A murder case

There was a murder yesterday evening. There was a blackout between 7 and 8.The police is questioning the suspects. Mary found her sister's dead body in the bathroom at 9.00. There were five people in the house at that time.
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's mother:..........................................................................(work) I (finish)......................at 8.00.
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's father:............................................................................(cook dinner)
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's friend:..............................................................................(play tennis) I (come)..........................to Mary's house at 8.30.
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's brother:................................................(play the guitar)
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary:................................................................................(watch tv) 
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)

Who is the murderer? Why?
Complete the gaps with the missing verbs in the correct tense.
Yesterday evening there.............a murder at Mary's house. Mary...............her sister's dead body in the bathroom. The police..................the suspects. Mary's mother...........................Mary's friend..................................Mary's father .........
Mary's brother..............................Mary................................There was no power!

Past Continuous exercises

Yesterday at 3 pm the following people were in the middle of an action.
Write affirmative sentences using the past continuous.

1. You / play / cards 
2. Alice / walk / around the lake 
3. Caron / listen / to the radio 
4. We / read / a book about Australia 
5. Linda / look for / her ring 
6. Fiona and Sam / visit / the castle 
7. Ben / wash / the car 
8. Kim and I / wait / in the park 
9. My sister / feed / the birds 
10. Greg and Phil / count / their money

But at 5 pm they were doing other things.Write negative sentences using the past continuous.

Mary wants to know what all those people were doing at 3 pm. Write interrogative sentences using the past continuous.



REMEBER!

Exceptions in spelling when adding ing	Example
final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed)	come – coming (but: agree – agreeing)
after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled	sit – sitting
l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English)	travel – travelling
final ie becomes y	lie – lying

Revision 1 ESO

1.Copy the sentences. Underline the uncountable nouns.
There is milk in the fridge.
There isn't any juice in the fridge.
There are some cats on the sofa.
There is a pillow under the duvet.
There aren't any ceiling fans in the room.
There isn't much water in the river.
Is there any money on the table?
Is there sand in your pockets?
Is there any fruit?

2.Translate the sentences into Spanish. 

3.Copy the sentences. Then translate them into Spanish.
Joe's hair is brown and his eyes are blue.
Gail and Fiona are sisters. They are tall and thin.
Are you a honest person?
My sister's schoolbag is pink and her pencil case is purple.
We haven't got red markers.
Those are my pencils.
Has she got a black diary?
When is your brother's birthday?
I am not a good football player.
Pierre hasn't got an English name.

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