- •I. Past Simple
- •Exercises
- •1. Put in was/were or wasn't/ weren't.
- •3. Write the past simple of the verbs in the list in the correct box.
- •4. Write the past simple and the past participle of these verbs. Then choose five verbs and make sentences using the past simple.
- •5. Write sentences about the past
- •6. Supply the past forms of the irregular verbs in italics.
- •Lizardman
- •Past Simple versus Present Perfect
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
- •3. Correct the sentences that are wrong.
- •4. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple.
- •II. Past Continuous
- •2. Put these sentences into the negative and question form.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous tense.
- •4. Write sentences. Use the past continuous in a positive, negative or question form.
- •8. Make the sentences complete using either the past continuous or the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
- •9. Put the verb into the correct form, the past simple or the past continuous.
- •10. Correct the mistakes.
- •11. Rewrite the sentences. Use the past continuous and past simple with when or while.
- •12. Join the sentences using as, just, while, when and ago. Put the verbs into the past continuous or the past simple.
- •13. Join the sentences below using when, while, and, so or as/ because
- •14. Look at the sentences in exercise 13. Which tenses are used for:
- •16. A Look at the notes below and say what Rick did yesterday, using the linking words from the list:
- •17. Imagine that you were present when these things happened, then, in pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example.
- •18. Read these lists.
- •20. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous
- •22. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Then say which uses of these tenses are shown in each extract.
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous or the past simple.
- •24. Put in the past simple or past continuous. Note where both forms are possible.
- •In the blaze of her headlights. It (look)... Like a hedgehog with a tall white hat. It
- •III. Past perfect
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions using the past perfect tense.
- •2. Jane arrived late at different places yesterday. What had happened when she arrived at each place?
- •3. First, say which action happened first, then join the sentences using the words in brackets, as in the example.
- •4. Make up a complex sentence combining two simple sentences.
- •Read the situation and write sentences from the words in brackets.
- •6. Choose the correct words.
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the past perfect or the past continuous
- •9. Supply the past simple, the past continuous or the past perfect.
- •10. Read the following sets of sentences and say how the meaning changes.
- •11. Look at Pam's day. Combine these sentences in the correct order. Begin your sentences with when.
- •12. Look at these phrases.
- •IV. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets using the past perfect continuous.
- •2. Supply the past perfect continuous tense of the vert» in brackets.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with one of the verbs from the list in the past perfect continuous:
- •4. Complete the questions.
- •5. Make up sentences with the past perfect continuous tense.
- •6 . Make up sentences complete the suitable parts from the right and left-hand columns.
- •8. Identify the tenses in bold then match them to the correct tense description. How is each tense formed? When do we use each tense?
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
- •10. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Put the verb in the correct form, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
- •Past Perfect Continuous и Past Continuous
- •E xercises
- •2. Supply either the past perfect continuous or the past continuous of the verb in brackets.
- •3. Put the verb into the most suitable form, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
- •4. Put the verbs into the correct tense, past perfect, past perfect continuous or past simple.
- •5. Work in two teams. Continue the story that your teacher starts. If you fail to continue the story your team loses.
- •V. Revision
- •1. Look at the sentences. Are they past simple (write ps), past continuous (pc), past perfect (pp), or past perfect continuous (ppc)?
- •2. Supply the Past Simple, the Past Continnous, the Past Perfect, the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
- •3. Choose the correct answer.
- •4. Underline the correct tense.
- •5. Put the verb into the correct past tense.
- •Библиографический список
- •Оглавление
Past Perfect Continuous и Past Continuous
Past Continuous употребляется для выражения действия, совершавшегося в определенный момент в прошлом, а время Past Perfect Continuous употребляется для выражения продолженного действия, которое началось и закончилось до другого действия в прошлом и длилось в течение определенного периода времени.
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Сравните по табл. 8:
Таблица 8
When I looked out of the window the When I looked out of the window it
sun was shining but the ground was was raining. (Когда я выглянул в
wet. It had been raining, (в тот окно, дождь шел (именно в этот
момент, когда я выглянул в окно, момент)).
дождя не было, он шел до этого в
течение какого-то периода.
E xercises
1. Answer the questions negatively and complete the statement with But... had been + the -ing form
Example: What were you doing when John came to see you? I wasn't doing anything but I had been writing letters before.
What were you doing while it rained yesterday? (walk in the park).
What were you doing when the vacation ended? (have a nice time)
What were you doing when I saw you last night? (watch TV)
What were you doing when the concert began? (get ready for the concert)
What was he doing when they called him up on the telephone? Do his Homework
2. Supply either the past perfect continuous or the past continuous of the verb in brackets.
Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor, he (look)... for his pen.
When I arrived she (wait)... for me. But she looked angry as she (wait)... for a very long time.
They still (walk)... when it started snowing.
The children looked tired. They (walk)... since early morning.
The magnificent car (wait)... at the door. It (wait)... for two hours.
The sun (shine)... all day long yesterday.
She (cry)... for a few minutes more before she could stop.
John (drive)... me car when the accident happened.
The sky (clear)... though it (rain)... stul.
10. The telephone (ring)... for a few minutes before somebody picked up the receiver.
3. Put the verb into the most suitable form, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
We were good friends. We... (know) each other for a long time.
Mary was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She... (run).
When I arrived, everybody... (sit) round the table with their mouths full.
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They... (eat). 4. When I arrived, everybody... (sit) round the table and talking. Their mouths
were empty but their stomachs were full. They... (eat). 5.1 was sad when I sold my car. I... (have) it for a very long time.
Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He... (look) for his contact lens.
John gave up smoking two years ago. He... (smoke) for 30 years.
When I arrived, Kate... (wait) for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I was late and she... (wait) for a very long time.
We were tired at the end of the journey. We... (travel) for more than 24 hours.
10. It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours... (have) a party.