> Other English exercises on the same topics: | Past | Plu-perfect | Find the correct tense [Change theme]
	> Similar tests: - Past simple or present perfect - Past tenses - Past simple (video) - Modal: may/might - Past simple or past continuous - Placement test 1 - Past perfect - Pluperfect
	> Double-click on words you don't understand

Dream and Back to reality 2/2

Remember, the tense of narration is the simple past .

ex: Alison came to this Pacific Island because it was the dream of her life. 

* The - ing forms: 

-  express  an action happening, in the  present ( present in -ing), or in the past ( preterite ou past perfect in -ing) at the moment of the narration. 

ex: Agustin was bringing food and drinks to the rich tourists who were having a holiday in the sun.

- They are compulsory after prepositions and particles (adverbs) following some verbs : 

ex: Agustin didn't want to go on being a servant all his life! 

 * IMPORTANT !  If an action happened before a simple past, it must be in the past perfect simple (or in the past perfect in -ing if we want to insist on the duration of the action) =>

 had + verb in the past participle  or  had + been + verb + ing  

ex: Before their departure from the USA, Alison's friend Liz, had been taken to hospital. 

* If you need to use a modal auxiliary  can => could  indicate a physical or intellectual ability, a capacity, and a permission in informal language.

  and may(=> might) express either a permission or a possibility.

  must(=> have to) indicate either an obligation, a duty, or near certainty.

                                                         should  expresses advice given or 'what would be good to exist' ...

 ex: Alison shouldn't order expensive drinks or food... She can't afford them! 

A) The vocabulary of waves and sea water. 

- a wave = a swelling on the surface of the sea, a ripple= a small wave, slack sea = the flat surface of the sea 'at rest',  a breaker = a huge wave which explodes ; a roller = a wave forming a roll

- spray = tiny droplets of sea-water ,  foam = a frothy form of water. 

- to surge, to swell= to become bigger and bigger ...                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

- damp= humid; wet= covered with liquid; soaked, drenched= very wet;  drowned= (like) dead in water. 

 B) Verbs expressing willpower:                                                                     

to have wishes	to desire
and desires :	to wish
opposed to 'to be reluctant'	to be willing to
to want very very much	to crave
to be impatient to	to be eager to
to want something very strongly	to long for
to wait impatiently	to look forward to
to want very strongly	to yearn for

C) Verbs expressing screams and shouts:

to cry loudly, openly	to cry out
to cry very loudly	to scream
to scream very loud and high	to shout
to cry (an acute sound)	to shriek
to cry (a piercing sound)	to shrill
to howl	to yell
to yell (US)	to holler (US)

 

D) Vocabulaire : Throwing... 

to throw  (net)	to cast, (I cast, cast)
to cast	to throw, (I threw, thrown)
to throw violently	to fling, (I flung, flung)
to fling violently	to hurl

 

                                                              

Well well! You must be ready to do the test, now ... Use the elements you have learnt in the lesson ! (Do not hesitate to have a pause, and save your work, of course!) Good luck!  

This text was freely inspired by The Beach-butler, by Ruth Rendell. 

Twitter Share
English exercise "Dream and Back to reality 2/2" created by here4u with The test builder. [More lessons & exercises from here4u]
Click here to see the current stats of this English test

Please log in to save your progress.

Continued ...
Two days later, she was both eager to see Agustin again, and wanted lookingwishing to lookingunwilling to lookwilling to lookI don't know unconcerned...
After swimming in the pool, she finally went to the beach and bathed. As she's walkingwalking backshe had walkedshe was walkingI don't know back to her recliner, in the last seconds, a huge breaker had formed and broke onto her. She disappeared under a ton of water, which collapsed onto her, almost drowndampwetwettingdrowningdampingI don't know her... She fought, battled for her balance, tried to grasp a grip, kicking the sand, anything, felt a shell that she thrust into her bathing suit bra, and went on to strugglestrugglingto strugglingstruglingstruggledI don't know to rise to her feet again... Nobody would helpedhad helped herhas helpedhad been helpedI don't know or come to her rescue! Still drenched but getting back to her senses, she saw Agustin smilesto smilewas smilingsmiledI don't know, and coming towards her with diet soda and crisps; 'That was a rough one! Lost nothing?...'
She drank and drank avidly, and slowly recovering fromhas slowly recoveringrecovered fromI don't know her emotions. Then, she went to her room, took out what she mistookedhad mistookmistakenhad mistakenI don't know for a shell, at first, and gaped admiringly, dumbfounded: in front of her astounded eyes was the most wonderful gold and diamond bracelet she had ever seen... After showering and having a rest, she went back to the beach and shownhas showedshowingshowedI don't know her treasure to Agustin who was quite mesmerized... They had sex again, very tenderly that time... He told her that he loved her, that they would live happily forever in Mexico or Rio or ..., she can choosehas choosencould choosechoseI don't know... He loved her, he loved her so much... What a wonderful life they'll havethey'd havethey had hadthey wouldI don't know... She frowned...
A minute later, she stood up, walked down to the Ocean up to her thighs, stopped... and hurled the bracelet into the water, as far and strongly as she can'tshe couldn'tshe couldshe had been able toshe canI don't know, then walked back to her hotel room... Agustin howled like a wounded animal and ran into the water, searching the sand, the waves, frantically,had yelled'll yellyelling'd yellI don't know constantly, endlessly… He was still howling and searchedbeen searchinghas searchedsearchingI don't know madly when she reached her room...
At that moment, she realised that he had not even askedhad even not askedeven hadn't askedI don't know for her first name... She smirked...

---

End of the free exercise to learn English: Dream and Back to reality 2/2
A free English exercise to learn English.
Other English exercises on the same topics : | Past | Plu-perfect | Find the correct tense | All our lessons and exercises