- •Present Tenses The Present Indefinite
- •The Forms of the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •The Present Continuous Tense
- •Spelling Rules
- •The Forms of the Present Continuous Tense:
- •Interrogative
- •Present Continuous and Present Simple
- •See hear smell taste
- •Present Tenses (I am doing / I do) for the future
- •To be going to do something
- •The Present Perfect Tense
- •The Forms of the Present Perfect Tense:
- •The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- •The forms of the Present Perfect Continuous
- •Interrogative
- •Revision Exercises on Present Tenses
- •Past Tenses The Past Indefinite Tense
- •The forms of the Past Indefinite Tense:
- •Spelling Rules of Past Form of Regular Verbs:
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •The Forms of the Past Continuous (Progressive)
- •Past Perfect Tense
- •The Forms of the Past Perfect
- •Past Perfect Continuous
- •The forms of the Past Perfect Continuous
- •Comparing the Past Indefinite and the Present Perfect Tenses
- •The Structure “Used to do”
- •The Forms of the Structure “used to”
- •The Future in the Past
- •The Forms of the Future in the Past
- •Revision Exercises on Past Tenses:
- •Future Tenses The Future Indefinite Tense
- •The Forms of the Future Indefinite Tense:
- •The Future Continuous Tense
- •The Forms of the Future Continuous Tense:
- •The Future Perfect Tense
- •The Forms of the Future Perfect Tense:
- •The Future Perfect Continuous Tense.
- •Revision Exercises on Future Tenses:
- •Revision Exercises on all the Tenses
Revision Exercises on Past Tenses:
Exercise 1.
Use the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect, the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:
He (to come) home late yesterday.
She is very glad: she (to finish) her composition at last
He (to translate) the whole text by eleven o’clock.
I (to be) in Rome
Last year we (to work) very much.
When I (to have) breakfast, I went to school.
I (not to see) you for ages! I am very glad to see you.
When you (to see) the “Swan Lake”?
My sister already (to graduate) from the institute.
He repaired the toy which his brother (to break) the day before.
I (to see) an interesting TV program this week.
You ever (to be) to Trafalgar Square?
They (to cook) the whole day yesterday.
I just (to see) Jack.
She (to wash) the dishes from five till six.
Look! She (to draw) a very nice picture.
At that time yesterday I (to talk) to my friend.
The TV program (to begin) before I (to come) home.
I (not to eat) ice cream since summer.
I understood that she (not to read) my letter.
She (to do) the rooms when I (to come) home.
It’s all right: she (to find) the way out of the situation.
Exercise 2. Use the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect, the Present Perfect instead of the infinitives in brackets:
Last summer we (to live) in the country and (to go) to the river every day.
My sister (to spend) a lot of money yesterday.
She is so upset: she (to lose) the key to the front door.
By the first of September all the children (to return) from the country.
Columbus (to discover) America 500 years ago.
Columbus (not to know) that he (to discover) America.
I already (to read) five English books.
He (to discuss) the problem with a lot of people before he (to take) a decision.
Mother (to bake) a delicious cake! Sit down at the table and let’s eat it!
She (to read) an English book the whole evening yesterday.
I never (to be) to Greece.
They (to tell) me yesterday that you (to get) an excellent mark.
Our grandmother (to cook) dinner from 12 till 3 o’clock yesterday.
Look! What beautiful flowers she (to buy)!
They (to travel) along the coast of Africa last year.
We (not to see) each other for ages.
They (to eat) all the apples which I (to bring).
When the children (to have dinner), they (to go) for a walk.
You ever (to be) to the Niagara Falls?
At this time yesterday they (to sit) on the sofa and (to listen) to their grandmother who (to tell) them fairy tales.
My friend just (to ring) me up from London.
I (to stand) at the tram stop when it (to begin) raining.
We (not to skate) since last winter.
Exercise 3. Use the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect, the Past Perfect Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
Antonia (to stand) smiling in the doorway. She (to know) that they just (to talk) of her.
They (not to go) far when the girl suddenly (to cry): “Why, we are in the garden!” Without knowing how, they (to enter) a large garden.
3. Early that morning, when we just (to leave) the house we (to meet) the man, that we (to look) for since Monday.
4. But still he (to sit) there motionless. He (to be) tired, he (to be) so very tired. It (to seem) to him that he (to be) tired for a very long time.
5. I (to find) that I (to be) too late to catch the London train. Hailing the first taxy that (to pass), I (to reach) the station at ten minutes to three, only two minutes later the train (to leave) it.
6. Sir George, who (to talk) in a loud voice, (to turn) round sharply.
7. Mrs. Meadows (to tell) me that he (to talk) about all the things that (to happen) to him in his long life.
8. It (to be) four o’clock when she (to hear) the sound she (to wait) for over an hour: the door at the bottom of the stairs (to creak).
9. It (to be) all so sudden that for a moment no one (to know) what (to happen).
10. She (to say) to herself all the way up from Oxford that she must have somebody to talk it over.
11. When I (to come) to see him the next day I (to learn) that he (to die) in his sleep.
12. Tony (not to know) that the man they (to talk) about (to be) Michael’s friend.
13. The moon (to rise) now and the lake (to be) fully visible.