Past Tenses with answers

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Юлия Ефимовна Апт,
гимназия №74, г. С-Петербург

2.

3.

Past
Continuous
When father came home, Tim
was doing his homework.
Past
Perfect
When father came home, Tim
had done his homework.

4.

Два действия происходят друг за
другом. Следующее действие –
.
Tim did his homework.
Then father came home.
Два действия одновременные:
длящееся –
,
однократное –
.
When father came home,
Tim was doing his homework.
Одно действие завершилось до
того, как произошло другое
(предшествующее действие)
–
.
When father came home,
Tim had done his homework.

5.

Open the brackets
and put the verbs
in the correct form:
Past Simple,
Past Continuous,
Past Perfect.

6.

When
Whenmother
mother(to
came
come
upup)
to the
to the
baby,
baby,
he was
he crying
(to cry)because
becausehe
hehad
(to lost
lose)
his
hisfavourite
favouritetoy.
toy.
Check

7.

When
I saw
Tom,
hehe
was
When
I (to
see)
Tom,
(to running
run) after
after Do
a dog.
you why?
know, why?
a dog.
youDo
know,
Check

8.

Tom (to
wasrun)
running
afterdog
thebecause
dog
Tom
after the
it
because
had
stolen his sausages.
(to
steal) it
his
sausages.
Check

9.

What a nice elephant you are
carrying! Where you
did you
(to find)
find him?
Check

10.

II found
(to find)
him
him
byby
a lake.
a lake.
HeHe
had
(tolost
lose)
his
way
his way
and and
was (to
looking
look for)
for his
his mother.
mother.
Check

11.

ItItwas
(to rain)
raining
when
when
Jack
Jack
(to left
leave)
the
house.
the house.
Check

12.

When Jane left the house, the rain
When Jane (to leave) the house, the
had stopped and the sun was
rain (to stop) and the sun (to shine).
shining.
Check

13.

What
was
Bob
8 o’clock
What
Bob
(todoing
do) atat
8 o’clock
yesterday?
HeHe
was
Betty.
yesterday?
(towaiting
wait) forfor
Betty.
Check

14.

When Betty (to come), Bob
When Betty came, Bob had left.
(to leave).
Check

15.

When
I came
home,
the
kitten
When
I came
home,
the
kitten
(to
waswith
playing
withwhich
the ball
which
play)
the ball
it (to
find)
it hadthe
found
under
sofa.under the sofa.
Check

16.

The boy couldn’t go for a walk
because he (not
hadn’t
his
to done
do) his
homework.
Check

17.

Mike had to run to school because
he had
missed
bus.
(to miss)
thethe
bus.
Check

18.

‘What
was
Bob
doing
when
you
saw
‘What Bob (to do) when you saw
him?’
–
‘He
was
running
away
him?’ – ‘He (to run) away because
because
the
volcano
eruption
had
the volcano eruption (to begin).
Check
begun.

19.

WhenSam
Sam(to
came
to the
café,
his his
‘When
come)
to the
café,
friendsalready
had already
hadlunch
lunchand
and
friends
(to have)
were
talking.
(to
talk).
Check

20. Sam and Tim (to come) home early because they (not to catch) any fish.

Sam
Sam and
and Tim
Tim came
(to come)
home
home
earlyearly
because
because they
they hadn’t
(not to caught
catch) any
any fish.
fish.
Check

21.

Tom couldn’t give me the book
hadn’t
because he (not
to read
read)it.
it.He
Hewas
(to
reading
when
I came
read)
when
I (to
come)totosee
seehim.
him.
Check

22.

sawMark
Markat
atthe
themarket.
market.He
He(to
was
I Isaw
sell)
selling
the pumpkins
he had
the
pumpkins
which hewhich
(to grow)
in
grown
in the garden.
the
garden.
Check

23. When the sheriff (to see) the thief, he (to run) very fast because he (to rob) the bank.

When
When
the
the
sheriff
sheriff(to
saw
see)
thethe
thief,
thief,
hehe
(towas
run)running
very fast
very
because
fast because
he (to rob)
he
the
had
bank.
robbed the bank.
Check

24. The dog (to catch) the criminal before the police (to arrive).

The
Thedog
doghad
(to catch)
caughtthe
thecriminal
criminal
before
beforethe
thepolice
policearrived.
(to arrive).
Check

25.

The The
sportsmen
sportsmen
couldn’t
couldn’t
playplay
football
because
football
a wizard
because
hadacreated
wizard 22
balls.
(to create) 22 balls.
Check

26.

After
After the
the dog
dog (to
had
learn)
learnt to
to play
play the
the
piano,
piano, he
he (to
began
begin)
to
to
perform
perform
in
in concerts.
concerts.
Check

27.

After
passed
the
exam
Afterthe
thedeer
deerhad
(to pass)
the
exam
and
got his
andhad
(to get)
his driving
driving license,
license, he
he
began
to work
as a as
taxi
driver.
(to begin)
to work
a taxi
driver.
Check

28.

When
I spotted
thethe
rabbit,
it was
When
I (to spot)
rabbit,
it
eating
thethe
carrot
which
it had
(to eat)
carrot
which
it
picked
up up)
in my
garden.
(to pick
in my
garden.
Check

29.

WhenI I(to
came
to the
farm,
the the
goats
When
come)
to the
farm,
were (to
eating
goats
eat)the
thegrass
grasswhich
whichthe
the
farmer(to
had
brought
them
the
farmer
bring)
them
fromfrom
the field.
Check
field.

30.

What Kate
was Kate
doing
when
What
(to do)
when
you
yousee)
sawher?
her?
(to
Check

31.

She was playing with the shells
She (to play) with the shells which
which she had collected on the
she (to collect) on the beach.
beach.
Check

32.

The
girls
were
with
ball
The
girls
(to playing
play) with
thethe
ball
while
thethe
boys
were
while
boys
(to surfing.
surf).
Check

33.

came
to the
the
When Sam (to
come)
to beach,
the beach,
girlsgirls
hadalready
already(to
played
the
play)ball
balland
and
were
sunbathing.
(to
sunbathe).
Check

34.

YesterdayI I(to
went
Yesterday
go)totothe
thehockey
hockey
match.But
ButI I(cannot)
couldn’tget
getto
tothe
the
match.
stadiumin
intime.
time.
stadium
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35.

When II (come),
came, the
When
thematch
matchhad
(to begun
begin)
and they
they (to
hadscore)
scored
one
goal.
and
one
goal.
Check

36.

The clever dog brought her master
The clever dog (to bring) her master
the stick which he had thrown for
the stick which he (to throw) for her.
her.
Check

37.

WhenTom
Tomand
andSandy
Sandy(to
arrived,
When
arrive),the
the
housealready
had already
been sold.
house
(to sell).
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