2. Add a sentence with the past perfect continuous to explain why.

Model: Claire got burnt./ lie in the sun . She had been lying in the sun.

1. Vicky looked upset. /cry ________________________________________

2. Henry was stopped by the police. /drive/too fast __________________________

3. The children started a fire. Play/with matches ____________________________

4.A young man was struck by lightning stand/under a tree ____________________________

3. Past simple, continuous and perfect.

Daniel is telling a story of how he forgot his passport. Put the verbs into the correct form.

________________(it/happend) last August at the airport. A few weeks before, a group of us

_____________________( decide) to go to Greece together for a holiday.

______________________ ( we/ wait) in the queue at passport control when suddenly

______________________(I/realize) that ____________________ (I/ forget) my passport.

________________________(it/be) quite a shock. _______________(I/hurry) to a phone and

______________________(ring) my parents. ___________________(they/ work) in the garden,

but luckily my mother ___________________(hear) the phone.

___________________________(they/ find) the passport and immediately

____________________________(drive) to the airport with it. ________________(I/meet) them

at the information desk. _________________(we/have) not time to talk, but ________________

(I/say) goodbye to them earlier that morning. ____________(I/run) all the way to the plane. I was just in time. When _____________(I/get) there, the passengers ___________________(sit) in their seats ready for take-off. When ______________________(they/see) me, everyone________________ (start) clapping.

4. Put in the correct form of the verbs.

Model: Tom could hear shouts from the flat next door. His neighbours were arguing (argue) again.

1. Emma went into the sitting – room. It was empty, but the television was still on. Someone _____________________________(watch) it.

2. I ___________________(play) tennis, so I had a shower. I was annoyed because

I ___________________(not win) a single game.

3. The walkers finally arrived at their destination. They ________________(walk) all day, and they certainly needed a rest. They __________________ (walk) thirty miles.

4. When I saw Nick last week, he said he ____________________(stop) smoking. But when I saw him two days later, he _______________(smoke ) a cigarette. He looked rather ashamed.

5. I must really go and see the dentist. One of my teeth ________________(ache) for weeks.

6. When Melanie arrived at David’s place, he ________________(lie ) on the sofa reading a detective novel. He ____________________(buy) it at the second-hand bookshop, and he _________________ (read) it for most of the afternoon.

Past Tenses

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

It .............................(be) a cold afternoon in November. The wind......................(blow) and the streets .......................(be) empty. As June ........................(walk) along the pavement she suddenly ...............................(realise) that a man ............................(follow) her. Treefied, she ...................(run) to a telephone and ..........................(dial) the police, but while she ...................(wait) for an answer the man ...............................(come) up to her and ...................(say), “Come with me – now!’