I.Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, past perfect continuous or past continuous
1.A: I 1)...(lose) my keys yesterday.
B; Where 2)...(you/lose) them?
A: I don't know. I 3)...(go) shopping and when i got back, I 4)...(realise) that I 5)....(leave) my keys somewhere.
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or present continuous tense
1 . The snake (feel) sorry about this?
I ( not know ) . The story (end ) there
2. How you(end) a letter that (begin) ,'dear sir'?
I always (put) ,' yours truly' , but Tom (prefer ) ' yours faithfully?
3. What the word 'catastrophe' (mean)
It (mean) 'disaster'.
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or simple past
1. My brother (write) several plays. He just (finish) his second tragedy
2. I (fly) over loch Ness last week?
3. You (see) the loch Ness monster?
4. I ( not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.
III. Change the following sentences from active into passive form
1. She used to full my hat over my eyes.
2. For the past years, I have done all my washing by hand.
3. A pair of robins has built a nest in the porch since last week.
4. The police haven't found the murderer yet.
5. They sold one of her painting at $1,000.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense or correct form:
1. In the past, women ________________ to go to work. (not have)
2. He _____________ (study) English for 4 years so far.
3. When I saw her, she ___________ in a café. (sit)
4. I hope, it ____________ next week. (rain)
5. ____________ you ever ___________ an elephant ? (see)
6. We (not cook) ______________ Chung cakes last year.
7. It’s no use (ask ) _________ the children to work harder.. How 8. 8. How long _________ you (live)__________ here? For 5 years.
I.Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, past perfect continuous or past continuous
A: Where 1)...(be) you last night?
B: I 2)...(be) at the cinema. I 3)....(watch) a great film when a fire 4)....(break out)
A: Oh gosh! How 5)...(it/happen)?
B: Someone 6)....(drop) a match into a waste-paper basket.
Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Continuous or Past Simple.
1. I …………………………… (see) Mary in town yesterday but she (not/see) …………………………… me. She………………………… (look) the other way.
2. I …………………………… (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man…………………………… (step) out into the road in front of me, I…………………………… (go) quite fast but luckily I …………………………… (manage) to stop in time and ………………………… (not/hit) him.
3. I………………………… (walk) home when I ………………………… (meet) Dan.
4. Tom ………………………… (burn) his hand when he …………………… (cook) the dinner.
5. The telephone …………………………… (ring) while I …………......………… (have) a bath.
6. Beethoven …………......………… (write) nine symphonies. He …………………………….. (write) another symphony when he died.
7. Last Saturday Tom wanted to make two salads. He ................................... (make) the first one in five minutes. He .................................... (make) the second one when his guests ............................ (arrive) and they .............................. (help) him to finish it.
8. The artist Gaudi ............................... (design) several houses in Barcelona, Spain. Later he ............................... (start) work on a church. He ................................. (work) on the church when he .............................. (die).
9. Last month a bank robber ................................... (escape) while the police ...................................... (take) him to prison. Later they ................................ (catch) him again, and this time they ........................................ (lock) him up without any problem.
10.Philip’s football team were lucky last Saturday. After 20 minutes they ...................................... (lose), but in the end they ............................... (win) the game by 4 goals to 2.
11.John Lennon .................................... (sing) and ......................................... (play) on many records with The Beatles. He ............................................ (prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman ........................................... (shoot) him.
12.Yesterday afternoon I ................................................ (study) at home after school when I ......................................... (hear) a loud noise. I .................................... (run) outside. It ................................... (rain) and it ..................................... (be) cold. I ............................................ (see) that smoke ...................................... (come) slowly out of the next house. My father suddenly ........................................ (arrive) and we ................................................ (phone) the fire-brigade because we could hear that some people ........................................ (call) for help. While we ................................... (wait) for the fire-engine to come, I ............................................. (decide) to investigate.
I.Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, past perfect continuous or past continuous
1.A: 1)....(you/go) to the beach on Saturday?
B: No, I 2)....(go) on Saturday instead.
A: 3)....(you/have) a good time?
B: No, I didn't. I 4)....(sun-bathe) when it 5)....(start) raining, so I 6)...(leave) in a hungry
III. Put the verbs in brackets in past perfect or past simple.
1. When she (finish) ______her work, she (go) __________ to the cinema.
2. He (not eat) _________ until his parents (come)_________ home.
3. She (tell) _________me she never (meet) _____________ him.
4. He (do) ____________ her homework before he (go) ____________ out.
5. The lights (go) _________out the moment he (get) ___________into the cinema.
6. Hardly the holiday (begin) _______ when they (leave) ________the town.
7. They (be) ________out for an hour when it (start) __________ to rain.
8. They (leave) _________the shop as soon as they (buy) _______everything they (need) _________
9. The house (burn) ________to the ground buy the time the firemen (arrive) _____
10. As he (do) _______a lot of work that day he (be) _________very tired.
Put the verbs in brackets in the future simple or future continuous: 1. Please don't call me after 3 p.m. I ........(have) a F2F meeting. 2. You are so late! Everybody ........ (Work) when you arrive at the office. 3. I.......... . (Finish) my homework before I go out tonight.
Exercise 6. Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.
1. She ......................................... (BURST) into tears when she ....................................... (SEE) his father.
2. I .......................................... (CUT) up vegetables in the kitchen when I ............................ (HEAR) the terrible news on the radio.
3. What a terrible accident!. Steve ......................................... (DRIVE) his car when a bird ...................................... (FLY) into his windscreen.
4. First she ...................................... (READ) the advertisement and then she ................................... (CALL) the company.
5. The sun ......................................... (SHINE) brightly when the old man ............................. (SET) off from his cottage.
6. At eight o’clock yesterday evening the plane ......................................... (FLY) from Tahiti to Los Angeles.
7. I .................................... (WAIT) for him for quite a long time but he .............................. (NOT COME).
8. Last weekend while Julie ........................................ (TIDY) her bedroom, she ................................... (FIND) some of the toys she ........................................ (HAVE) when she .................................... (BE) a child.
9. While my mother ..................................... (COOK) dinner, we ...................................... (PLAY) in the garden.
10.We all ........................................ (SLEEP) when some terrible noise .................................... (WAKE) us up.
11.Poor Cinderella ....................................... (HAVE) to work hard while her step-sisters ........................................ (HAVE) fun at the ball.
12.The children ...................................... (TAKE) the cake when nobody ................................. (LOOK) and .................................... (EAT) it silently.
13.As she ................................... (CROSS) the street, she ................................ (SLIP) and ..................................... (FALL).
14.Yesterday when I ....................................... (WALK) in the park, I ................................... (LOSE) my watch.
15.The fishing boat ........................................... (APPROACH) the seashore when the tornado ................................... (BEGIN).
16.I ............................................ (CAN) not hear the bell because the radio ...................................... (PLAY) really loudly.
17.The aeroplane .................................... (CATCH) fire just when it ................................... (TAKE) off.
18.The lights ....................................... (GO) out when we ...................................... (DISCUSS) the plans for the following morning.
19.Professor Ward ........................................... (GIVE) the lecture when the students’ riots .................................... (BEGIN).
20.One of my worst memories from last winter holidays was when I ................................ (RUN) out of petrol while I ................................. (DRIVE) through a snowy forest in the evening.
21.Last night Sally ................................... (WATCH) TV in her bedroom when suddenly she ................................... (HEAR) a scream outside.