- •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. Underline the correct tense.
1.1 saw Jim this morning. He ran / was running for the bus.
2. Keri was angry. She had been waiting / was waiting for Sarah for two hours.
3.1 was walking / had walked home when I saw Paul.
4.1 watched / was watching television when the telephone rang.
Jason had been thinking / had thought about his new car all day.
The little boy was crying because he had lost / was losing his mother.
7. Pam opened / had opened the present and read the card.
8. Graham had been working / was working for the company for twenty years before he retired.
9. Lucy wrote / had written a letter to her sister last night.
10. Sue was smiling / had smiled as she was reading Mary's letter.
5. Put the verb into the correct past tense.
1. Who... (invent) the bicycle?
2.1 was the last to leave the office. Everybody else... (go) home.
What... (you/do) last weekend? ... (you/go) away?
We decided not to go out because... (it/rain) quite hard.
A few days ago... (I/see) a man at a party whose face... (be) very familiar. At first I couldn't think where... (Usee) him before. Then suddenly ... (I/remember) who... (it/be).
6. A:... (you/arrive) at the theatre in time for the play last night?
B: No, we were late. By the time we got there,... (it/already/start). 7.1 went to John's room and... (knock) on the door but there... (be) no answer. Either... (he/go) out or... (he/not/want) to see anyone.
Angela asked me how to use the photocopier. ... (she/never/use) it before, so ... (she/not/know) what to do.
Mary... (go) for a swim after work yesterday. ... (she/need) some exercise because ... (she/sit) in an office all day in front of a computer.
6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1. A: Why was Tim so tired last night? B: Oh, he... (work) hard last night.
A: I... (go) to the cinema last night. B: Really? What... (you/see)?
A: Did you have enough to eat at the party? B: Yes. Sarah... (make) a lot of food.
A: What... (you / do) at eight o'clock last night? B: I... (watch) television.
5. A: Colin! Look at yourself! You are filthy! B: I know. I... (repair) my motorbike.
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6. A: I... (do) something really silly yesterday. B: Really, what?
A: I... (get) up and ... (set off) for work as usual. I... (drive) for an hour before I... (realize) it was Sunday.
7. Put the verb in the correct form, past simple, past continuous, past perfect past perfect continuous.
1. Yesterday afternoon Mary... (go) to the station to meet Paul. When she... (get) there, Paul... (already/ wait) for her. His train... (arrive) early.
2.1... (meet) George and Linda yesterday as I... (walk) through the park. They... (be) to the Sports Centre where they... (play) tennis. They... (go) a cafe for a drink and... (invite) me to join them but I... (arrange) to meet a friend and... (not/ have) time.
3. Mary had to go to New York last week, but she almost... (miss) the plane. She... (stand) in the queue at the check-in desk when she suddenly... (realize) that she... (leave) her passport at home. Fortunately, she doesn't live very far from the airport, so she... (have) time to take a taxi home to get it. She... (get) back to the airport just in time for her flight
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