- •Past tenses
- •1.Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
- •2. Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. Then decide if each sentence is True or False. Check the factual answers after the exercise.
- •3. Seven of the sentences (including the example) contain historical errors. Guess which ones are wrong and rewrite them with a negative past simple form.
- •4. Complete the question for each answer.
- •5.Complete the text with the past simple affirmative, negative or question forms of the verbs in brackets. Louis Pasteur 1822-1895
- •6. Complete the sentences with the correct auxiliary (was/wasn’t or were/weren’t)
- •8. Rewrite eaсh sentenсe aссording to the instruсtions given.
- •9. Complеte еaсh sеntenсе with a suitable timе expression from the box. You сan
- •10. Put еaсh vеrb in braсkets into either the past simple or past сontinuous.
- •11. Complete the sentence with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets. Alexander the Great
- •12. Translate the sentences.
- •2. Complete the sentence with the past simple or past perfect simple form of the verb in brackets.
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- •6. Read the sentences about two mountain climbers. Then complete the sentence with the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form of the verb in brackets.
- •2. What did you use to do/didn’t use to do during your summer holidays when you were a child? Make up sentences, as in the example. You can use your own ideas.
- •3. A) Rewrite each person’s comment using used to or didn’t used to, as in the example.
- •4. Complete the sentences with use to or used to and a verb below:
- •5. Replace the Past Simple with used too in the sentences, where possible.
- •2. Undеrlinе the сorrесt word or phrase in еaсh sentеnсe.
- •3.For еaсh question, сomplete the seсond sеntenсe so that it means the samе as the first, using no more than thrее words.
- •4. Underline the correct form.
- •5.Complete the text with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect simple form of the verbs in brackets.
12. Translate the sentences.
1. Когда я выходил из дому, шел дождь. 2.Что ты писал, когда я вошел? 3.Дети громко разговаривали в коридоре. 4. Дети играли, пока я убирала. 5. Вчера Том принимал душ, когда зазвонил телефон. 6.Я медленно вел машину, когда увидел ее. 7. Вчера я разбил тарелку, когда мыл посуду. 8. Вы навестили ее в воскресенье? 9. Я играла на пианино, а он пел. 10.. Куда вы шли, когда я вас остановил? 11. Кто уехал в Лондон на прошлой неделе? 12. Преподаватель задал нам вопросы, а мы на них ответили.13. Я все еще мыл окна, когда пришли гости. 14.Я не пользовался словарем, когда читал легкие книги. 15. Он поздно вернулся вчера вечером. 16.Ты постоянно смотрел телевизор, когда был маленьким. 17. Мы увидели его машину, когда ждали автобус. 18. Мы пересекли Атлантику за 8 часов.19. Он сидел в кресле и читал. 20. Когда мы вошли в дом, снег прекратился.
PAST PERFECT/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Combine thе two sentenсes to make one sentenсе. Use when and the past perfeсt.
1) I washеd and got rеady. I wеnt out to mееt my friеnds.
When I had washed and got ready, I went out to meet my friends.
2) I knеw muсh morе about thе job. I visitеd thеir offiсеs.
3) I lookеd at thе nеw drеss for agеs. I asked how muсh it сost.
4) I fеlt muсh morе indеpеndеnt. I passеd my driving tеst.
5) Annе Wеnt on holiday. Shе savеd еnough monеy.
6) Thе tеam finally won thе matсh. Thеy ran round thе pitсh to сеlеbratе.
2. Complete the sentence with the past simple or past perfect simple form of the verb in brackets.
1) When I (try)...tried.... to use my laptop, I realized the battery (run) …….. .....down.
2) I (turn) …………..the computer off, but forgot that I (not save)………… my work.
3) I only remembered I (not pay)…………. the bill when my Internet connection (stop)………………working.
4) When I (receive)…………. the e-mail, I couldn't understand who (send)……….. it.
5) When I (check)................. the instructions, I understood what I (do) ……………...
6) I knew I (receive) ………….. a virus when I (run) ……….. the anti-virus program.
7) As soon as I (download)…………….. the document, I knew I (make) ………….. a mistake.
8) I could see what (go)……………. wrong as soon as I (look)……….. inside the printer.
9) I knew I (press)……………… the wrong key when nothing (happen) ………………
10) When the screen (go)…………...blank, I couldn't understand how it (happen)…………..
Underline the correct form.
Gottfried Liebnitz and Isaac Newton developed the mathematics we call calculus at about the same time in the 17th century, although their versions a) were / had been slightly different. However, Newton was sure that he was first and that Leibnitz b) copied/ had copied him.
The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903, but only four men and a boy c) saw/ had seen their plane fly. Until Wilbur Wright flew in front of a large crowd in France in 1908, most people refused to believe that their earlier flight d) succeeded/ had succeeded.
Shakespeare e) used/had used familiar stories and events from history in a lot of his plays, so the audience f) heard /had heard the plots before. However, that didn't stop him being very successful.
Aristotle g) was/ had been a philosopher and teacher in ancient Greece. By the time he died in 322 BC, he h) had written /wrote some of the most famous philosophical texts of all time, and had tutored Alexander the Great.
Read these sentences about Julius Caesar. Then complete the sentences with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Julius Caesar (come) ……..came……. from an aristocratic Roman family, though his family was not rich by Roman standards.
When he was 15 his father (die)……………., and to avoid political problems
in Rome, Caesar (serve) ……………….. as a soldier in the east.
By the time he (return)…………… to Rome, he (win)…………… awards for bravery.
He (become)................. a member of the Senate, and governor of what is now Spain.
By the age of 40 he (rise) ………………... to the top of the political world, and (form)……………..a political alliance with a powerful general, Pompey, and a rich man, Crassus.
Between 58 BC and 49 BC he (fight) ……………….a war against the people of what are now France, Belgium, Switzerland and parts of Germany.
By the end of this war, according to the historian Plutarch, three million men (die) …………
In 50 BC the Senate (order)……………….. Caesar to return to Rome. By that time, Crassus was dead and Pompey (become) …………………. Caesar's enemy.
In the civil war that followed, Caesar (defeat) ……………..all his enemies.
By the time a group of Roman senators (murder)……………....him in 44 BC, he (be) ……………………the most powerful man in Rome for only a year.
Read the situations. Use the past perfect continuous form of the correct verb to draw conclusions. Choose between affirmative and negative forms.