- •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
13. Join the sentences below using when, while, and, so or as/ because
The sun was shining. A. His wife was getting dressed
Bill was watching TV. B. He was very tired.
3.1 was having a bath. C. The birds were singing.
I heard a noise in the garden. D. 1 went to see what it was.
He went to bed early last night. E. My doorbell rang.
14. Look at the sentences in exercise 13. Which tenses are used for:
actions which happened one after the other?
a past action in progress interrupted by another past action?
past actions of a certain duration which happened at the same time?
an action which happened at a definite past time?
giving a background description to events in a story?
15. Adam had a terrible day yesterday.
A. Use the prompts and linking words given to tell the story.
When, while, as
he get out of bed / trip over the rug / fall and hurt leg
he make breakfast / spill coffee and burn fingers
he wait for bus / it start to rain
he watch TV / cat knock over expensive antique vase / it smash on floor
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e.g. As he was getting out of bed, he tripped over the rug and hurt his leg.
B. Adam is writing a letter to his friend. He is describing what happened yesterday. Look at exercise A and complete his letter.
Dear Alan,
I hope you're well. Sorry for not writing to you sooner, but I've been very busy lately. You can't imagine what a terrible day I had yesterday. It all started early in the morning when the telephone rang. As I was getting out of bed, I tripped over the
rug, fell and hurt my leg
1 hope I won't have such a terrible day again.
Best wishes, Adam
16. A Look at the notes below and say what Rick did yesterday, using the linking words from the list:
first, then, next, after that, finally 7 am get up
7:15 - 8:15 have breakfast
8:30 - 9 am drive to work
11 am -1 pm talk to some clients
1:30-2 pm have a lunch break
4 - 5 pm prepare a speech
5:30-6:30 drive home
В Now, in pairs, ask and answer questions about what Rkk was doing at the times in the list below
7:30 am 11:30 am 4:30 pm
8:45 am 1:45 pm 6 pm
17. Imagine that you were present when these things happened, then, in pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example.
SA: What were you doing when the burglar broke in? SB: I was watching TV. SA: What did you do? SB: I called for help.
The burglar broke in.
The lights went out.
The boat overturned.
The earthquake hit.
The building caught fire.
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18. Read these lists.
А В
wash the car; sit ш an armchair,
work in the garden; listen to the radio;
paint the kitchen; watch television;
do the washing up; read the newspaper;
clean the windows. look at some magazines.
Now practise these conversations with a partner, using phrases from the lists.
a) A: John came round to see me yesterday.
B: Did he? What were you doing? A: I was ... (listA)
B: Did he help you?
b) A: Did Peter... (list A) yesterday?
B: I don't know. He certainly wasn't (list A) when I went round to see him.
A: What was he doing?
B: He wasn't doing anything really. He was just (list B).
19. A policeman is asking Mrs. Hutchinson about a car accident she happened to see yesterday. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.
P: What „were you doing., (you/do) when you... (see) the accident madam?
H: 1... (walk) down the street
P: What exactly... (you/ see)?
H: Well, the driver of the car... (drive) down the road when suddenly th old man just
... (step) in front of him! It... (be) terrible!
P: ... (the driver/ speed)?
H: No, not really, but the old man... (not/ look) both ways before he... (try) to cross
the road.
P: ... (anyone else/see) the accident?
H: Yes; the lady in the post office. \
P: Thank you very much.