Past Tenses
1. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past verb form.
1 We (not to go )...............out yesterday because it ( to rain)...... .
2 The police ( to pay)..........no attention to Bill"s complaint because he ( to phone)............them so many times before.
3 Ann (not to wear)............her glasses at that moment , so she (not to see)...............who ( to drive)....a car.
4 Pete ( to lie)..................on the beach while some people next to him ( to play)................volleyball.
5 John ( to admit)..............that he ( to bump into).....the column but said that he (not to damage)...........it.
6 While he ( to try) …...... to get his car started, a passing car ( to stop) ..............and the driver ( to offer)..................to help him.
7 Amanda ( to feel)....................very sleepy, and when she ( to finish)....................... her project, she ( to fall).................asleep.
8 The police ( to get).......................to our neighbour's house as fast as they could, but the burglars ( to run away)................... .
9 I ( to call)........................you twice yesterday evening but you (not to answer).................... .What ........you....(to do)............?
10 Sorry, I (not to hear).................. you. I (be ).....busy with my homework.
2.Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence.
1 What exactly were you doing / did you do when I came into your office yesterday?
2. Ben missed the 6 o'clock train because he woke up / had waken up too late.
3. He suddenly remembered that he forgot I /had forgotten his purse at home.
2 While Kate watched / was watching her favourite film, there was a power cut.
4 By the time we got back, our parents went / had gone.
5 Who was crossing/ crossed the road at the time of the accident?
6 We were / had been in this restaurant before, so we knew what to order.
7 I did / was doing some shopping yesterday, when I came across the friend of mine.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate past verb form.
The King and the Painter
(by Mark Twain)
There 1.( to be)_____a king who 2. (to think)_____ that he 3. (can)___ paint very well. His pictures 4. (to be) bad, but the people to whom he 5. (to show) them were afraid of the king. They all 6. (to say)___ that they 7. (to like) his pictures very much.
One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who 8. (to live)___ in this country all his life and 9. (to ask)___, “I want to know what you think of my pictures. Do you like them? Am I a good painter, or not?”
The painter 10. (to look)___ at the king’s pictures and said, “My King, I think your pictures are bad, and that you will never be a good painter”.
The king 11. (to be)___ very angry and 12. (to send) the painter to prison.
After two years the king 13. ( to want) to see the painter again.
“I was angry with you,” he said, because you 14. (not to like)___ my pictures. Now forget all about it. You are a free man again, and I am your friend”.
For many hours the king 15. ( to talk)____ with a painter, and even 16. (to ask) him for dinner. After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter and asked, “Well, how do you like them now?”
The painter 17. ( not to answer )____anything. He 18. (to turn) to the soldier, who 19. (to stand)___near him and 20. ( to say), “Take me back to prison”. ДАЮ 70 БАЛЛОВ
1. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past verb form.
1 We (not to go )...............out yesterday because it ( to rain)...... .
2 The police ( to pay)..........no attention to Bill"s complaint because he ( to phone)............them so many times before.
3 Ann (not to wear)............her glasses at that moment , so she (not to see)...............who ( to drive)....a car.
4 Pete ( to lie)..................on the beach while some people next to him ( to play)................volleyball.
5 John ( to admit)..............that he ( to bump into).....the column but said that he (not to damage)...........it.
6 While he ( to try) …...... to get his car started, a passing car ( to stop) ..............and the driver ( to offer)..................to help him.
7 Amanda ( to feel)....................very sleepy, and when she ( to finish)....................... her project, she ( to fall).................asleep.
8 The police ( to get).......................to our neighbour's house as fast as they could, but the burglars ( to run away)................... .
9 I ( to call)........................you twice yesterday evening but you (not to answer).................... .What ........you....(to do)............?
10 Sorry, I (not to hear).................. you. I (be ).....busy with my homework.
2.Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence.
1 What exactly were you doing / did you do when I came into your office yesterday?
2. Ben missed the 6 o'clock train because he woke up / had waken up too late.
3. He suddenly remembered that he forgot I /had forgotten his purse at home.
2 While Kate watched / was watching her favourite film, there was a power cut.
4 By the time we got back, our parents went / had gone.
5 Who was crossing/ crossed the road at the time of the accident?
6 We were / had been in this restaurant before, so we knew what to order.
7 I did / was doing some shopping yesterday, when I came across the friend of mine.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate past verb form.
The King and the Painter
(by Mark Twain)
There 1.( to be)_____a king who 2. (to think)_____ that he 3. (can)___ paint very well. His pictures 4. (to be) bad, but the people to whom he 5. (to show) them were afraid of the king. They all 6. (to say)___ that they 7. (to like) his pictures very much.
One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who 8. (to live)___ in this country all his life and 9. (to ask)___, “I want to know what you think of my pictures. Do you like them? Am I a good painter, or not?”
The painter 10. (to look)___ at the king’s pictures and said, “My King, I think your pictures are bad, and that you will never be a good painter”.
The king 11. (to be)___ very angry and 12. (to send) the painter to prison.
After two years the king 13. ( to want) to see the painter again.
“I was angry with you,” he said, because you 14. (not to like)___ my pictures. Now forget all about it. You are a free man again, and I am your friend”.
For many hours the king 15. ( to talk)____ with a painter, and even 16. (to ask) him for dinner. After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter and asked, “Well, how do you like them now?”
The painter 17. ( not to answer )____anything. He 18. (to turn) to the soldier, who 19. (to stand)___near him and 20. ( to say), “Take me back to prison”. ДАЮ 70 БАЛЛОВ
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task 1
1. didn't go/was
2. paid/had phoned
3. wasn't wearing/couldn't see/had driven
4. lied/were playing
5. admitted/ had bumped into/didn't damage
6. was trying/stopped/offered
7. had felt/finished/fallen
8. got/had run away
9. called/didn't answer/ What did you do?
10. didn't hear/ was
task 2
1. were you doing
2. woke up
3. had forgotten
4. was watching
5. had gone
6. was crossing
7. had been
8. was doing
task 3
1. was
2. thought
3. could
4. was
5. showed
6. said
7. like
8. had lived
9. asked
10. looked
11. was
12. sent
13. wanted
14. didn't like
15. was talking
16. asked
17. didn't answer
18. turned
19. stood
20. said