1 Choose the correct answers.

1 It didn’t rain / wasn’t raining when we arrived home, but the sky was dark.
2 When we reached the station, the train left / had left already.
3 When we were hearing / heard what he had done, we were shocked.
4 The singer appeared / was appearing on stage and everyone started to cheer.
5 Did you feel / Had you felt surprised when you heard the news?

2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple, past continuous or past perfect form
of the verbs below. There is one verb that you do not need.
become forget hear return stop take
1 We were excited about seeing the band because we ________ only ________ them
on the Internet.
2 When I _______________ to my car, I found that someone had damaged it badly.
3 When ________ she ________ playing in the band?
4 We could still see the mountains in the distance but it _______________ dark quickly.
5 I waited for two hours outside in the cold because I _______________ the keys to the
house.

3 Complete the account of a memorable occasion. Use the past simple, past
continuous and past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

When I was eight years old, I 1…………. (do) something really mean. It was
the worst thing I 2……………………… (ever / do). One Saturday morning in January, I
3………………….. (open) my curtains and 4………………………. (see) that it
5……………………………… (snow) in the night. I remember feeling delighted and rushing to
wake up my sister, who 6…………………………………… (still / sleep). Once we 7
…………………………….(get) dressed quickly, we 8……………………… (go) outside to play in the
snow. We 9……………………………….. (laugh) and 10…………………………. (play) together happily,
when suddenly I 11……………………………….. (have) an amusing idea. I 12………………….. (make
)a special snowball and 13…………………. (throw) it at my sister. It 14
…………………..(hit) her on the head and she 15………………. (burst) into tears. My mum
16………………………. (come) out to see why my sister 17…………………….. (cry). When
she 18……………………………………. (find out) that I 19………………………….. (put) a rock in the
snowball, she was furious! I 20……………………………. (never / feel) so guilty before!
4 Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Az apám régebben nem teniszezett, de ma minden estét a tenisz clubban tölt.

2. Régebben mindig gyalog jártam iskolába.
3. Amikor elolvastam a könyvet, visszavittem a könyvtárba.
4. Amikor gyerek voltam, féltem a pókoktól.
5. Amikor odaértem az útlevél ellenőrzéshez, rájöttem, hogy otthon hagytam az
útlevelemet.
6. Amikor visszajöttem az utasok már mindannyian a helyükön ültek.
7. Miután a film véget ért a közönség haza ment.
8. Sütött a nap és elhatároztuk, hogy lemegyünk a partra.
9. Nem vagyok hozzászokva, hogy nyilvánosan énekeljek.
10. Könnyen hozzá tudnék szokni, hogy pihenjek délutánonként.