Lynne sing as she was cleaning the windows

1 Lynne
was
singing / had sung as
she was cleaning the windows.

2 Mr
Todd was
teaching / had been teaching for
thirty years when he retired.

3 I
phoned Jack because I wanted
/ had wanted to
ask him a question.

4 They
had
walked / had been walking for
hours when they stopped for a rest.

5 The
shop had
been selling / had sold the
table by the time I got there.

6 Joe
was happy. He was
winning / had won first
prize in the competition.

7 It
was
raining / had rained while
they were playing the football match.

8 Rob
was
opening / opened the
box and looked inside.

9 Eve
was delighted to hear that she was
getting / had got the
job.

10 People
used
to work / were working very
long hours in those days.

11 I
was running when I slipped
/ was slipping on
the ice.

12 They
were
already buying / had already bought the
tickets when they went to the concert.

13 Carol
had
broken / was breaking her
arm, so she couldn’t write for six weeks.

14 We
had
been staying / stayed in
a hotel by the sea last summer.

15 Elvis
Presley sang
/ had sung lots
of hit songs.

16 I
opened
/ was opening the
door and stepped outside.

17 They
had
stood / were standing outside
when the results were announced.

18 Alexander
Graham Bell had
invented / invented the
telephone.

19 She
broke the glass while she had
washed / was washing it.

59. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate past form.

One fine
morning, a man 1)
…..
(fish)
in
a river. The sun 2)
…..
(shine)
and
the man 3)
…..
(sit)
on
the river bank. Everything was very quiet and peaceful. The man 4)
…..
(wait)
patiently
for several hours when suddenly he 5)
…..
(feel)
something
pulling on the fishing line. He 6)
…..
(stand
up)
quickly
and 7)
…..
(begin)
to
take in the line. He
…..
(just
/
lift)
the
huge fish he had caught out of the water when there was a loud splash
and it fell back into the river. At first, the man didn’t know what
9)
…..
(happen).
Then, he 10)
…..
(look)
carefully
at his fishing line. It 11)
…..
(snap).
The poor man was so disappointed that he 12)
…..
(pack)
away
all his things and went home.

60. Fill the gaps in this text with one suitable word. Disaster!

About 70
years ago, a Dutch ship was 1)
….. near the North Pole; it 2)
…..
heading for Blacklead Island. On the ship was a scientist, Edgar
Greenhead, who 3)
….. worked on the island for many years; he had 4)
….. conducting research into the life of the local inhabitants, who
were Eskimos (Inuits). Greenhead had 5)
….. away for a long holiday and now he was 6)
….. back to the island to continue his work. At about midnight,
Greenhead felt very tired as he had 7)
….. writing his journal all day. After he had
….. goodnight to the captain, he 9)
….. down to his cabin. Outside there 10)
….. a strong wind, and the waves 11)
….. crashing onto the side of the ship. Greenhead was just 12)
…..
ready to climb into his bunk when he suddenly 13)
….. a great crash. He dashed up on the deck and although it was
dark he 14)
….. see that the ship 15)
….. run onto an iceberg.

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“3” 1. Underline the correct tense.

1. Lynne was singing/had sung while she was cleaning the windows.

2. Mr Todd was teaching/had been teaching for thirty years when he retired.

3. They had walked/had been walking for hours when they stopped for a rest.

4. Joe was happy. He was winning/had won the first prize in the competition.

5. Alexander Graham Bell had invented/invented the telephone.

6. We had been buying/had bought the tickets before we went to the theatre.

“4” 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

1. Joanne (wash) her hair when the phone rang.

2. Princess Diana (do) a lot of work for charity.

3. Sam was in hospital because he (crash) his car.

4. Tom (play) the piano for years before he became famous.

5. The children (clean) the house by the time their parents came.

“5” 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Они посетили Британский музей на прошлой неделе.

2. Я читал интересную книгу, когда мой друг позвонил мне.

3. К тому времени как я приехал на вокзал, поезд уже уехал.

4. Я изучал английский язык два года перед тем как посетил Англию.

“3” 1. Underline the correct tense.

1. We had been staying/stayed in a hotel by the sea last summer.

2. She broke the glass while she had washed/was washing the dishes.

3. We had been walking/ were walking for hours before we came to the campsite.

4. The shop had been selling/had sold the table by the time I got there.

5. We had been living/had lived in the house for a year before we decorated the kitchen.

6. We had been finishing/had finished the work by the time the meeting began.

“4” 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

1. The children were very tired because they (play) all day long.

2. Elvis Presley (sing) lots of hit songs.

3. By the time of our arrival, my mother (cook) the dinner.

4. I (listen) to music, when somebody knocked at the door.

5. By 1960 most of Britain’s old colonies (become) independent.

“5” 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Они просмотрели много объявлений перед тем как купить этот дом.

2. Мы встретили друзей, когда гуляли в парке.

3. Том выиграл соревнования на прошлой неделе.

4. Мы не пошли в кино, потому что мы уже посмотрели этот фильм.