Употребление группы прошедших времён
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку

The Past Tenses(контроль употребления группы прошедших времён)

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect  or  the Past Perfect  Continuous.

1. Alex _____________________________________(practice) for three  months before the concert.
2. The girls_______________________________________(study) for their exams since Easter.
3. By six o’clock everyone__________________________(go) home.
4. Carie _________________________________________(finish) the work before her boss returned.
5. Cathy’s  puppy __________________________________(die) by the time she got to the vet.
6. Mark ____________________________________________(write) for six years before his work was published.
7. After my dad ______________________________________(drive) for two hours ,we stopped for a break.
8. Everyone ____________________________________( finish) sailing  by the time Mr. and Mrs. Jones arrived.
9. She _____________________________________(already/get up) by 7 o’clock when  her alarm clock went off.
10. Tom _______________________________________(wait) for a phone call since he returned from school.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous or  Past  Perfect  Continuous.

A. It 1)___________(be) nearly four o’clock and Alan 2)_______________(sit) in the changing room 3)______________________(feel) very nervous. He 4)_______________( feel) excited too, as he  5) _______________(wait) for the chance to play for Liverpool for a very long time. However, he 6)__________________(only just/join) the team and 7)____________(never/play)  in front of so merry people before. Suddenly it

8)_________________(be) time to go and before  he 9)__________(know) it

, he 10)________________(run) towards the pitch along with the rest of the team.

B.  Peter  Wilson 1)_________________________(study) law for a year when      he 2)___________________(realise) that he 3)_____________(not/be) very interested in the subject. He 4)_____________________(always/be) fascinated by animals and he 5)________________________(help) his aunt who worked as a vet ever  since he was a teenager, so in the end he 6)________________(decide) to become a vet.