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Тренировочные упражнения по английскому языку Past Tenses
Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
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While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.
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Marvin (come) home, (switch) on the computer and (check) his emails.
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The thief (sneak) into the house, (steal) the jewels and (leave) without a trace.
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Nobody (listen) while the teacher (explain) the tenses.
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While we (do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) on the beach.
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He (wake) up and (look) at his watch.
Exercise 2
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
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The receptionist (welcome) the guests and (ask) them to fill in the form.
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The car (break) down and we (have) to walk home.
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The boys (swim) while the girls (sunbathe) .
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My father (come) in, (look) around and (tell) me to tidy up my room.
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As long as one group (prepare) dinner, the others (collect) wood for their campfire.
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While the parents (have) breakfast, their children (run) about.
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Martha (turn) off the lights and (go) to bed.
Exercise 3
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
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We (wait) for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come) around the corner.
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I (cycle) through the park, when I (hear) a strange noise.
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He (pass) her a message when the teacher (look / not) .
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I (fall) asleep while I (watch) TV last night.
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When Mike and Jane (paint) the walls, their dog (knock) over the paint pot.
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Tom (break) his leg when he (play) football.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive).
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We (sleep) for 12 hours when he woke us up.
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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.
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They (cycle) all day so their legs were sore in the evening.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
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The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) .
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He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
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When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.
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My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) .
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The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) six weeks before.
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The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) .
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I could not remember the poem we (learn) the week before.
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The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) from the tree.
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(he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?
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She (not / ride) a horse before that day.