UNIT 3: THE PAST SIMPLE AND THE PAST CONTINUOUSTHE PAST SIMPLE AND THE PAST PERFECT I.. Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the verb: 1.. Yesterday at six I prepare.... At
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THE PAST SIMPLE AND THE PAST PERFECT
I Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the verb:
1 Yesterday at six I (prepare) dinner
2 The kids (play) in the garden when he
(come)
3 I (practise) the guitar when she (come)
4 At this time yesterday we (play) tennis
5 I (watch) tv when the phone (ring)
6 Keith (have) a bath when the
detective (arrive)
7 Alberto (break) a leg when he (ski)
8 Last night Lily (listen) to the radio when
she (hear) a strange noise downstairs
9 Jim (fall) out of the tree while he (climb) it 10.We (give) Kate first aid when the
ambulance (arrive)
11.While I (wait), I (notice) an old man lying the ground
12.Rachel (decide) not to go out, because
it (rain)
13.The thief (steal) my purse while I (look) at the shop
14.The other day Heidi (cross) the road when
suddently a car (crash) into a lamp-post in front
of her
15.Marry (water) the flowers at 3.00pm yesterday 16.At this time last year we (learn) Englis in London 17.When I (phone) my friends, they (play) cards
18.She (do) her work at this time yesterday
19.Peter and I (do) the exercise at this time last night 20.Yesterday while my father (watch) tv, my mother(read) the newspaper, my sister (do) her homework and I (play) chess with my friend
II Put the verbs in the brackets in correct tense:
Trang 21 Almost everybody (leave)……… by the time we
(arrive)………
2 He (wonder)……… whether he (leave)
……… his wallet at home
3 The secretary (not leave)……… until she (finish)
……… her work
4 The couple scarcely (enter)……… the house when they (begin)……… to argue
5 The teacher (ask)……… the boy why he (not do)
……… his homework
6 She already (post)……… the letter when she (realize)
……… she (send)……… it to the wrong address
7 Hardly the car (go)……… a mile when it (have)
……… a flat tyre
8 The weather (be)……… far worse than we (expect)
………
9 They (be married)……… for five years when thy finally (have)……… a child
10.No sooner they (sell)……… their car than they (regret)
……… having done so
11.When she (finish)……… her work she (go)
……… to the cinema
12.He (not eat)……… until his parents (come)
……… home
13.She (tell)……… she never (meet)
……… him
14.He (do)……… her homework before he ( go)
……… out
15.The lights (go)……… out the moment he (get)
……… into the cinema
16.Hardly the holiday (begin)……… when they (leave)
……… the town
17.They (be)……… out for an hour when it (start)
……… to rain
Trang 318.They (leave)……… the shop as soon as they (buy)
……… everything they (need)
………
19.The house (burn)……… to the ground buy the time the firemen (arrive)………
20.As he (do)……… a lot of work that day he (be)
……… very tired
21.I already (hear)……… about the accident when he (tell)
……… me about it
22.He (live)……… in the country for ten years when he first (come)……… to London
23.I (not talk)……… to him because when I (arrive)
……… he already (leave)……… 24.When we (go)……… out again, the wind (stop)
………
25.No sooner the bell (ring)……… when the pupils (go)
……… out to play
26.The same day he (arrive)……… I (receive)
……… a postcard from him
27.They just (close)……… the shop when I (get)
……… there
28.I knew I recognized the town square I (be) there before
29.After Rischard (finish) work, he (go) home
30.Susan no longer owned a bike She (sell) it
III Write full sentences based on the words given:
1 Before / she/ do/ the shopping/ she/ visit/ her neighbors
2 At this time yesterday/ he/ do/ homework
3 He/ have/ his breakefast/ when/ police/ come
4 When/ the programme/ finish/ he/ switch/ the tv off
5 After/ he/ do/ his homework/ he / go out