What tense are these verbs? 1 didn’t break, saw, arrived 2 were running, were looking, was walking 3…

1. Choose the correct tense.

1.I hope you (meet/will meet) Allan next week.

2.‘Who is she?’ ‘I (‘ve never seen / never saw) her before.’

3. I (had done/did) a lot of stupid things in my life before I began to work.

4.She (has left / left) school last year.

5.When (have you got / did you get) married?

6.I’m sorry. I (haven’t finished / didn’t finish) yet.

7.Listen! Somebody (sings/ is singing).

8.How often (do you travel/ are you travelling) by plane?

9.He (doesn’t usually drive/ isn’t usually driving) to work. But now he (drives/ is driving).

10.I can’t find my key. Somebody (took/has taken) it.

11.The weather (was/ has been) wet last week.

12.(Did you see/Have you seen) Ann last week?

13.Don’t phone me between 7 and 8. We (will be having/will have) dinner then.

14.It (rained/was raining), so we didn’t go out.

15.It was a beautiful morning. The sun (was shining/shone) and the birds (were singing/sang).

2 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1.If you ____________________________(to look) both ways before crossing the street, you wouldn’t have been knocked down.

2.If I _______________________(to be) you, I would phone my mother tonight.

3.If he hadn’t stopped the car, he ____________________(to have) an accident.

4.I_________________ (to give) some money to charity if I won a competition.

5.Unless we ________________________( to leave) now, we’ll be late.

6.Your friend wouldn’t have phoned if you ________(not/meet) her in the street.

7.If I _________________________ (to wake up) early, I won’t be late to school.

8.If I________________________ (to have) more time, I would tidy the garden.

9.If John____________________________ (to phone), will you take a message?

10. If I were you, I___________________________ (to get) someone to help me.

When i was young, i.take dance lessons

1.used to

2.would

3.was going to

The concert.before i arrived

1.had started

2.started

3.starts

At noon today, I.in the park

1.jogged

2.had jogged

3.was jogging

Paul’s eyes were red he. for hours

1.was reading

2.had been reading

3.had read

I. Matthew for a long time

1.wasn’t seeing

2.haven’t been seeing

3.haven’t seen

Jane couldn’t open her door, she. her keys

1.forgot

2.had forgotten

3.was forgetting

Tammy was tired. She.all day

1.studied

2.had been studying

3.was studying

He. waiting for the bus when its started snowing

1.is

2.were

3.was

What time.they come home last night

1.do

2.did

3.does

She.the house and got into her car

1.had left

2.was leaving

3.left

Her left an hour.

1.before

2.ago

3.last

John was dirty. He.in the garden

1.was working

2.had worked

3.had been working

They.have a dog

1.used to

2.would

3.used

Read these verbs and write the third form for them.

Example

0.

Answer 0.

be

been

1. come-

2. get-

3. take-​

Graham____ the fence for half an hour when he realised he was painting the wrong fence.
a. was painting
b. had painted
C. painted
d. had been painting
2. Paul_____ the theatre by eight o’ clock. a. had been leaving
b. left
c. was leaving
d. had left
3. I was so exhausted last night that I___ asleep immediately.
a. fell
b. had fallen
c. was falling
d. had been falling
4. After the children____for school, Mum tidied up the house.
a. leaving
b. had been leaving
c. had left
d. were leaving
5. When Doris____she had passed her university exams, she was thrilled.
a. had been learning
b. learnt
c. was learning
d. had learnt
6. ____for the bus when you witnessed the accident?
a. Did you wait
b. Had you waited
c. Were you waiting
d. Had you been waiting
7. Last summer we___swimming every day.
a. went
b. had gone
с. were going
d. had been going ​

