They were cleaning the windows when it started to rain

1. They were cleaning (clean) the windows when it started (start) to rain. Cleaning the windows was the longer action. 2. As he (drive) to work, he (remember) that his briefcase was still at home. 3. Melanie (cook) dinner when her husband (come) home. 4. I (hear) a loud crash as I (sit) in the

1. They were cleaning (clean) the windows when it started (start) to rain. Cleaning the windows was the longer action. 2. As he (drive) to work, he (remember) that his briefcase was still at home. 3. Melanie (cook) dinner when her husband (come) home. 4. I (hear) a loud crash as I (sit) in the garden. 5. She (type) a letter when her boss (arrive).6. While the dog (dig) in the garden, it (find) a bone. 7. Mary (ride) her bicycle when she (notice) the tiny kitten. 8. While I (do) my homework, the phone (ring).

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51 месяцев назад

to a beautiful house in the country. As he…(drive) to work, he… (remember) that his briefcase was still at home. Mary…(ride)her bicycle when she…(notice) the tiny kitten. The team…(practice)every day. Mr.Johnson…(open) a new shop in the village next month. I’m lost. I…(drive) around here for an hour. While I…(do) my homework, the phone… (ring). The mechanic…(repair) my car at the moment.

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51 месяцев назад

1. They were cleaning the windows when it started to rain. 2.Sam and Fred often go fishing together. 3. My parents are just moved to a beautiful house in the country. 4. As he was driving to work, he remembered that his briefcase was still at home. 5. Mary was riding her bicycle when she noticed the tiny kitten. 6. The team practices every day. 7. Mr.Johnson will open a new shop in the village next month. 8. I’m lost. I have been driven around here for an hour. 9. While I was doing my homework, the phone rang.10. The mechanic is repairing my car at the moment.

They.

(clean) the windows when it.

(start) to rain / Sam and Fred.

(often / go)fishing together.

My parents.

(just / move) to a beautiful house in the country.

As he.

(drive) to work, he.

(remember) that his briefcase was still at home.

Mary.

(ride)her bicycle when she.

(notice) the tiny kitten.

The team.

(practice)every day.

Mr. Johnson.

(open) a new shop in the village next month.

I’m lost.

I. (drive) around here for an hour.

While I.

(do) my homework, the phone.

(ring).

The mechanic.

(repair) my car at the moment.

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Задание 1.

I saw Jim at the train station. He … for his business partner to arrive from NY.

  • had waited

  • had been waiting

  • was waiting

  • waited

Задание 2.

When he was single he … to Spain every winter, but now he has to go to France with his wife and children.

  • would go

  • had gone

  • went

  • had been going

Задание 3.

In 1939 the Second World War … .

  • had started

  • started

  • was starting

  • had been starting

Задание 4.

His grandmother died last night. She … from cancer for more than a year.

  • was suffered

  • suffered

  • had suffered

  • had been suffering

Задание 5.

Hardly … the door when the phone rang.

  • had we closed

  • were we closing

  • closed we

  • had we been closing

Задание 6.

I … a shower when somebody knocked on my door.

  • had

  • was having

  • had had

  • had been having

Задание 7.

He was put behind bars because he … the police officer.

  • offended

  • had offended

  • was offending

  • had been offending

Задание 8.

They … their last winter holiday in Italy.

  • was spending

  • had been spending

  • had spent

  • spent

Задание 9.

At three o’clock yesterday afternoon they … at an outdoor café.

  • sat

  • were sitting

  • had been sitting

  • had sitted

Задание 10.

First, he … the message. Then, he … his boss to inform him about the accident.

  • read / called

  • was reading / called

  • read / was calling

  • was reading / was calling

Задание 11.

Kim looked tired this morning. She … all night long.

  • had been studying

  • had studied

  • was studying

  • studied

Задание 12.

They … the window when it … to rain.

  • cleaned / started

  • had been cleaning / started

  • were cleaning / started

  • cleaned / were starting

Задание 13.

People … by carriage in those days.

  • were travelling

  • had been traveled

  • had traveled

  • used to travel

Задание 14.

She … a car, while he … the guitar.

  • was driving / played

  • drove / played

  • was driving / was playing

  • drove / had played

Задание 15.

He … when he … on a banana skin.

