- •I. Past Simple
- •Exercises
- •1. Put in was/were or wasn't/ weren't.
- •3. Write the past simple of the verbs in the list in the correct box.
- •4. Write the past simple and the past participle of these verbs. Then choose five verbs and make sentences using the past simple.
- •5. Write sentences about the past
- •6. Supply the past forms of the irregular verbs in italics.
- •Lizardman
- •Past Simple versus Present Perfect
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.
- •3. Correct the sentences that are wrong.
- •4. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple.
- •II. Past Continuous
- •2. Put these sentences into the negative and question form.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous tense.
- •4. Write sentences. Use the past continuous in a positive, negative or question form.
- •8. Make the sentences complete using either the past continuous or the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
- •9. Put the verb into the correct form, the past simple or the past continuous.
- •10. Correct the mistakes.
- •11. Rewrite the sentences. Use the past continuous and past simple with when or while.
- •12. Join the sentences using as, just, while, when and ago. Put the verbs into the past continuous or the past simple.
- •13. Join the sentences below using when, while, and, so or as/ because
- •14. Look at the sentences in exercise 13. Which tenses are used for:
- •16. A Look at the notes below and say what Rick did yesterday, using the linking words from the list:
- •17. Imagine that you were present when these things happened, then, in pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example.
- •18. Read these lists.
- •20. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous
- •22. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Then say which uses of these tenses are shown in each extract.
- •23. Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous or the past simple.
- •24. Put in the past simple or past continuous. Note where both forms are possible.
- •In the blaze of her headlights. It (look)... Like a hedgehog with a tall white hat. It
- •III. Past perfect
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions using the past perfect tense.
- •2. Jane arrived late at different places yesterday. What had happened when she arrived at each place?
- •3. First, say which action happened first, then join the sentences using the words in brackets, as in the example.
- •4. Make up a complex sentence combining two simple sentences.
- •Read the situation and write sentences from the words in brackets.
- •6. Choose the correct words.
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the past perfect or the past continuous
- •9. Supply the past simple, the past continuous or the past perfect.
- •10. Read the following sets of sentences and say how the meaning changes.
- •11. Look at Pam's day. Combine these sentences in the correct order. Begin your sentences with when.
- •12. Look at these phrases.
- •IV. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets using the past perfect continuous.
- •2. Supply the past perfect continuous tense of the vert» in brackets.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with one of the verbs from the list in the past perfect continuous:
- •4. Complete the questions.
- •5. Make up sentences with the past perfect continuous tense.
- •6 . Make up sentences complete the suitable parts from the right and left-hand columns.
- •8. Identify the tenses in bold then match them to the correct tense description. How is each tense formed? When do we use each tense?
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
- •10. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Put the verb in the correct form, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
- •Past Perfect Continuous и Past Continuous
- •E xercises
- •2. Supply either the past perfect continuous or the past continuous of the verb in brackets.
- •3. Put the verb into the most suitable form, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous.
- •4. Put the verbs into the correct tense, past perfect, past perfect continuous or past simple.
- •5. Work in two teams. Continue the story that your teacher starts. If you fail to continue the story your team loses.
- •V. Revision
- •1. Look at the sentences. Are they past simple (write ps), past continuous (pc), past perfect (pp), or past perfect continuous (ppc)?
- •2. Supply the Past Simple, the Past Continnous, the Past Perfect, the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
- •3. Choose the correct answer.
- •4. Underline the correct tense.
- •5. Put the verb into the correct past tense.
- •Библиографический список
- •Оглавление
2. Put these sentences into the negative and question form.
1.1 was having dinner when you rang me up.
2. Your friends were smoking in the corridor when we saw them. 3.1 was walking home when I met Dave.
Tom burnt his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
They were sitting in the garden when it started to rain.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous tense.
I. Why you (walk)... along Oxford Street late yesterday evening? 2.1 (read)... in bed when I heard a scream.
What you (do)... at this time yesterday?
You (wait)... for your friend when I saw you.
It (get)... colder when the sun set.
6.1 (not listen)..., so I missed what he said.
We stayed because we (enjoy)... ourselves.
(you watch)... television all evening?
It (rain)... hard all day?
10. (you read)... when I rang you?
II. Just as I (get)... to an interesting part of the story, the doorbell rang. 12. He (garden)... all weekend.
4. Write sentences. Use the past continuous in a positive, negative or question form.
/ you /use / the hair-drier / when the lights went out?
/ John / not talk / to Barbara Barbara was not even in the room.
The last time I saw him,/ Dick / drink / orange juice in the kitchen.
/ you /drive / slowly / when you saw the man in the road?
/ It / snow / as I left home for the last time.
5. A. Neil and Sarah are married and they also work together. This is they were doing yesterday:
8.00-8.30 having breakfast
8.30-9.15 driving to work
9.15-1.00 working
1.00-2.00 having lunch
2.00-5.00 working
5.00-5.45 driving home
6.30-7.00 having dinner
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B. Make questions and answer them using the examples below.
Neil/8.15
What was he doing at 8.15?
He was having breakfast
1 Sarah/8.40 2 They/10.30
3Neil/1.15 4Sarah/3.00
5 They/5.30 6 They/6.45
C. Then ask a partner what he / she was doing at the following times yesterday.
(at 7 o'clock yesterday evening) ...
(at 5 o'clock this morning) ...
(at 8.30 yesterday morning)...
(at 10 o'clock last Monday)...
(half an hour ago) ...
Choose the correct explanation, A or B.
1. When the singer walked onto the stage, the band was playing her latest hit. A The band was in the middle of the song.
В The band started the song.
2. When the singer walked onto the stage, the band played her latest hit. A The band was in the middle of the song.
В The band started the song.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Which was the longer action in each sentence?
They ..were cleaning., (clean) the windows when it ..started., (start) to rain Cleaning the windows was the longer action.
As he... (drive) to work, he... (remember) that his briefcase was still at home.
3. Melanie... (cook) dinner when her husband .„ (come) home. 4.1... (hear) a loud crash as I... (sit) in the garden.
She... (type) a letter when her boss... (arrive).
While the dog... (dig) in the garden, it... (find) a bone.
Mary... (ride) her bicycle when she... (notice) the tiny kitten.
While I... (do) my homework, the phone... (ring).