Exercise 1.

1. I got lost in the forest because I took the road I ..... before.

didn’t never take

never took

had never taken

didn’t take

2. Margaret didn’t wear her shoes; she was barefoot. She ..... on a piece of broken glass and cut her foot.

stepped

had stepped

was stepping

had been stepping

3. I looked everywhere for my car keys and then I remembered that my son ..... the car to work.

took

had taken

was taking

had been taking

4. It wasn't raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It ..... all day.

had been raining

rained

was raining

had rained

5. We ..... TV for ten minutes when the electricity went off.

watched

were watching

had watched

had been watching

6. He was taken to the police station because he ..... into a car in front of him.

crashed

had crashed

didn’t crash

wasn’t crashing

7. Alan ..... out almost every day last year, but now he can’t afford it.

used to eat

ate

was eating

had eaten

8. It wasn't raining when I looked out of the window; the sun was shining. But it ..... earlier. That's why the ground was wet.

rained

was raining

had rained

had been raining

9. Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. She ..... .

cried

was crying

had been crying

had cried

10. He ..... ill for three days, so his mother wanted to bring him to a doctor, but he didn’t want to go.

had felt

felt

had been feeling

was feeling

11. Greg didn’t want to be late for the theatre. He drove as fast as he could. The play ..... as he walked in the door of the theatre.

was just beginning

had just began

just began

had been just beginning

12. Dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to live on earth, and they ..... the Earth for a very long period of time.

Ruled

were ruling

had ruled

had been ruling

13. I found the way to her house quite easily because Nora ..... it to me very well.

had been describing

had described

was describing

described

14. I saw Paul at the airport. He ..... for his brother’s plane to arrive from Canada.

had been waiting

was waiting

waited

had waited

15. In 1912 the Titanic ..... an iceberg on its first trip across the Atlantic, and it sank four hours later.

had hit

hit

was hitting

had been hitting

Exercise 2. Выберите правильную форму глагола:

1 Lynne was singing/had sung as she was cleaning the windows.

2 Mr Todd was teaching/had been teaching for thirty years when he retired.

3 I phoned Jack because I wanted/had wanted to ask him a question.

4 They had walked/had been walking for hours when they stopped for a rest.

5 The shop had been selling/had sold the table by the time I got there.

6 Joe was happy. He was winning/had won first prize in the competition.

7 It was raining/had rained while they were playing the football match.

8 Rob was opening/opened the box and looked inside.

9 Eve was delighted to hear that she was getting/had got the job.

10 People used to work/were working very long hours in those days.

11 I was running when I slipped/was slipping on the ice.

12 They were already buying/had already bought the tickets when they went to the concert.

13 Carol had broken/was breaking her arm, so she couldn't write for six weeks.

14 We had been staying/stayed in a hotel by the sea last summer.

15 Elvis Presley sang/had sung lots of hit songs.

16 I opened/was opening the door and stepped outside.

17 They had stood/were standing outside when the results were announced.

18 Alexander Graham Bell had invented/invented the telephone.

19 She broke the glass while she had washed/was washing it.