Вчимо англійську вдома. 9th grade. Lesson 53. Past Tenses Revision

 

Past simple is used for completed actions, events and situations in the past.

Past Continuous is used for a past activity beginning before a past event and continuing until or after it. For the event we use ‘when’ + the past simple.  We use Past Continuous also for an unfinished activity around a time in the past.

Past Perfect is used for talking about something that happened before a past event. In sentences that have ‘when’ + past simple, to show that one event happened before the other

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Practice:

     

1. Put the verbs in brackets using Past Simple or Past Continuous form to complete the sentences (Ex.2, p. 192 by Oksana Karpiuk's textbook).

 

1 They _____ (wait) for her when she finally _____ (arrive).

2 I _____ (see) Carol at the party. She _____ (wear) a beautiful dress.

3 When she _____ (get) a steady job, they _____ (buy) a better house.

4 I _____ (read) the Economist, while my sister _____ (watch) BBC 1.

5 He _____ (burn) his hand when he _____ (cook) dinner.

6 When I arrived, the lecture had already started and the professor _____ (write) on the overhead projector.

7 I _____ (write) a letter when the lights went out.

8 I _____ (share) a fl at with him when we were students. He always _____ (complain) about my untidiness.

9 He suddenly _____ (realise) that he _____ (travel) in the wrong direction.

10 You _____ (look) very busy when I _____ (see) you last night. What _____ you _____ (do)?

 

2. Choose Past Simple or Past Perfect form to complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets (Ex.3, p. 193 by Oksana Karpiuk's textbook).

 

1 I (to want) to see you yesterday.

2 He (to tell) me that he (to see) me the day before yesterday.

3 There (to be) a strong wind last week.

4 Pete (to find) the toy which he (to lose).

5 When I (to run) a mile, I (to be) very tired.

6 The tourist (to speak) about places he (to visit).

7 When Mike (to be) a child he (to study) music.

8 After he (to check up) his students’ papers he (to go) to bed.

9 They (to complete) all the preparations for the trip by 5 o’clock.

10 On leaving the hospital the man (to thank) the doctor who (to cure) him of his disease.

11 In the morning all the passengers (to feel) good after the night they (to spend) in the comfortable sleeper.

12 Last night he (to complete) the experiment which he (to begin) some months before.

13 They (to be) friends for some ten years before Mike (to meet) them.

14 He (to find) the girl even more beautiful than he (to expect) her to be.

15 Sam (to forget) that the Stones (to ask) him to dinner a week before.