- •Past Continuous (Progressive)
- •Exercises:
- •Translate the sentences using the necessary tense form. Divide all the sentences into different groups according to the usage of their tense forms.
- •Make the right choice.
- •Use the right form of the verbs in brackets.
- •Test work 6.
- •Exercises:
- •Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Perfect.
- •Put the verbs in the Past Perfect or the Past Simple.
- •Put the verbs in the Past Perfect or the Past Simple.
- •Test work 7.
- •Put the verbs in the correct past tense.
- •Put the verbs in the correct past tense.
- •Past Perfect Continuous
- •Exercises:
- •Use the right form of the verb.
- •Translate using the right form of the verb.
- •Explain the difference between the following pairs of sentences.
- •Put the verbs into the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.
- •Use the necessary past tense form of the verb.
- •Test work 8.
- •Complete the article. Use the necessary past tense form.
- •Use the necessary past tense form.
- •Control work. Past Tenses.
- •I. Use the necessary verb form.
- •II. Translate.
- •Future Indefinite (Simple)
- •Exercises:
- •1. Use the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets. Formulate the rule expressing the usage of these tenses.
- •2. Use the Future Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets.
- •3. What tense forms can be used to express a future action? Use the right tense form.
- •4. Use the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets.
- •Test work 9.
- •Future Continuous (Progressive)
- •Exercises:
- •Translate from Russian into English using the right form of the verb.
- •Read the text and find out the ways of expressing future actions.
- •Future Perfect
- •Exercises:
- •Translate from Russian into English using Future Perfect.
- •Use the required future or present tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.
- •Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive)
- •Exercises:
- •Read the sentences and comment on the ways future actions can be expressed.
- •Control work Future Tenses
- •I. Open the brackets:
- •II. Translate the sentences:
- •Test your tenses
- •Use the right form of the verb.
- •Make the right choice.
- •Translate using the right form of the verb.
Test work 7.
Put the verbs in the correct past tense.
1. A: How long (1) _____ (you / live) in Sidney before you (2) _____ (move) back to London?
B: We (3) _____ (live) in Sidney for ten years when the company that Richard (4) _____ (work) for (5) _____ offer him a position at the London office.
A: (6) _____ (you / want) to come back to London?
B: Yes. We (7) _____ (be) both excited about coming home so Richard (8) _____ (accept) the job immediately.
2. A: Where (1) _____ (be) you yesterday afternoon? I (2) _____ (call) you all afternoon but there (3) _____ (be) no answer.
B: I (4) _____ (be) at home but you (5) _____ (probably / ring) me when (6) _____ (rake) the leaves outside in the garden. Why?
A: I (7) _____ (finish) all my errands and I (8) _____ (think) we could see a film.
3. A: Where (1) _____ (you / buy) your car from?
B: Well, as you know, I (2) _____ (look) for a car for two months. Then, one day, as I (3)_____ (talk) to my uncle, he (4) ____ (mention) that one of his friends (5) _____(want) to sell his car because he (6) _____ (need) the money. He (7) _____ (have) the car for three years and it (8) _____ (be) in excellent condition. The best thing about it was that it only (9) _____ (cost) me $3000.
Put the verbs in the correct past tense.
The moon (1) _____ (shine) its light on the still waters of the lake as the animals (2) _____ (hunt) for their dinner in the forest. In the tiny log cabin, Sam Kinsley (3) _____ (sit) in front of the fire, trying to warm his cold feet. It (4) _____ (snow) earlier that day and Sam (5) _____ (chop) wood in preparation for the long winter ahead. Suddenly, he (6) _____ (hear) a strange noise. He quickly (7) _____ (put on) his boots, (8) _____ (grab) a torch and (9) _____ (go) outside. He (10) _____ (shine) the torch into the darkness but (11) _____(see) nothing. A few seconds later, he (12) _____ (hear) the noise again. With his heart thumping, he (13) _____ (climb) the ladder leading to the roof. When he (14)_____ (reach) the top, he (15) _____(see) two huge eyes staring at him. Realising what it (16) _____ (be), he (17) _____(chuckle) and (18) (sigh). “Abigail! You nearly (19) _____ (scare) me to death!” The owl, which Sam (20) _____ (nurse) back to health after she (21) _____ (break) her leg, (22) _____ (hoot) and (23) _____ (flutter) her wings.
Past Perfect Continuous
had been Ving
|
Affirmative |
Interrogative |
Negative |
I had been working. |
Had I been working? |
I hadn’t been working. |
He had been working. |
Had he been working? |
He hadn’t been working. |
She had been working. |
Had she been working? |
She hadn’t been working. |
It had been working. |
Had it been working? |
It hadn’t been working. |
We had been working. |
Had we been working? |
We hadn’t been working. |
You had been working. |
Had you been working? |
You hadn’t been working. |
They had been working. |
Had they been working? |
They hadn’t been working. |
Past Perfect Continuous is used to express:
actions in progress that began before a certain moment in the past. The action itself may or may not be completed by that time. The duration of the action is indicated:
He had been staying in the hotel for a week when his friends arrived.
The hotel’s owner said nine Irishmen had been staying at the hotel since June.
When mother came home, I had been writing a composition for an hour already.
An action in progress that was, in fact, completed before a certain moment of time in the past:
Her eyes were red. I saw that she had been crying.
By their wet bathing suits I could see that they had been swimming.