The Past Indefinite (Past Simple) / Past Continuous (Past Progressive) / Past Perfect Continuous / Past Prefect Tense. Test

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Only one variant is correct!

1.I (talk) over the phone when they brought me a letter.

A) talked b) had talked

c) had been talking d) was talking

2.They (sit) in the room when the taxi arrived.

a) sat b) had sat

c) had been sitting d) were sitting

3.He quickly forgot everything he (learn) at school.

a) learnt b) had learnt

c) had been learning d) was learning

4.I visited Brazil in April. I (stay) at a nice hotel for a fortnight.

а) stayed b) had stayed

c) had been staying d) was staying

5.I (stay) at the hotel for a fortnight when I received your letter.

a) stayed b) had stayed

c) had been staying d) was staying

6.The musician (play) the piano for a whole hour when we came in.

a) played b) had played

c) had been playing d) was playing

7.Alice closed the magazine and rose from the sofa on which she (lie) for more than two hours.

a) lay b) had lain

c) had been lying d) was lying

8.A man (be) unconscious for a few minutes when the ambulance arrived.

a) was b) had been c) had being

9.We (walk) along a forest road for two hours when we saw a house.

a) walked b) had walked

c) had been walking d) were walking

10.I (talk) over the phone a whole hour when the porter knocked at the door.

a) talked b) had talked

c) had been talking d) was talking

11.I hardly (finish) speaking with the porter when the phone rang again.

a) finished b) had hardly finished

c) had been finishing d) was finishing

12.First I (answer) the phone, and then I read your letter.

a) answered b) had answered

c) had been answering d) was answering

13. And I began writing to you instead of going to the seaside, as I (plan) before.

a) planned b) had planned

c) had been planning d) was planning

Future tenses

THE FUTURE INDEFINITE (FUTURE SIMPLE) TENSE

Future Indefinite выражает действие или состояние в будущем.

Future Indefinite употребляется:

1) для описания естественного хода событий:

• The exams will begin on the 10th of June.

2) для выражения действия, которое совершится при определённых условиях и обстоятельствах:

• When you finish your work, we shall go to the restaurant.

Примечание: а) В придаточных предложениях времени и условия вместо Future Indefinite употребляется Present Indefinite.

б) В разговорной речи для выражения отдельных намеченных на ближайшее будущее действий (в особенности с глаголами to come, to stay, to call и выражениях to have guests; to give a party и т.п.) часто употребляется Present Continuous:

• When are you coming to see us?

• She is giving a birthday party tomorrow.

3) для выражения намерения совершить действие в ближайшем будущем употребляется сочетание Present Continuous глагола to go с инфинитивом другого глагола:

• What are you going to do with your old toys?

• I'm going to present them to my little brother.

Future Indefinite образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола shall для 1-го лица единственного и множественного числа и will для всех остальных лиц и основы инфинитива основного глагола:

shall/will + V

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets in the Future Indefinite (Future Simple) Tense.

1.I'm tired. I (go) to bed.

2.It's late. I think I (take) a taxi.

3.....I (answer) the question?

4.We don't know their address. What (we/do)?

5.Our test (not/take) long.

6.I'm afraid they (not/wait) for us.

7.Diana (come) to the party tomorrow?

8.You (arrive) in Paris tomorrow evening.

9.The boy (remember) this day all his life.

10.Perhaps they (buy) a new house this year.

11.He (be) fourteen next year.

12.I'm not sure I (find) him at the hotel.

13.We (not/book) the tickets in advance.

14.Do you think it (rain)?

15.Everybody thinks they (not/get) married.

16.There (not/be) any wars in the world.

17.Dad (present) a personal computer,.....he?

18......there (be) drugs for every kind of disease in 50 years' time.