IX.Open the brackets using the verbs in Past Simple, Past Progressive or in Past Perfect.

1.By eight o’clock yesterday I (to do) my homework and at eight I (to watch) TV. 2.When I (to meet) Tom, he (to eat) an ice-cream which he (to buy) at the corner of the street. 3.When I (to enter) the room, Ann (to sort) the flowers which she (to pick) in the garden. 4.When I (to come) home yesterday, I (to see) that my little son (to break) my watch and (to play) with its pieces. 5.There (to be) two men in the room. One of them (to write) something while the other (to read) a newspaper. 6.He (not to tell) me that he (to receive) a telegram from her. 7.I (to ask) him if he (to know) where she (to live). I (to say) I (not to know) her address. 8.She (to say) that he (to give) her the false information. 9.I (to sit) in an armchair and (to think) of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly (to open) and an old friend of mine whom I (not to see) for a very long time (to enter) the room. 10.She (to come) in the room just at the time when we (to discuss) the opportunity of getting a discount. It (to be) the first time I (to see) her. 11.I (to see) him just as he (to leave) the hotel. 12.I (not to see) him before we (to meet) at the exhibition. 13.He (to leave) the house before I (to have) time to ask him anything. 14.After spending several days in Paris he (to feel) lonely and (to want) to return home. 15.He (to speak) a language we never (to hear) before. 16.He (to tell) me he (to learn) it from the newspaper. 17.He (to enter) the room, (to take) something from the table and (to go) out. 18.I (to return) to the hotel only late at night as I (to lose) my way in the fog. When I (to come) up to my room, I (to see) Pete who (to stand) at the door of the room. He (to wait) for me as he (to lose) his key and could not get in. 19.When I (to wake) up, it (to be) already ten o’clock, I (to call) my brother. Nobody (to answer). He already (to leave). 20.I (to go) up to the open window. The rain (to stop) and the sun (to shine) brightly. The birds in the garden (to sing). The morning (to be) fine. 21.When the rain (to stop) I (to look) out of the window and (to see) John who (to stand) under a tree waiting for me. 22.When I called at his house, they (to tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before. 23.When I came to the station, I (not to find) my friend there as I (to be) five minutes late and the train (to leave). 24.The telegram (to come) some minutes after he (to go) to the station. 25.She (to look) very tired as she (to work) hard.

X.Open the brackets using the verbs in Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past Progressive or in Past Perfect.

1.He (to come) home late yesterday. 2.She is very glad: she (to finish) her report at last. 3.He (to translate) the whole text by eleven o’clock. 4.I never (to be) to his office. 5.Last year we (to work) very much. 6.When I (to have) breakfast I went to the assembly shop. 7.I (not to see) you for ages! I am very glad to see you. 8.When you (to see) the “Swan Lake”? 9.My sister already (to graduate) from the institute. 10.He translated the letter which the postman (to bring) the day before. 11.I (to see) an interesting TV programme this week. 12.You ever (to be) to Trafalgar Square? 13.They (to make) tests the whole day yesterday. 14.I just (to see) Jack. 15.She (to have) talks from five till six on Wednesday. 16.Look! He (to make) a very good drawing. 17.At this time yesterday I (to go) to the airport. 18.The TV programme (to begin) before I (to come) home. 19.I (not to hear) anything about his business since summer. 20.I understood that she (not to read) my remarks. 21.She (to do) the rooms when she(to come) home. 22.It’s all right: she (to find) the way out of the situation. 23.Columbus (to discover) America 500 years ago. 24.Columbus (not to know) that he (to discover)America. 25.He (to discuss) the problem with a lot of people before he (to take) a decision. 26.They (to discuss) the question of delivery the whole day yesterday. 27.When you (to receive) an offer from Roose & Co.? 28.They (to travel) along the coast of Africa last year. 29.I (to stand) at the tram stop when it (to begin) raining. 30.When Nick (to come) to the office his friends (to discuss) something. But they (to stop) immediately after he (to enter) the room. 31.At this time a week ago we (to talk) about you. 32.Your boss (to return) from the Ministry? Can I speak to him? 33.They (to reach) the river by sunset. 34.I yet (not to receive) an answer to my letter. 35.He (to spend) two weeks in Scotland two years ago.