- •Past Indefinite Versus Past Perfect
- •Exercises
- •Complete these sentences using the verbs in brackets.
- •II. Complete the sentences as in the example.
- •III. Make up sentences using the words in brackets.
- •As soon as I had booked a ticket I phoned Bill
- •Past Perfect Continuous
- •Exercises:
- •Complete the conversation. Put in the past perfect continuous of the verbs.
- •Add a sentence with the past perfect continuous to explain why.
- •4.A young man was struck by lightning stand/under a tree ____________________________
- •Past simple, continuous and perfect.
- •Put in the correct form of the verbs.
- •Past Tenses
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
- •Put the verbs into Past Perfect or Past Simple.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.
- •Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.
Put the verbs into Past Perfect or Past Simple.
Paul ...................................(just/finish) his dinner when he ............................(hear) a knock at the door.
When I .......................................(arrive) at the airport I realised I .........................(forget) my passport
Anna .....................................(never/see) snow before she ............................(come) to Scotland.
I ..................................(reach) the station at 5.00 but the train ..............................(already/leave).
Julie ......................................(leave) by the time Laura .............................(arrive) at her house.
Sharon .................................(look) exhausted as she ...............................(run) all the way to school.
When my dad closed the car door, he ...............................(realise) he ...........................(lock) the keys inside.
III. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.
Alex .......................................(practise) for three months before the concert.
The girls ................................(study) for their exams since Easter.
By six o’clock everyone .............................(go) home.
Carrie .....................................(finish) the work before her boss returned.
Cathy’s puppy ..............................(die) by the time she got it to the vet.
Mark ...........................................(wriete) for six years before his work was published.
After my dad .............................................(drive) for two hours, we stopped for a break.
Everyone ..............................................(finish) eating by the time Mr and Mrs Jones arrived.
She ......................................................(already/get up) by 7 o’clock when her alarnm clock went off.
Tom .......................................(wait) for a phone call since he returned from school.
Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.
It .............................(be) nearly four o’clock and Alan ........................9sit) in the changing room .............................(feel) very nervous. He .............................(feel) excited too, as he .................(wait) for the chance to play for Liverpool for a very long time. However, he ..............................(only/just/join) the team and ..............................(never/play) in front of so many people before. Suddenly it ..........................(be) time t go and before he ................................. (know) it, he...............................(run) towards the pitch along with the rest of the team.
B
Peter Wilson ...................................(study) law for a year when he ......................(realise) that he .............................(not/be) very interested in the subject. He ....................(always/be) fascinated by animals, and he ...........................(help) his aunt who worked as a vet ever since he was a teenager, so in the end he ..........................(decide) to become a vet.