1. Alexander Graham Bell. the telephone

A. had been inventing

B. was inventing

C. had invented

D. invented

2. Our neighbours called the police when they found out that somebody . into their house.

A. had broken

B. Broke

C. had been breaking

D. was breaking

3. Lynne. as she was cleaning the windows.

A. had sung

B. sang

C. was singing

D. had been singing

4. Mr Todd. for thirty years when he retired.

A. was teaching

B. taught

C. had taught

D. had been teaching

5. I . the door and stepped outside.

A. had been opening

B. was opening

C. had opened

D. opened

6. Eve was delighted to hear that she . the job.

A. had been getting

B. got

C. was getting

D. had got

7. It wasn’t raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It . all day.

A. had been raining

B. was raining

C. rained

D. had rained

8. We . in a hotel by the sea last summer.

A. had been staying

B. were staying

C. had stayed

D. stayed

9. Rescue workers . a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.

A. had been pulling

B. were pulling

C. pulled

D. had pulled

10. I was running when I . on the ice.

A. had been slipping

B. was slipping

C. slipped

D. had slipped

11. My tooth .for a week before I went to the dentist’s.

A. had hurt

B. had been hurting

C. was hurting

D. hurt

12. We.along the beach when we heard a cry for help.

A. had walked

B. walked

C. had been walking

D. were walking

13. I could tell she.the competition because she couldn’t stop smiling.

A. won

B. had been winning

C. had won

D. was winning

14. Where . you yesterday?

A. were

B. were being

C. had been

D. was

15. While Joanne . her hair, Carl was cleaning the house.

A. was washing

B. had been washing

C. had washed

D. washed

Write was/were/did/have/has.

1 W here were your shoes made?

2 .you go out last night?

3 W h at. you doing at 10.30?

4 W here. your mother born?

5 .Laura gone home?

задание на past tense
TASK 3. Choose the right item.
1. My father _____ the washing machine last week.
a. had repaired b. was repairing c. repaired d. had been repairing
2. I wasn’t sure who she was. I _______ her before, but I couldn’t remember where.
a. saw b. was seeing c. had seen d. see
3. At last he came. We _______ for him for 15 minutes.
a. waited b. had been waiting c. was waiting had waited
4. Who _______ the telephone?
a. had invented b. invents c. invented
5. When Ann arrived at school, Jack ______already.
a. went b. was going c. had been going d. had gone
6. My best friend ____ born in Italy.
a. is b. were c. had been d. was
7. What ______ they at10 o’clock last night?
a. were doing b. had done c. had been doing d. was doing
8. It _______ snow last week.
a. wasn’t b. didn’t c. hadn’t d. hadn’t been
9. We _______ for half an hour when it started to rain.
a. were playing b. played c. had been playing d. had played
10. Sam ______ in the park when he _____ Dan.
a. walked/ met b. had walked / met c. had been walking / had met d. was walking

2. GRAMMAR. .
2.1
Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and
some are irregular.
a
Yesterday (to be) 1).
busy day. I (wake)
2)
up at 6am, (have) 3)
breakfast quickly and
then I (go) 4).
to work. I (finish) 4).
at noon
and then (eat)
(eat) 5)
some lunch.
Afterwards I (drive)
6)
to the shops, (buy) 7).
some paint and then
(paint)
my bedroom. My housemate (come)
9)
home from work so I (help) 10.
him paint
his room, then we (repair) 11)
his chair. After that I (clean)
12)
my house. I (vacuum) 13).
all the
downstairs and then (tidy) 14).
up the living room and the
kitchen. I was pretty tired by then so I (eat) 15).
some dinner and
(go) 16)
to bed!​

3 Make questions. Use the question words in brackets. 1 She left the party early. (Why?) 2 They were having dinner. (Where?) 3 The exams began yesterday. (What time?) 4 You were doing something when I called. (What?) 5 He was listening to someone.

Put the missing phrasal verbs.

talkin to, hold down, run into, bump into, water down, break into,

come into, markdown, get into, step down

1. A burglar. my house last night.

2. I just got to. her somewhere

3. She’s only left us alone so I can try and. you back college.

4. A bus. my lorry at the traffic lights last week.

5. He’s just. some money.

6. How did you know we could . . . this club?

7. The quantity of medicine to be taken can be . . . after the first week.

8. Could you .the price oh this lamp?

9. The wine has been .

10. He had never been able to . . . a job.