I. Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
1. The train (travel) ………………… so fast that I (be) ………………… scared.
2. Yesterday Susan (drop) ………………… a glass while she (wash) ………………… the dishes.
3. What you (talk) ………………… about when the teacher (come) ………………… into class?
4. Last night, Helen (do) ………………… the washing up while her husband (help) ……….……… their children with their homework.
5. When she (be) ………………… a child, Julia (write) ………………… emails to her parents a few times a week. Now she has a job and she (work) ………………… in Chicago. In the last six months, she (write) ………………… only three mails to her parents.
6. At 8p.m. yesterday, she (perform) ………………… on the stage in front of thousands of audience.
7. “How long you (be) ……………… in your present job?” “I (be) ……………… there for 6 months”. “And what
you (do) ……………… before that?” “Before that I (work) ……………… for Jones and Company.”
8. Last night at about nine o’clock we (watch) …………… TV when someone (knock) …………… at the door.
9. During the study period in class yesterday, it (be) …………………hard for me to concentrate because the
student next to me (hum) …………………
10. I (send) ………………… Ed three emails last week but he (not / reply) ………………… to them yet.
I. Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
1. The train (travel) ………traveled………… so fast that I (be) ………was………… scared.
2. Yesterday Susan (drop) …………dropped……… a glass while she (wash) ………was washing………… the dishes.
3. What you (talk) …………were - talking……… about when the teacher (come) ……………came…… into class?
4. Last night, Helen (do) ……was doing…………… the washing up while her husband (help) ……….…was helping…… their children with their homework.
5. When she (be) ……was…………… a child, Julia (write) …………wrote……… emails to her parents a few times a week. Now she has a job and she (work) ………works………… in Chicago. In the last six months, she (write) ……has written…………… only three mails to her parents.
6. At 8p.m. yesterday, she (perform) ………was performing………… on the stage in front of thousands of audience.
7. “How long you (be) …have you been…………… in your present job?” “I (be) ……………have been… there for 6 months”. “And what
you (do) ………had you done……… before that?” “Before that I (work) ………had worked……… for Jones and Company.”
8. Last night at about nine o’clock we (watch) ……were watching……… TV when someone (knock) ………knocked…… at the door.
9. During the study period in class yesterday, it (be) ………was…………hard for me to concentrate because the
student next to me (hum) …………was humming………
10. I (send) …………sent……… Ed three emails last week but he (not / reply) ……………hasn't replied…… to them yet.
