Selfstudy

Exercise 1. Put in the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. The car…………………………………………………………………………..(to stop) at the lights.

2. We……………………………………………………(to leave) the cinema before the end of the film.

3. My grandmother………………………………………………………………………(to die) last year.

4. Everyone…………………………………………………………………..(to have) a marvelous time.

5. We……………………………………………………………………..(not like) the food they gave us.

6. Claire………………………………………………………………………(to go) to Egypt last month.

7. The accident…………………………………………………………………(to happen) last weekend.

8. It………………………………………………………………………..(not / be) a comfortable journey.

9. I……………………………………………………………………………..(to know) that ages ago.

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences. Put in the correct form of each verb. Use the past continuous or past simple.

1. When Martin………………………………….(arrive) home, Anna……………………………….(talk) to someone on the phone. Martin (start) to get the tea.

2. I……………………………….(lie) in the bath when the phone…………………………………(ring). It…………………………………………………………….(stop) after a few rings.

3. It………………………………….(be) cold when we……………………….(leave) the house that day, and a light snow……………………………………..(fall).

4. Your friend who………………………………(come) here the other day………………………(seem) very nice. I……………………………………………………(enjoy) meeting her.

5. When I………………………………………(see) the man, he……………………………..(stand) outside the bank. He………………………………………………….(have) a black baseball cap on.

6. When I………………………………………..(open) the cupboard door, a pile of books………………………………………………..(fall) out.

7. I…………………………………………….(walk) along the street when I suddenly…………………………………..(feel) something hit me in the back. I………………………………………………………………(not / know) what it was.

8. We…………………………………………..(go) to London yesterday, but on the way we…………………………………………(hear) about a bomb scare in Oxford Street. So we ………………………………………………………………………..(drive) back home straightaway.

9. Something very strange……………………………………………(happen) to me on my way home from work yesterday afternoon. I……………………………………(drive) along the bypass at the time. Suddenly I………………………………………….(see) my mother in the seat beside me. But she died three years ago.

10. At six o’clock this morning I…………………………………………(have) a wonderful dream, but then the alarm…………………………………………………….(go) off.

11. This time yesterday I………………………………………………………………(lie) on the beach.

12. I saw Sid when I…………………………………………..(come) to work this morning. He………………………………………………………………(shop).

13. She……………………………………..(meet) her husband while she…………………………(travel) in Egypt.

14. While I………………………………………..(talk) to MrsSingleton somebody………………(walk) into my office and (steal) the computer.

15. I…………………………………………..(look) out of the window and………………………(see) that we…………………………………………………………………………….(fly) over the mountains.

16. She……………………………………(tell) me she……………………………………(have) a bad time with her husband.

Exercise 3. These paragraphs begin three stories: a love story, a western and a horror story. Complete the paragraphs using the past continuous or the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. It was midnight and I was alone in the house. Outside it………………………………..(rain) very hard. I…………………………………………..(get) ready to go to bed when I suddenly heard a strange noise outside my room in the corridor. Then, when I looked at the door, I noticed that someone………………………………………..(turn) the handle. I…………………………………..(rush) over to the door and quickly………………………………………(turn) the key in the lock. Then I………………………………………………………………………(ask) in a trembling voice. ‘Who is it?’

2. It was early evening and it…………………………………………..(begin) to get dark in the surgery of Doctor Harris. The young, handsome doctor…………………………………….(stand) looking sadly out of the window when there was a quiet knock at the surgery door. The door ………………………………………………………(open) and Dr Harris…………………………(turn) round to see the young girl who had just entered the room. She was very beautiful. With a sad smile the doctor…………………………………………………………….(ask), ‘Are the new nurse?’

3. I……………………………………………..(sit) in the big chair in Henry’s barber’s shop at the time. Henry…………………………………………(cut) my hair with his big pair of scissors when we heard the sound of horses outside. The noise was so loud that we………………………………………(go) over to the window to look. Through the window we could see at least twenty gunmen riding into town. Henry immediately………………………………………………………(go) over to his desk and……………………………………………………………(put) on his gun and Sheriff’s badge.

Exercise 4. Find the second part of each sentence. Put each verb into the correct form: past simple or past continuous.

A.

1. Vicky……………………………….(have) a beautiful dream…………… ………………………………

2. When Andrew……………………………….(see) the question, …………………………………………

3. The train…………………………………(wait)……………………………………………………………

4. I………………………………..(read) a library book……………………………………………………

5. Sarah……………………………………..(have) an electric shock………………………………………

6. When the doors………………………………………………..(open), …………………………………….

7. When the campers………………………………….(wake), …………………………………………………

B.

1. when she…………………………………………..(touch) the wire.

2. when I……………………………………….(find0 a £10 note in it.

3. when the alarm clock………………………………………..(ring).

4. the crowd……………………………………………………(rush) in.

5. he……………………………………(know) the answer immediately.

6. they……………………………..(see) that the sun……………………………………………(shine).

7. when we………………………………………………..(arrive) at the station.

Exercise 5. Finish the sentences using Past Continuous.

1. When I met her she………………………………………………………………………………………

2. When we entered the dining room Mrs Brown………………………………………………………

3. When she looked up at him he…………………………………………………………………………

4. He didn’t see that she…………………………………………………………………………………..

5. He came over to the door and looked in. The children…………………………………………….

6. The girl felt she………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. At that moment Amelia…………………………………………………………………………………

8. I can’t tell you what I…………………………………………………………………………………..

9. They didn’t see the man who…………………………………………………………………………..

10. We waited while the girls………………………………………………………………………………

Exercise 6. Translate the following into English concentrating on the use of the Past Simple and the Past Continuous.

1. В этот момент он увидел своего брата. Он стоял по другую сторону дверей………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Когда мальчик заснул, он всё ещё держал новую игрушку. …………………….

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3. Джо был доволен, что его брат теперь вёл машину медленнее. ……………………………..

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4. Я вышел на улицу. Светило солнце и дул лёгкий ветерок. ………………………………………

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6. Все были заняты: отец читал газету, мать накрывала на стол, дети делали уроки.

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7. Что вы делали вчера в 6 часов?.................................................................................................

8. Он говорил очень медленно и ни на кого не глядел. …………………………………………….

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9. Три комнаты были пусты, в четвёртой кто-то лежал на кровати. ……………………….

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10. Я вышел на улицу. Ребята уже ждали меня. ……………………………………………………

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11. Я неплохой водитель, но в тот день я вёл очень старую машину. ………………………..

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12. Мы оглянулись. Ребята сидели на траве. Они играли со щенком. ………………………….

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13. На следующее утро он уезжал на восток. ……………………………………………………….

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14. Она уже надевала пальто, как вдруг зазвонил телефон. ……………………………………..

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15. Он стоял у окна своего офиса, любуясь своим любимым городом. ………………………….

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