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Lesson 2: TENSE (Part 2)

I. PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT

Exercise 1. Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.
1. Jenny _________
was waiting (wait) for me when I ____________
arrived (arrive).
2. “What ____________
were you doing (you/do) at this time yesterday?” “I was asleep”.
3. “________________
Did you go (you/ go) out last night?” “No, I was too tired”.
4. How fast _______________ (you/drive) when the accident ___________
were you driving happend
(happen)?
5. Sam took ______________(take) a picture of me while I _____________ was not looking (not/look).
6. We were in a difficult position. We didn't _______________
know (not/know) what to do.
7. I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last ____________ (see) him, he
saw

_____________
was trying (try) to find a job.
8. I _____________
was walking (walk) along the street when suddenly I _____________
heard (hear)
footsteps behind me. Somebody _______________ (follow) me. I was scared and
was following

I __________
started (start) to run.
9. When I was young, I ______________ wanted (want) to be a pilot.
10. Last night, I _____________ (drop) a plate when I _____________
droped was doing (do) the
washing-up. Fortunately, it _______________
did not break (not/break).
Exercise 2: Use the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the
right. These sentences are in the order in which they happened – so (a)
happened before (b), (b) before (c) etc. But your paragraph begins with the
underlined sentence, so sometimes you need the past perfect.

1 (a) Somebody broke into the office We arrived at work in the morning and
during the night. found that ….somebody had broken…. into
the office during the night. So
(b) We arrived at work in the morning. ………………
we called the police.
(c) We called the police.

2 (a) Laura went out this morning. I went to Laura’s house this morning and

rang her doorbell, but ………………….no
there was
(b) I rang her doorbell. answer. …………………………out.
bc she had gone

(c) There was no answer.

3 (a) Jim came back from holiday a few d I met Jim a few days ago.

come back from
ays ago. ………………just
He has ………….holiday.
……………………………….. very well.
He looked
 (b) I met him the same day.

(c) He looked very well.

4 (a) Kevin sent Sally lots of emails. Yesterday Kevin …………………………

got a phone call

…… from Sally. He ………... surprised.
was
(b) She never replied to them. He……………. lots of emails, but she……
had sent Sally

Yesterday he got a phone call from h …………………….
had never replied to them
(c)
er.

(d) He was very surprised.

II. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT

CONTINUOUS.

Exercise 1: Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets, using
present perfect and present perfect continuous.

1. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on
page 53.
…………………………………………….for
Tom has been reading
two hours. (Read)
…………………………………………….53 pages so far. (Read)
Tom has read

2. Rachel is from Australia. She is travelling round Europe at the moment. She began
her trip three months ago.
She ……………………………………………………for
has been traveling three months. (Travel)
…………………………………………………………six
she has visited countries so far. (Visit)
3. Patrick is a tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was ten years old. This
year he won the national championship again – for the fourth time.
Patrick has won
………………………………………………….the national championship four
times. (win)
………………………………………………………since
He has been playing he was ten. (play)
4. When they left college, Lisa and Sue started making films together. They still
make films.
have been making
They……………………………………….films since they left college. (make)
…………………………………………five
They have made films since they left college. (make)

Exercise 2: Read the situations and make sentences from the words given.

1. We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain.
We…………………………………………………..when………………………..
had been playing tennis for half an hour it started to rain
2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20
minutes, I realized that I was in the wrong restaurant.
realized that I was in
I …………………………..for
had been waiting for Tom 20 minutes when I………………………………
………………………………………the wrong restaurant.
3. Sarah got a job in factory. Five years later the factory closed down.
At the time the factory…………………………………..,
closed down Sarah ……………….
had been working in

…………………………………..there for five years.

4. I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten
minutes, a man in the audience suddenly started shouting.
The orchestra ………………………………………………when……………..
had been playing for about ten minutes

………………………………………………………………………………….
a man in the audience started shouting