  • walked / slipped

  • was walking / slipped

  • has been walking / slipped

  • was walking / had slipped

Задание 16.

Clark Gable … in a number of successful films.

  • had starred

  • had been starring

  • was starring

  • starred

Задание 17.

Bob was really happy! He … an important contract.

  • was signing

  • has been signing

  • had signed

  • signed

Задание 18.

She … in her bed when she … a sudden noise.

  • had been lying / heard

  • was lying / was hearing

  • was lying / heard

  • has been lying / had been hearing

Задание 19.

She … out a lot when she was younger.

  • used to go

  • had been gone

  • had gone out

  • was going

Задание 20.

I … for 11 hours, so I felt really exhausted!

  • had driven

  • were driven

  • had been driving

  • drove

Задание 21.

He … Las Vegas last year.

  • used to visit

  • visited

  • was visited

  • had visited

Задание 22.

Andy’s hands … as he crept silently into the empty house.

  • shook

  • were shaking

  • had shaken

  • used to shake

Задание 23.

They … camping by the lake last month.

  • were

  • went

  • had gone

  • were going to

Задание 24.

First she … the driver, then she … of the taxi.

  • paid / got out

  • was paying / was getting out

  • paid / had got out

  • paid / had been going out

Задание 25.

She … work before she met her friends.

  • was finishing

  • had been finishing

  • finished

  • had finished

Задание 26.

The armchair … brand new because Set … it.

  • was looking / fixed

  • looked / had fixed

  • had been looking / fixed

  • was looking / was fixing

Задание 27.

They … for a house for six months before they … that one.

  • were looked / found

  • had been looking / found

  • looked / found

  • had been looking / had been founding

Задание 28.

Davis was so annoyed! He … at the airport for more than 3 hours in vain!

  • waited

  • was waiting

  • had waited

  • had been waiting

Задание 29.

The sun … as Mike … down the country lane.

  • was shining / drove

  • shined / was driving

  • shined / drove

  • was shining / was driving

Задание 30.

John … his flat and … the door.

  • was entering / closed

  • entered / closed

  • had been entering / was closing

  • was entering / was closing

Задание 31.

By the time we got home the film … .

  • finished

  • had been finishing

  • would finish

  • had finished

Задание 32.

The restaurant was packed last night. Luckily, I … a table in advance.

  • was booking

  • had been booking

  • had booked

  • would book

Задание 33.

I know Jane will soon … contact lenses.

  • got used to wear

  • get used to wearing

  • be getting used to wearing

  • got to wear

Задание 34.

What … you … at half past six yesterday?

  • did / do

  • had / been done

  • were / doing

  • was / doing

Задание 35.

I … some paper works when the lights went out.

  • was doing

  • had done

  • had been doing

  • done

Задание 36.

We were walking through the woods when we … a gunshot.

  • had heard

  • was hearing

  • heard

  • had been hearing

Задание 37.

She … to living by the sea, but she is used to it now.

  • is used

  • wasn’t used

  • used

  • was used

Задание 38.

She … walking long distances. She walked 3 miles a day.

  • was used to

  • would

  • is used to

  • used

Задание 39.

When I was a little girl my father … always read us a bedtime story.

  • was used to

  • would

  • used

  • used to be

Задание 40.

I know that man. He … to work for me.

  • was used

  • used

  • is used

  • was

Задание 41.

I don’t mind walking. I … to it.

  • am used

  • was used

  • used to be

  • would walk

Задание 42.

He didn’t like using computers at first, but he … to it.

  • would use

  • used

  • got used

  • used to be

Задание 43.

When I was a small girl we … a pet dog.

  • would have

  • used to have

  • were having

  • had been having

Задание 44.

By the time we got to the party, everybody … it.

  • had already leaved

  • had been leaving

  • had already left

  • were leaving

Задание 45.

I … down the street when I ran into an old friend of mine.

  • were walking

  • was walking

  • had been walking

  • would walk

 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Then, say which uses of

these tenses are shown in each extract.

A Charlie
Chaplin 1) became... (become) one of the best-known
personalities in America within two years of his first appearance in motion
pictures. He 2)……………………(be) so famous that no studio could
afford to pay him,  so he 3)…………………..(appear) only in films which
he 4)…………………….(produce) himself.

