Task 3. Past Simple,Past Progressive/Continuous, Past Perfect . Open the brackets. 1. The students (…
Task 3. Past Simple,Past Progressive/Continuous, Past Perfect . Open the brackets.
1. The students ( to discuss) this problem yesterday.
2.She (to write) a poem last week.
3.A month ago our staff (to enter) the new educational program.
4. The students ( to discuss) this problem from three till five yesterday.
5.She (to write) an essay the whole week.
6. The whole month our staff (to study) the new educational program.
7. The students already ( to discuss) the problem by 5 o’clock yesterday.
8.She (to write) a book of poems by last December.
9.Our staff (to master) the new educational program by the end of the year.
10.He (to do ) his lessons by four o’clock and at five he (to play) soccer in the yard.
11.My parents (to come) home by 7 o’clock and at 7 we (to have) dinner.
12.His father looked tired as he (to work) hard before.
13.Gery (to be) at home when you (to arrive)? — No, he (to go) to college.
14.When Jake (to see) me, I (to read) the article which he(to write) for the magazine.
15.When Alison (to enter) the house she (to see) that her lilttle brother (to play) with the toy which his father (to bring) from his journey.
16.When I (to come) into the kitchen, Larry (to eat) the pie which mother (to cook).
17.Jenny (to tell) the aunt that his sister (to water) the flowers which she (to plant).
18.When they (to arrive) to the station, they (to be) surprised that the train (not to start) yet.
19.She (to be) afraid that they (not to tell) the police the truth.
20.She (to explain) to inspector that she (not to be) there.
Mark tried to stop Dan who.(shout) for the last tem minutes
1. We told her that he had bought a TV-set. 2. The man at the station said that the train had already left. 3. Mary told me that she hadn’t got a letter from her son yet. She said that she hadn’t heard from him for some weeks. 4. He understood that he had got off at the wrong station. 5. He said that his parents had always lived in the country. 6. I didn’t know that she had changed her address. 7. He didn’t remember how it all had happened. 8. We were sure that she had told the truth. 9. I saw that the child had caught a cold. 10. She hoped that I had already paid for the tickets. 11. When he woke up next morning and looked out of the window he understood that it had rained heavily during the night. 12. When we came back the telegram had already arrived. 13. When I got to the station the train had already left. 14. The rain had already stopped when we started. 15. When I finished school my elder sister had been a teacher for two years. 16. We had already made all the arrangements when we learned that he wouldn’t come. 17. I knew her immediately because my brother had described her to me very well. 18. The militiaman stopped her because she had crossed the street in the wrong place. 19. I was not hungry because I had had lunch just an hour before. 20. Nobody knew when he came in because he had entered the house through the back door. 21. I thought he knew English well because he had lived in England for some years. 22. It happened to him because he had always been too sure of himself. 23. As soon as they had taken a decision they could discuss less important questions. 24. After we had made a fire it became warm. 25. When I had thrown out all the old newspapers and magazines, I could arrange my new books nicely on the shelf. 26. After he had paid the money for the plane tickets he had very little left in his pockets. 27. I met her soon after I had learnt the news. 28. When he had finished his work he went to bed. 29. By three o’clock yesterday he had already arranged everything for the trip. 30. Nobody had finished their course-papers by the appointed time. 31. The authorities had settled all the transport problems by the end of the last year. 32. The letter still hadn’t arrived by the end of the wееk.