PAST TENSES – 2º BACHILLERATO – 2011/2012 A. Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past or Past Continuous. 1. They (buy) __________________________ice-creams while they (wait) __________________________to play. 2. They (play)__________________________when it (start) __________________________ to rain. 3. They (stop) __________________________ when the rain (start) __________________________ . 4. When the rain (stop) __________________________ they (go on) __________________________with their game. B. Join the sentences using “before” or “after” according to the meaning given in brackets ( ). 5. They got married they found a flat. (=They got married though they didn’t have a flat) 6. They got married they found a flat. (=They got married in their own flat) 7. They put out the fire the fire brigade arrived. (=The fire brigade was on time to put out the fire) 8. They put out the fire the fire brigade arrived. (=The fire brigade was late) 9. The car was repaired he sold it. (=He sold it damaged) 10. The car was repaired he sold it. (=The car was working well when he sold it) C. Rewrite the sentences using past simple and past perfect simple. Use the words in brackets. 11. The woman slept. Then, her husband came home. (already / when) . 12. She put on her make-up. Then, she went to work. (after) . 13. He noticed the smoke in the house. Then, he called the fire brigade. (before) . 14. I finished setting the table. Then, the guests knocked the door. (just / when) . D. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive). 1. A: I (call) ___________________ for you for half an hour. Where (be) ___________________ ? And why are your clothes so dirty? 2. B: I (tidy) ___________________ up the shed in the garden. 3. A: (you / find) ___________________ a box with old photos there? I (look) ___________________ for it for ages. 4. B: I (discover / not) ___________________ it yet, but I (work / not) ___________________ for a long time yet. I (come / just) ___________________ in to eat something. 5. A: I (cook / not) ___________________ anything yet because I (talk)___________________ to our neighbour. 6. Look! Someone ________________ (break) that window! 7. You look tired. ________________ (you/ work) hard? 8. “__________________________________ (you/ ever / work) in a factory?” “No, never.” 9. “Jane is away on holiday.” “Oh, where ________________________________ (she/ go)?” 10. I ________________ (practise) the piano for 30 minutes.1 11. Bob ________________ (run) 10 km. 12. The children ________________ (be) on holiday for six days. 13. The dog ________________ (bark) since midnight. 14. We ________________ (miss) the bus twice this week. 15. You ________________ (eat / not) up yet. 16. We ________________ (know / not) them for a long time. 17. She ________________ (hang / not) up all the pictures yet. 18. How long _______________________________ (wait / she) for us? 19. How many times ________________________________ (tell / I) you? 20. 15. How many months ________________________________ (take / you) piano lessons? 21. ________________________________ (stay / you / ever) in a castle? 22. He ________________ (speak / not) on the phone for half an hour, just a couple of minutes. 23. They ________________ (work / not) since 5 o'clock. They just started an hour ago. E. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.(Past simple, continuous or past perfect) A LOVE STORY
It was Friday again, the day for famous parties at Wellington High School. Students __________________________ (dance) in the garden and everyone (enjoy) ____________________ the pleasure of being away from boring lessons. When Sarah __________________________ (come) to the party, the music __________________________ (already/start). Tim suddenly (notice) __________________________ Sarah and (feel) _______________________ shocked. He had (look for) __________________________ her for 2 years. They (meet) __________________________ each other at a holiday camp in 1999, but mysteriously Sarah (disappear) __________________________ after a while. He (think) __________________________ about her since then. At the party, Sarah (talking) __________________________ to one of her friends while most of the students (drink) ____________________ as much as they could. Tim (decide) ____________________ to talk to her and (wait) __________________________ for her friend to leave. When he (go) __________________________ next to her, she (search for) ______________________ something in her bag, so she (not see) _______________________ him. As soon as he (touch)__________________________ her on the shoulder, she (raise) __________________________ her head and couldn’t believe her eyes. She (never / forget) __________________________ him. At the end of the party, no one (be)__________________________ happier than Sarah and Tim as they (find) __________________________ each other after 2 years.
F. Present Perfect Simple - Present Perfect Continuous - Past Simple 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. G.
My aunt is too ill to do the shopping. I ___________________________ (do) the shopping for her since last year. This week, I ______________________________ (do) the shopping. Look, I ____________________________ (buy) vegetables, bread, eggs, some cheese, and some milk. I ____________________________ (move) the furniture around all day. I still don’t like it the way it is. We _________________________________ ( visit ) museums all week. I want to do something different. My friend _______________________ (be) in the hospital since yesterday and I ________________________ (visit) her twice. I ______________________________ (try) to do this exercise for almost an hour now. So far, I __________________ (be) able to finish. It ____________________________ (rain) all day, that’s why I __________________________ (take) the dog for a long walk yet. I ___________________________ (work) on the essay all afternoon and I still __________________________ (not finish) it. The phone ________________________(ring) nonstop. I ___________________________ (miss) the bus, that’s why I ______________________ (try) to call my mom on her mobile. I can't reach her, though. Oops, I _________________________ (Kick) over the paint bucket, there’s paint all over the floor now. Can you help me? I ______________________ (try) to open this bottle for about 10 minutes now. I _____________________ (be) a teacher at the university of Wyoming for two years. Now I teach here. I _______________________ (drive) around the block for 30 minutes and I still _________________________ (not find) a place where I can put my car. Yesterday afternoon my little brother ___________________ (hide) my homework, and, so far, I ____________________________ (be able) to find it. I never ________________________ (do) something like that when I was little. Put the verbs into the past perfect continuous. 1. We (sleep) __________________________ for 12 hours when he woke us up. 2.
They (wait) __________________________ at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
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We (look for) __________________________ her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
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I (not / walk) __________________________ for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.
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How long (learn / she) __________________________ English before she went to London?
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Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he (sing) __________________________ in the rain too long.
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He (drive) __________________________ less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
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They were very tired in the evening because they (help) __________________________ on the farm all day.
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I (not / work) __________________________ all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at night.
10. They (cycle) __________________________ all day so their legs were sore in the evening. H.
MIXED PAST TENSES
1. We __________________ (see) an accident while we ___________________(wait) for the bus. 2. He (read) _________________20 pages so far. 3. She ________________(spend) a lot of hours studying for her exam because she ________________(already ; fail) it twice. 4. I suddenly realized that I (lose) ____________________my passport. 5. He was very nervous when he __________________(drive) across France last month because he _______________(not drive) on the right before. 6. You look tired! Yes I (work)________________ very hard. 7. I wanted to borrow this car but she (already lend) ______________________it to someone else. 8. By the time the course finished I (know) ____________________all the irregular verbs. 9. This room was white. Now it is blue. He (paint) ______________________it. 10. Somebody (steal) ____________________my keys. They are not on the table. 11. They ________________(live) in their house for twenty years when they _________________(decide) to sell it. 12. (you ever play) ______________________volleyball? 13. He was tired because he (work) ____________________the previous night. 14. Which countries __________________(they ; visit) when they ________________(travel) round the world ? 15. I didn't go to their wedding because nobody (tell) _____________________me about it.
