IV. Choose the correct verb form in each sentence 1. Simon played / had played the piano for ages when…

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Put the verbs in the brackets into the past perfect or past simple. Choose the correct answer.

1) I was watching the news when I (start) ____ feeling ill.

had started

started

have started

had start

2) The exercises were very difficult, nobody (know) ____ what to do with them.

knew

had known

had knew

known

3) I bought a new car because some thieves (steal) ____ my old one.

had stolen

stole

had stealed

stealed

4) What were you doing when your father (come) ____?

came

had come

have come

comed

5) I paid for the window because my son (break) ____ it.

have broken

had broken

had braken

broke

6) Before he came to Warsaw he (live) ____ in Prague.

had liven

lived

had lived

have lived

7) When I saw her I knew we (never meet) ____ before.

have never met

never met

had never met

never had met

When she (hear) ____ the noise she turned to see what it was.

have heard

had heard

heard

has heard

2)Write the verb forms into each sentence. Choose the past simple or past continuous.

1. Kate______when she fell on the floor. (dance)

2. Steve_____in the school choir many years ago. (sing)

3. Sue_____an accident yesterday. (have)

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past perfect form of the verbs given. Use used to in two of the sentences.
1 Yesterday we ____ (have) an exam at school. It was really difficult!
2 I didn’t go to the cinema with Cathy because l ____ (see) the film before.
3 I ____ (play) rugby when I was at school but I don’t anymore.
4 We got to the station at three o’clock and _____ (catch) the next train to Oxford.
5 Katie ____ (have) long hair but this summer she cut it really short.​

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of

these verbs. There is one extra word.

not go • be • not put • play • sell • bring

not pass

1 If he the drums loudly, the neighbours

will be angry.

2 If he doesn’t study hard, he the exam.

3 If they invent an app, they it to

a multinational company.

4 If she to school, she’ll have a lot of

extra homework.

5 If we don’t eat now, we hungry later.

6 If you milk in the fridge, it will

go bad.

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2.

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ng. Task 2. Put the verbs into Present Simple.

I (play)_

She (not do)

They (go)

We (not like)

He (become)

computer games twice a week.

her home task today

to the cinema on Sundays

the movie.

a teacher.

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.

Present/Past/Future Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect 1. Sam just (to have) breakfast. He (not to have) it yesterday because he (to have) no time. 2. What you (to do) now? I (to write) a letter. I (to send) it tomorrow.3. They (to travel) every year but they (not to go) anywhere last year. 4. Look! The puppy (to sleep).5. Have you ever (to be) to London? Yes, 6. The weather (to be) terrible yesterday. I hope it (to be) better tomorrow. And What the weather (to be) today? It (to be) cloudy.7. We (not to have) the lesson yesterday because the teacher (to be) late. 8. My cousin (to do) morning exercises every day. You (to do) morning exercises? No, 9. Kate and her brother (not to go) to school by bus. Kate (to go) by taxi and Mike (to go) by tram.10. What you usually (to do) after school? 11. He (not to finish) his homework yet. 12. When Tom (to come) home yesterday? He (to come) at 9.13. Who (to watch) TV every day? I, 14. Children (to love) chocolate. 15. He (to build) this house many years ago. 16. Why Sam (to play) football now? He (to take) part in a football match in a day.Ask questions to the underline words 1. Betty went to the cinema with her best friend yesterday. 2. Sam usually gets bad marks because he is very lazy. 3. The boys are watching cartoons. 4. Mr. Smith will come here at 7 tomorrow. 5. Chris has just opened the window.

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 ​

Choose the right tense—form.
1. He . what you are saying.
a) isn’t understanding b) doesn’t understand c) isn’t understood
2.1 I . the hotel manager’s office and sat down.
a) entered b) had entered c) has entered
3. Jan . in Scotland for ten years. Now he lives in London.
a) lived b) has lived c) has been living
4. We are late. The film . by the time we get to the cinema.
a) will already start b) will be already started c) will have already started
5. Neither of them complained, . ?
a) did they b) didn’t they c) do they​

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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

Complete the sentences. Use Past Perfect Continuous.
|) She.(learn) Spanish for five years before she could speak
fluently
2) It was lunchtime and Sam .(work) for three hours when his
boss came
3) Tom.(not talk) very loudly so in the end I couldn’t understand
him at all.
4) . .you. (cook) the cake long enough when you took it out?
5) They. (live) in this city for almost three years when their son
came back to England
6) How long. she.(wait) before he came?
7) We were very wet when we came home because we.(walk) in the
rain for a long time
Mark tried to stop Dan who.(shout) for the last tem minutes
9) Sally. (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came.
10) Anthony .(wait) for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay
was announced.
11) I saw many huge puddles. .(rain) hard?
12) Sam did not even realize what a hard time Molly. (have)​