- •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
Exercises
1. Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets using the past perfect continuous.
1.1 was tired when I arrived home. (I / work / hard all day)...
There was nobody in the room but there was a smell of sigarettes. (somebody / smoke / in the room)...
Jim came into the house. He had a football and he was very tired, (he / play / football) ...
Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened, (she / dream)...
When I got home, Mike was sitting in front of the TV. He had just turned it off. (he/watch/TV)...
2. Supply the past perfect continuous tense of the vert» in brackets.
1.1 was tired. I... (work) all day long.
2. The room was empty but there was a smell of cigarettes. Somebody ... (smoke) in the
room.
He turned to the girl who ... (listen) to the conversation with breathless interest.
It was very hot in the house and she... (lie) awake for hours.
It... (snow) heavily and the telephone was cut down.
It... (rain) for weeks and the only bridge across the river was destroyed.
He... (study) the problem for a few years before he could solve it
3. Fill in the gaps with one of the verbs from the list in the past perfect continuous:
read, scream, argue, try, eat, watch
Emily was angry. She ..had been arguing., with her parents for an hour.
Mary felt sick. She... chocolates all afternoon.
Allan had a headache. His baby sister... for half an hour.
Emily was frightened. She... a horror film for half an hour.
Simon was confused. He... to win the game for hours.
John was very tired. He... all night
4. Complete the questions.
Example: How long had you been learning English before... (take up German)? How long had you been learning English before you took up German?
How long had they been saving up money before.» (buy a car)?
How long had he been writing poems before... (publish a book)?
How long had you been listening to mis record before... (understand ever word)?
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How long had you been taking this medicine before... (get well)?
How long had you been reading English books in adaptation before... (read them in the original)?
How long had the studio been making mis film before... (release it)?
How long had they been meeting before... (get married)?
5. Make up sentences with the past perfect continuous tense.
Example: Mother / teach literature for 20 years / retire.
Mother had been teaching literature for 20 years before she retired.
Your friend / live in London for 5 years / move to the Far East.
She / take this medicine for a week / recover.
He / write books for a few years / rise to fame.
He / work as an engineer for ten years / become a good specialist.
He / compose music for two years / become popular.
Mr. Brown / travel in India for three years / settle down in his native town.
when I came upon his name in a newspaper.