Упражнения по PAST TENSES

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”.