Question

Complete the text with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect form of the verbs below.

be, be, become, die, get, leave, live, meet, say, not stop, retire, work, write

Japan is the country with the most centenarians : over 50 000. It is also where Jiroemon Kimura, the man with the longest lifespan ever ........... born in 1897, the year that Bram Stoker ............. Dracula. Kimura ............... school at fourteen and ......... a job in a post office. While he ................... there, he ................. his future wife Yae. He ............... a postal worker for 45 years when he ............ in 1962. But he ............... working! He ............. a farmer. In a interviev just before he ............ at the age of 116, he said he wasn't sure why he ................ so long. 'Maybe it's thanks to the sun', he .......... I'm always looking up to the sky!'

Answer 1

Japan is the country with the most centenarians: over 50 000. It is also where Jiroemon Kimura, the man with the longest lifespan ever WAS born in 1897, the year that Bram Stoker WROTE Dracula. Kimura LEFT school at fourteen and GOT a job in a post office. While he WAS WORKING there, he MET his future wife Yae. He HAD BEEN a postal worker for 45 years when he retired in 1962. But he DIDN'T STOP working! He BECAME a farmer. In an interview, just before he DIED at the age of 116, he said he wasn't sure why he WAS LIVING so long. 'Maybe it's thanks to the sun', he SAID 'I'm always looking up to the sky!'

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To zadanie jest na czas Past Continuous – przeszły ciągły i Past Simple – przeszły prosty oraz Past Perfect.

1. Past Simple i Past Continuous: Używamy tych czasów gdy czynność odbywała się w przeszłości i została przerwana przez krótką czynność (Past Simple)

She was taking a bath when the telephone rang. (Branie kąpieli zostaje przerwane przez telefon).

Konstrukcja zdaniaPast Continuous:

Osoba+WAS/WERE+czasownik –ing+ reszta zdania

WAS – osoby I, he, she, it

WERE – osoby we, you, they

Konstrukcja zdania Past Simple:

OSOBA+ II forma czasownika+reszta zdania

2. PAST PERFECT: Używamy go, gdy są dwie czynności w przeszłości, z których jedna zdarzyła się wcześniej niż druga.

WCZEŚNIEJSZA CZYNNOŚĆ: PAST PERFECT

PÓŹNIEJSZA CZYNNOŚĆ: PAST SIMPLE

1. Konstrukcja zdania:

OSOBA+HAD+III FORMA CZASOWNIKA+ … (PAST PERFECT)

OSOBA + II FORMA CZASOWNIKA + … (PAST SIMPLE)

I had eaten lunch before I did my homework. - Zjadłem lunch zanim zrobiłem zadanie domowe.

2. PYTANIA:

HAD+OSOBA+ III FORMA CZASOWNIKA + … ?

3. PRZECZENIA:

HAD+NOT = HADN'T

OSOBA+HADN'T + III FORMA CZASOWNIKA+ ….

4. Charakterystyczne określenia:

after – po

before – przed

by the time – do czasu

already – już

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Pozdrawiam :)

Answer 2

Japan is the country with the most centenarians: over 50 000. It is also where Jiroemon Kimura, the man with the longest lifespan ever was born in 1897, the year that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula. Kimura had left school at fourteen and got a job in a post office. While he was working there, he met his future wife Yae. He had been a postal worker for 45 years when he retired in 1962. But he didn't stop working! He became a farmer. In an interview, just before he died at the age of 116, he said he wasn't sure why he had lived so long. 'Maybe it's thanks to the sun', he said 'I'm always looking up to the sky!'