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Fossils: Petrified Fossil Mold Fossil Trace Fossil Carbon-Film Fossil Preserved Fossil Cast Fossil

The document provides vocabulary and grammar information related to fossils, paleontology, and the past tense in English. It includes lists of types of fossils, fossil-forming materials, vocabulary related to paleontology, and exercises to practice writing verbs in the past simple and past continuous tenses as well as using the past perfect tense.

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Fossils: Petrified Fossil Mold Fossil Trace Fossil Carbon-Film Fossil Preserved Fossil Cast Fossil

The document provides vocabulary and grammar information related to fossils, paleontology, and the past tense in English. It includes lists of types of fossils, fossil-forming materials, vocabulary related to paleontology, and exercises to practice writing verbs in the past simple and past continuous tenses as well as using the past perfect tense.

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Vocabulary

Fossils :     petrified fossil    mold fossil      trace fossil      carbon-film fossil          preserved fossil        cast fossil

Materials:  mineral     amber      carbon     mud      sand       sediment    tar

Grammar

Write each verb in the PAST SIMPLE  form into the correct column. Complete with the PAST SIMPLE
turn - make -take -help-discover -find- go -replace -preserve-
1. Thomas was digging when he ……………………. ( find ) a bone.
have – arrive- do- return- think- see- give- work- meet
Regular Irregular 2. I was having a bath when Sami …………………….(call) me.
3. I was tidying my bedroom when my friend ………………..(arrive).
4. The palaeontologist was digging when he ………………. (discover) a
fossil.
5. When the teacher ……………….. (come) in, the students were in the
classroom.

Choose the right option


Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. Alice hurt herself while she ………………. (play) tennis. 1 I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this
fantastic song.
2. I met my neighbour while I …………………. (walk) home from work.
2 When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I tried / was trying to finish the
3. We saw our friend while we ………………….. (ride) our bicycle. last question.

4. Peter fell asleep while he ………………………… (study). 3 I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke /
was breaking my ankle.
5. Tommy had a nightmare while he ………….. (sleep) at a friend’s house.
4 Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was
6. My dog found a bone while it ……………….. (dig) in my garden. calling him for lunch.

5 Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while
he surfed / was surfing the internet.
PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS:
6 I was cutting / cut myself while I cooked/ was cooking.
1. They ……………….. (have) dinner when the police ………………. (arrive).
7 When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to
2. Tamara ……………..(meet) her husband while she ………………. (travel) to school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible
New York.

3. I found………………. money while I ……………… (dig) in the yard.

4. Michael …………………(watch) a horror film when he…………….. (hear) a


strange noise.

5. Sheila ……………… (look) at her car keys when her friend ……………..
(come) in.

6. Paleontelogists …………….. (work) in Autralia, when they ………… (find)


important fossils.
Vocabulary
1 p _tr _f _ed fossil Amphibian Fish Arthropod Bacteria Worms Dinosaur

Palaeontologist Mammal Reptile Early humans Insect

2 m _l_ fossil 

3 tr _ c_ fossil     

4 c_ r_ _ n - f_lm fossil         

5 pr_ s_ rv_d fossil       

6 c_ s _ fossil
Past Prefect
When we arrived, the show ………………….(start /already) . We went to a place where I …………………..( never / be)  before.

The teacher wanted to know whether we ………………….. (read)  the book. Yesterday I met a friend that I ………………….(not see)  for ages.

We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather I ………………(call) her twice before she finally sent me a message.
………………. (plant)  many years before.

Before yesterday’s match, they……………. (not win) any of their matches. iIt was the first time he ……………..(hear) such beautiful music.
Past Perfect and Past Simple
1 By the time we arrived / had arrived, the film started / had started.
2 I got / ’d got dressed after I had / ’d had a shower.
3 I didn’t want / hadn’t wanted dinner because I ate / ’d eaten earlier.
4 Zara didn’t watch / hadn’t watched the film before I bought / ’d bought her the DVD.
5 He was / ’d been late for class because he missed / ’d missed his bus.

1. After Fred……………… (spend) his holiday in Italy he …………… (want) to learn Italian.

2. Jill ……………. (phone) Dad at work before she ……………. ( leave) for her trip.

3. When she ……… ( arrive) the match ………….already ………….. ( start).

4. After the man ………….. ( come) home he …………. ( feed) the cat.

5. Before he …………..  (sing) a song he …………… ( play) the guitar.


6. She ………….  ( watch) a video after the children …………… (go) to bed.

7. After Eric ……………. ( make) breakfast he ………….. (phone) his friend.

8. I ………….. ( be) very tired because I ……………. ( study) too much.

9. They ……………. (ride) their bikes before they …………… ( meet) their friends.

10. Samantha …………… (tell) me she …………….(practise) a lot before the exam.

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