- •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
4. Put the verbs into the correct tense, past perfect, past perfect continuous or past simple.
By the time we... (get) home, Sally... (prepare) a delicious meal.
The fanner... (take) a break because he ... (work) in the fields for hours and he was exhausted.
It... (be) the most beautiful dress she ... (ever/seen).
When I... (enter) the room, I... (notice) that someone... (draw) the curtains.
After he... (finish) packing his suitcases, he... (call) a taxi.
By the time Susan... (arrive) at the station, the train... (leave).
She ... (travel) through Europe for a year before she... (decide) to settle in Spain.
The room... (be) much cooler after she... (turn on) the air conditioning.
5. Work in two teams. Continue the story that your teacher starts. If you fail to continue the story your team loses.
Teacher: It was midnight Tim was walking along the street.
Team 1 S1: Sudden he saw a beggar.
Team 2 S2: He was wearing an old dirty coat, etc.
V. Revision
1. Look at the sentences. Are they past simple (write ps), past continuous (pc), past perfect (pp), or past perfect continuous (ppc)?
1.1 had a dream last night....
It was about an old house....
ш the dream, I was walking along a corridor.... 4.1 had been there before, many years ago.
There was an open window and the floor was wet. ...
It had been raining earlier....
But it wasn't raining any more....
In the dream, I closed the window. ...
Then I woke up....
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2. Supply the Past Simple, the Past Continnous, the Past Perfect, the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
We (talk)... for some time when the bell (ring)... .
That day the sun (shine)... since morning and the sky (be)... blue.
I (tell) him what I (do) ... and he (tell) ... me what he (do) ... in the last three months.
4. They (walk)... along the street for half an hour before they (see)... a cafe. 5.1 (have)... breakfast when the telephone (ring)...
How long you (know)... Mike before you (get married)...
She (cook)... dinner when her husband (return)... home.
She (cook)... dinner for half an hour when she (remember)... that she (run out)... of bread.
9. She (thank)... me for what I (do)... .
10. The family (watch)... TV when I (come)... home.
3. Choose the correct answer.
1. 'Are you going shopping tonight?' 'No, I... yesterday.'
A went В had gone С had been going
2. 'Did you see Nathan?'
'No, he... by the time I arrived at his house.' A was leaving В had been leaving С had left
3. The Chinese... printing.
A invented В have invented С had invented
The man sitting next to me was nervous because he... before. A hasn't flown В didn't fly С hadn't flown D wasn't flying
... a car when they were living in London?
A Had they В Did they have С were they having D Have they had
Ian ... in Scotland for ten years. Now he lives in London. A lived В was living С had lived
Tom ... his hand when he was cooking the dinner. A burnt В was burning С has burnt
It was a boring weekend. ... anything. AI didn't ВI don't СI didn't do
'Where is Scott?'
'He... on the phone when I saw him.' A was talking В talked С had talked
10. 'Did you enjoy your holiday?' 'Yes, we ... in a fabulous hotel.'
A have stayed В had stayed С stayed