike broke. Fortunately, there was no traffic, so I ,managed to ___________ (survive without) brakes until I reached the next town and got them fixed!
ran into
do without
What tense do we use for an action which didn't finish in the past?
past continuous
was/were + -ing
Take 300 points from another team :).
One day I had the possibility/opportunity to go on a managerial training course; I loved it.
Now I am manager of the supermarket and engaged to a girl from quite a wealth/wealthy family.
opportunity
wealthy
If you want to run in a marathon, you'll have to give over/up smoking!
give up
It's been really hard to _________ (tolerate) the heat though. It's absolutely ___________ (exhausted me).
DOUBLE POINTS
put up with
worn me out
What tense do we use for an action which finished before another action in the past?
past perfect
had + 3rd form/past participle
During my teenage years, I was brought up/grown up by foster parents.
Although my foster parents were not well-out/well-off, they looked after me well.
DOUBLE POINTS
brought up
well-off
NO POINTS :'(
:'(
The expedition ran into/through trouble when their jeep broke down.
This hot weather really wears me off/out. I don't have any energy left at all.
ran into
wears me out
When I almost __________ (had no water left) in the desert, I got pretty scared - I seriously thought about ________- (stopping). But as you can see, I've managed to ________ (continue) cycling. Knowing that I'm doing it for charity keeps me going.
ran out of water
giving up
keep on
Name 10 states in the USA :)
????
In my final teens/late teens, I left home and started work in a supermarket.
My workmates were all older than me but we got on/got off very well.
I didn't win/earn much money so it was sometimes difficult to make ends meet.
late teens
got on
earn
Our wedding/marriage ceremony will take place next month.
I'll probably never get/achieve my ambition of being a millionaire but it doesn't matter because I am satisfied with my life.
achieve
'We've lost our map!' 'We'', we'll have to do without/off it, wont we?
We need to stop at a garage. We're running out/up of petrol.
John is always complaining. I don't know how you put up with/by him. DOUBLE POINTS :)
do without
running out of
put up with
Give 400 points to another team and take 100 points from a different team
:)
Which tense do we use for an action which continued in the past and finished before another action?
Make an example sentence with this tense.
past perfect continuous
ex; I had been living in Warsaw for 5 years before I moved to Lodz.