Test 4 (Past Simple / Past Perfect)
1. Underline the correct answer:
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or Past Simple:
3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple):
When he (wake up)
,
his mother (already / prepare)
breakfast.We (go) to London because the Queen (invite) us for tea.
He (hear) the news, (go) to the telephone and (call) a friend.
When she (start) to learn English, she (already / learn) French.
Jane (already / type) ten pages when her computer (crash) .
By the time he (arrive) at the pub, they (run) out of beer.
Before that day we (never / think) of going to Japan.
I (know) him for a long time before I (meet) his family.
They (not / know) where to meet because nobody (tell) them.
It (be) cloudy for days before it finally (begin) to rain.
4. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or pas perfect simple):
It (be) a cold and rainy Sunday, so I (decide) to finish the essay that I (start) writing a few days before.
I (switch) on the computer and (open) the document.
Then I (begin) looking for my notes that I (handwrite) on a sheet of paper.
But the notes (be) not on my desk and I (can / not) remember where I (put) them.
I (turn) the whole house upside down.
And where (find / I) my notes?
I (leave) them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of papers and magazines.
Now that I (find) my notes, I (want) to continue writing my essay.
First I (know / not) what to write but then I (have) lots of ideas.
I (complete / almost) my essay when my computer suddenly (crash) and I (notice) that I (forget) to save the document.
After I (reboot) my computer, I (see) that at least 5 of the pages I (type) (be) missing.
So I (have) to start all over again.
Present Perfect Continuous
The Present Perfect Continuous is made by using the present form of the auxiliary verb "have"+past participle of the verb "to be"+-ing form of the main verb ("I have been doing"). To form questions we reverse the order of the pronoun and "have/has" (Have I, Has he ...?). This tense is rarely used in English.
Using the Present Perfect Continuous Tense: to talk about an action which began in the past and has recently finished or just finished (without time words)
Example: Bob and Gloria have just come back from the park. They have been jogging and they are very tired now.
to say how long something has been happening. The action began in the past, continues in the present (or has just stopped), and may continue into the future (with time words since, for, all day,all afternoon, every day this year, etc.)
Examples: Ann has been playing tennis for two hours. (Ann is playing tennis now. She began to play tennis two hours ago and she is still playing.)
to express an action or general activity in progress (without time words or with recently, lately) Example: Viktoria has been thinking about changing her job.
Exercise 1.Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous:
Exercise 2.Translate into English:
Exercise 3.Underline the correct answer:
Exercise 4.Complete the sentences with the correct time adverbs from the box:
