PAST TENSE I. Complete the below article. Two people (►) died (die) in a fire in Ellis Street, Old port yesterday morning. They (1) …… (be) Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies. The fire (2)… ………………… (start) at 3.20 am. A neighbour, Mr Aziz, (3)……………………… (see) the flames and (4) ……………………… (call) the fire brigade. He also (5)…… ………… (try) to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat (6)…………………………… (be ) too great . The fire brigade (7) (arrive) in five minutes. Twenty fire-fighters (8) ……………………… (fight) the fire and finally (9)……… …………. ( b r i n g ) i t under control. Two fire-fighters (10)……… (enter) the burning building but (11)……… ………… (find) the couple dead. II. Complete this conversation. Claire: (►) Did you have (you / have) a nice weekend in Paris? Mark: Yes, thanks. It was good. We looked around and then we saw a show. (1) (we / not / try) to do too much. Claire: What sights (2) (you / see)? Mark: We had a look round the Louvre. (3)……………………………. (I / not / know) there was so much in there. Claire: And what show (4) (you / go) to? Mark: Oh, a musical. I forget the name. (5) (I / not / like) it. Claire: Oh, dear. And (6) (Sarah / enjoy) it? Mark: No, not really. But we enjoyed the weekend. Sarah did some shopping, too, but (7) (I / not / want) to go shopping. III. Complete these sentences. 1. I _________________ (work) in a bank for ten years. 2. Where _________________ (you / live) when you were young? 3. She _________________ (not / study) French at university. 4. He _________________ (travel) through the Middle East last year. 5. _________________ (they / visit) the Louvre in Paris? 6. She _________________ (not / watch) TV yesterday. 7. We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend. 8. Where _________________ (you / teach) before you came here? 9. He _________________ (not / think) that he was right. 10. I _________________ (cook) steak last night. 11. _________________ (Lucy / read) ‘War and Peace’ at school? 12. She _________________ (not / write) to her grandmother. 13. We _________________ (have) a computer when I was a child. 14. Where _________________ (you / go) on holiday? 15. I _________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child. 16. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday. 17. _________________ (she / swim) in the sea in Greece? 18. We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was raining. 19. He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t. 20. What _________________ (you / eat) for lunch? IV- Put the words and phrases in the right order, make some changes if necessary. Using the past simple or present simple. Ex: be/a/I/last year/student - I was a student last year. 1, be/they/at home/not/last Sunday. 2, very/work/he/always/lazily. 3, you/look/ tired today/very/why? 4, John and Bill/why/on the farm/last night/stay/? 5, see/the day before yestersday/what/you/on TV/? V. Complete the sentences with past continuous or past simple tense. 1. yesterday/ when/he/carry/a suitcase/he/drop/it/on his foot. 2. he/break/his leg/when/he/ski/last month. 3. he/sit down/on/chair/when/I/paint/it. 4. Lan/sit/in the garden/when/a wasp/sting/her/on the nose. 5. as/we/drive /down the hill, a strange object/ appear/ in the sky. VI. Put the verb into the correct form: Past simple and past continuous. 1, The Chinese ships ………….(trespass) 80 miles into Vietnamese sea on the May 26. 2, When I ………………(get) home, they ………………(watch) TV, they ………………(not/do) their homework. 3, What ………Ha ………(do) at 6.30 this morning ? - She …………… (swim). 4, She ………………… (listen) to music when the phone ……………….(ring) 5, We ………………… (study) unit 18 at this time last week. 6, I ……………….(not/visit) Ha Long Bay last year, because I ………………(be) busy 7, The train ……………… (leave) the station yesterday afternoon. 8, My parents……………….(have) dinner by the time I ………….(get) home yesterday. 9, Bill Gate …………….(not/earn) $ 300 in 2005, he …………….(earn) $ 175. 10, Where ………….you …………….(meet) Tom this morning ? - I…(meet) him in front of the school library and he ………… (not/look) cheerful as usual VII. Change the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past or the Past Continuous: 1. They (study)…………………. in the library when the fire alarm went off. 2. It (snow)……………………………… when I got up this morning. 3. Abert Einstein (die) ………………………… in 1955. 4. Tom (go) …………………………to the post office twice yesterday. 5. Hellen (wait)…………………… in the lobby, wasn't she? 6. He (work) ……………………….his way through college at that time. 7. He (teach) ……………………….economics at Harvard for almost 50 years. 8. The wind (blow) ……………… very hard when I went out this morning. 9. He fell while he (go) ………………………………down the stairs. 10. My car (break) …………………………down this morning on the way to work. VIII. Rewrite these sentences We were having dinner and they were listening to the radio. => We were 2. She was sleeping and the fire started. => The fire 3. It began to rain and what were you doing. => What 4. The farmer started whishing and he was ploughting the field. => When 5. You came and what were they doing? => What => What was 7. She was reading a book and the man came in. => The man 8. They were working in the field and the volcano erupted. => The volcano IX. Join the sentences using the words in brackets 1. She cleaned the house. Then, she watched TV. (after) After she had cleaned the house, she watched TV. 2. I found the solution to my problem. Then, I felt happier. (when) 3. The boys finished their homework. Then, they went out to play. (before) 4. He locked the door. Then, the phone rang. 5. Sarah washed the dishes. Then, her husband arrived. (by the time) 6. The concert finished. Then, the fans left the stadium. (when) 7. The play started. Then, Henry arrived at the theatre. (already…when) X. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the Past perfect continuous. 1. Sophie had been painting (paint) the walls all day before she finished them. 2. (you/wait) long when the boss announced that he couldn’t see you. 3. Tom (look) for a job for six months when he found one. 4. We (watch) TV for half an hour when the door bell rang. 5. They (sunbathe) for an hour when it started to rain. 6. Stan (work) as a postman for forty years when he retired. 7. I (live) in France for ten years when I met my husband. XI. Put the verbs in bracket into the past perfect or past simple A. Bert and Willy (1) went…fishing on Sunday. They (2) (take) some sandwiches and some coffee with them. They (3) (sit) on the river bank all day. But by the time they (4) (leave), they (not/catch) anything. B. James (1) (be) late for work this morning. He (forget) to set his alarm clock and then, when he (get) to work, his boss (be) very angry. C. Barry (1) (have) lots of work to do yesterday. He (2) get up very early and by six o’clock, he (finish). D. Yesterday, Liz (1) (go) to a party. She (2) (have) a great time, but when she (3) (get) home, she (4) (realise) she forget her jacket. So, she (6) (go) back to the party to get it. . see/the day before yestersday/what/you/on TV/? V. Complete the sentences with past continuous or past simple tense. 1. yesterday/ when/he/carry/a suitcase/he/drop/it/on his foot. 2. he/break/his. PAST TENSE I. Complete the below article. Two people (►) died (die) in a fire in Ellis Street, Old. the hill, a strange object/ appear/ in the sky. VI. Put the verb into the correct form: Past simple and past continuous. 1, The Chinese ships ………….(trespass) 80 miles into Vietnamese sea on the