I.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST TENSES TO COMPLETE THE

SENTENCES BELOW.

1. I told John not to drive, because he _____ all night.

a. drank
b. was drinking
c. had drunk
d. had been drinking
2. Why did you change the channel? I ______ that movie.
a. watched
b. was watching
c. had watched
d. had been watching
3. When I _____ out of the shower the lights _____.
a. got / were getting off
b. had got / were getting off
c. was getting / went off
d. had been getting / had got off
4. When I saw Clara, I realized that she ______ much in all those years.
a. didn't change
b. wasn't changing
c. hadn't changed
d. hadn't been changing
5. When he entered the room somebody _____ him in the head.
a. hit
b. was hitting
c. had hit
d. had been hitting
6. He admitted that he ______ all the money from the box.
a. took
b. was taking
c. had taken
d. had been taking
7. The burglar _____ to open the safe when he _____ the owner come in.
a. was trying / heard
b. tried / heard
c. had been trying / had heard
 d. tried / was hearing
8. I knew he _____ because his eyes were red.
a. cried
b. was crying
c. had cried
d. had been crying no one
9. The plane in which the football team _____ crashed and none of them
survived.
a. travelled
b. were travelling
c. had travelled
d. had been travelling
10. We _____ for about 20 minutes when the plane was hit by turbulence.
a. flew
b. were flying
c. had flewn
d. had been flying

II. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE MOST APPROPRIATE NARRATIVE

TENSES OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS: PAST SIMPLE, PAST
CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS.

We thought that we were on the right path when suddenly we 1. ____________

ran into (run
realized
into) a very familiar rock and 2. ____________ (realize) that we 3. had been walking
____________
(walk) in circles for quite a long time. We 4. ____________
were (be) totally lost, and the
had already (already/finish) our water provisions weren’t very
fact that we 5. ____________
finished
promising.
We 6. ____________
decided (decide) to go uphill because according to John, it would be
had learned (learn) that
easier to spot a way out from an elevated point. He 7. ____________
had seen
from a documentary he 8. ____________(see) about survival. But what the
documentary 9. hadn't taught (not teach) John was that maybe it’s not such a good
____________
idea to go up a mountain when you are exhausted and waterless.
We 10. ____________
had trekked (trek) one mile when we 11. ____________
started (start) to have a
horrible feeling that that might be our last trek. Of course, we 12. ____________
didn't say
(say) anything, but we could see in each other’s eyes that at that precise moment we
were thinking (think) precisely the same. We couldn't walk any longer, so we
13. ____________
 14. ____________
decided (decide) to sit and rest, quietly, because neither of us wanted to
share any of our gloomy thoughts.
heard
"Hello, can I help you?" we suddenly 15. ____________ (hear). We 16 raised
(raise) our heads and 17. ____________
saw (see) a little man with slanted eyes and a
childish grin. He 18. was
____________
standing (stand) right next to us. I wondered where he 19.
____________
had come (come) from and how long he 20. ____________
had been (stand) there. But it
standing
didn't matter really because we were safe.

III. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION BETWEEN PRESENT PERFECT,

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINNUOUS, PAST SIMPLE OR PAST
CONTINUOUS.

1. My father ____ a bike since 2002.

a. was ridden
b. hasn't ridden
2. His family ____ abroad for three years.
a. lived dynamic - stative

b. were living
3. I ____ about moving last week.
a. had thought
b. was thinking
4. ____ since he gave up?
a. Did your father smoke
b. Has your father ever smoked
5. He ____ the best person I ____.
a. was / ever know
b. has been / 've ever known
6. My son ____ his homework when he ____.
a. was doing / arrived
b. has done / have arrived
7. I ____ my friend Paul after he ____ football all afternoon.
a. was meeting / has played
b. met / played
8. ____ how she always smiles you?
a. Have you noticed
b. Have you been noticing
9. I ____ for 16 years but I ___ able to give up the bad habit.
 a. smoked / was
b. smoked / did
10. My friend Tom ____ in a swimming competition last Friday. He ____ the first
position.
a. was participating / were winning
b. participated / won