The Past Continuous Tense

Exercise 1. Make the following interrogative and negative.

1. She was standing alone before the fire. 2. They were crossing the street at the wrong place.

3. I was listening to their conversation. 4. They were talking about our party.

Exercise 2. Change the following into the Part Continuous.

1. The man is standing near the door. 2. Tom told a story. 3. The children swam in the river.

4. Is Mary wearing a white dress? 5. She went to the cinema.

Exercise 3. Put questions to the italicized words.

1. The man was reading a magazine when somebody knocked at the door. 2. He was waiting for a bus. 3. The boy was skating. 4. The students were dancing when I opened the door. 5. The girl was eating ice-cream when we came in.

Exercise 4. Answer the following questions.

1. Were you watching television at ten o'clock: last night? Did you like the programme? 2. Did you do your homework yesterday? Were you doing it the whole evening?

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Ми бачили її вчора. Вона працювала в саду. 2. Коли годинник пробив дванадцять, ми всі сиділи за столом. 3. Де ти був о третій годині? Ядзвонив тобі, але ніхто не відповів.- Я

ремонтував велосипд. 4. Коли я зайшов до залу, Ольга грала на скрипці. 5. Що вона робила, коли ви прийшли до неї?- Вона прибирала в кімнаті.

The Past Perfect Tense

Exercise 1. Make the following interrogative and negative.

1. The pupils had translated the text before the bell rang. 2. Kate had done her lessons by eight o'clock.

Exercise 2. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect.

1. Yesterday we (to discuss) the film which we (to see) some days before. 2. When my sister (to go) to the theatre, I (to begin) to write the letter. 3. The children (to fall asleep) by ten o'clock.

Exercise 3. Translate into English.

1. Коли Неля прийшла до школи, її товариші вже полили квіти. 2. Ми читали книжку, яку я купив у Києві. З. Учитель сказав, що він перевірив наші диктанти. 4. Учень переклав текст до десятої години. 5. Коли ми повернулися додому, дитина вже заснула. 6. Мій брат писав, що він уже склав екзамени з фізики й математики.

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Exercise 1. Change from direct into indirect speech.

1. The girl said, "I have been thinking about it all day." 2. He said, "She has been behaving strangely."

Exercise 2. Turn the following into the Past Perfect Continuous. Add other words indicating a past moment as in the model.

M o d e l: I have been waiting for you for half an hour.—I had been

waiting for you for half an hour when you came.

1. I have been packing my things for an hour and a half. 2. He has been working in the laboratory for Two years. 3. They have been quarrelling for a long time.

Exercise 3. Translate into English

1. Коли я увійшов до класу, учні обговорювали плаy екскурсії. Вони обговорювали його вже 20 хвилин. 2. Коли, Ольга закінчила інститут, її сестра вже п'ять років викладала

англійську мову в школі. 3. Його батьки залишили квартиру, в якій вони прожили двадцять років.