B It 1)……………………………..(happen) at
ten o’ clock last night. John 2)…………………………..(sit) in his
cosy living room with his wife and children. They
3)…………………………….(watch) the evening news on TV when
suddenly, the lights 4)………………………..(go out) and every­thing in
the house 5)………………………………..(become) quiet.

C The boys 1) ………………………….(play)
football on the river bank while the girls 2)…………………………..(talk).

Everyone
3)………………………………(enjoy) the picnic when suddenly they
4)…………………(hear) a loud cry from further up the river. They all
5)……………………………………..(rush) to see what was wrong.

D In prehistoric times, people
1)…………………..(live) in caves. They 2)
…………………………… (hunt) animals which they then
3)………………….(use) for food and clothing. They
4)……………………….(make) everything by themselves, and they
5)………………………………………..(have) very simple lives.


^ 6. Put the verbs in brackets into the past 9ji simple or the past continuous. Which was the longer action
in

each sentence?

1 They were
cleaning
 
(clean) the
windows when it started (start) to rain.

Cleaning the windows was the longer
action.

2 As he …………………………………
(drive) to work, he ………………………….. (remember) that his
briefcase was still at

home.

3 Melanie
…………………………………………….. (cook) dinner when her
husband………………………………(come) home.

4 I…………………………………(hear)
a loud crash as I……………………………………………(sit) in
the garden.

5 She
…………………………………….. (type) a letter when her
boss…………………………………………………….(arrive).

6 While the
dog……………………………………..(dig) in the gar­den,
it………………………………………(find) a bone.

7 Mary ……………………………. (ride)
her bicycle when she…………………………….(notice) the tiny kitten.

8 While I
………………………………………….. (do) my homework, the
phone……………………………………………(ring).


^ 7. A
policeman is asking Mrs Hutchinson about a car accident she happened to see
yesterday. 
Put the
verbs in

brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

P: What 1) …were you
doing.
.. (you/do) when you 2)………………………….(see) the
accident, madam?

H: 3)….

I…………………………….(walk)
down the street.

P: What exactly
4)……………………………….(you/see)?

H: Well, the driver of the car 5)…………………………………..(drive)
down the road when suddenly the old man just

6)…………………………..(step) in
front of him! It 7)……………………….(be) terrible! 

P:
8)……………………………………….(the driver/speed)?

H: No, not really, but the old man 9)
………………………………………………….(not/look) both ways
before he

10)…………………………….(try) to
cross the road.


P: 11)……………………………………….(anyone
else/see) the accident?

H: Yes, the lady in the post office.

P: Thank you very much.

^ 8. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.A As soon
as Margaret 1) …got… (get) off the train, she 2)……………………….(pull)
her coat around her.

Rain 3)……………………………..(fall)
heavily and a cold wind 4)…………………………(blow) across the

platform. She 5)…………………………………..(look)
around, but no one

6)………………………………………….(wait)
to meet her. She 7)…………………………..(turn) to leave when

she
8)………………………………………(hear) footsteps. A man
9)………………………………(walk) towards

her. He
10)………………………………(smile) at her, then he
11)……………………………..(say), ‘You’re finally

here.’

B George 1)………………………………(pick) up
his bag then, 2) ……………………………… (throw) it over his

shoulder. It
3)………………………………(get) dark and he 4)
……………………………… (have) a long way to


go. He wished that he had let someone know that he was coming. It
5)………………………………(start) to

rain, and he was feeling cold and tired from the
long journey. Suddenly, he 6)………………………………

(hear) a noise, then he 7)
………………………………………(see) two bright lights on the
road ahead. A car

8) ……………………………… (head)
towards him. It slowed down and finally 9) ………………………………

(stop) beside him. A man
10)……………………………… (sit) at the wheel. He
11)…………………………(open)

the door quickly and 12)
…………………………. (say) ‘Get in, George.’

C Andy 1)………………………..(step) into the
house and 2)……………………………(close) the door behind

him. Everything
3)……………………….(be) quiet. His heart 4)
……………………………… (beat) fast and his

hands 5)……………………….(shake) as
he crept silently into the empty house, but he was trying not to

panic. He soon 6)…………………….(find)
what he 7)…………………………………….(look) for. He smiled with


relief as he put on the clothes. The men who
8)……………………………………..(follow) him would never

recognise him now.

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