Вправа 1. Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова в Past Simple або Past Perfect.

1. By two o’clock the teacher (examine) all the students.

2. On my way to school I (remember) that I had left my report at home.
3. All my friends was glad to hear that I had passed all the exams successfully.
4. Poor boy opened his eyes, looked around and tried what to remember had happened to him.
5. All the passengers (to see) at once that the old man (to travel) a lot in his life.
6. By the time we (to come) to see him, he (to leave) home.
7. During the holidays my friend (to visit) the village where he (to live in his childhood.
8. When they (to enter) the hall, the performance already (to begin).
9. When I (to come) home, my mother (to go) shopping.
10. He (to study) French before he (to enter the university.

Вправа 2. Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова в Past Simple або Past Perfect.
1. I (to think) he already (to go) home.
2. I (not to see) after him we (to meet )at the concert.
3. He (to leave) the house before I (to have ) time to ask him anything.
4. After he (to spend) some days in Paris he (to feel) lonely and (to want) return to home.
5. He (to speak) a language we never (to hear) before.
6. When the rain (to stop), I (to look ) out of the window.
7. The telegram (to come) some minutes after he (to leave).
8. She (to think) that Tom and Lanny (to quarrel).
9. The girl (to be) glad that she (to find) a seat near the window.
10. He (to remember) that he (not to ring) her up in the morning.
11. By the time the train (to reach) the city, he (to make) friends with many passengers.
12. When my uncle (to leave), he (to hurry) to the station to book a ticket.

Вправа 3. Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова в Past Simple, Past Continuous та Past
Perfect.
1. By eight o’clock yesterday I (to finish) my work and at eight I (to play) the piano.
2. By six o’clock father (to come) home and at six he (to have) dinner.
3. By nine o’clock yesterday grandmother (to wash) the dishes and at nine she (to watch) TV.
4. When I (to meet) Tom, he (to eat) an ice-cream which he (to buy) at the corner of the street.
5. When father (to come) home, we (to cook) the mushrooms which we (to gather) in the wood.
6. When I (to see) Ann, she (to look) at the flowers which she (to pick) in the field.
7. When I (to come) home yesterday, I (to see) that my little brother (to break) my pen and (to play
with its pieces.
8. When I (to open) the door of the classroom, I (to see) that the teacher already (to come) and a
student (to write) a test.
9. When I (to come) home my sister (to read) a book which she (to bring) from the library.
10. When mother (to come) home, the children (to eat) the soup which she (to cook) in the morning.
11. When I (to ring) up Mike, he still (to learn) the poem which he (to begin) learning at school.
12. When I (to look) out of the window, the children (to play) with a ball which Pete (to bring) from
home.
Вправа 4. Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова в Past Simple, Past Continuous u Past
Perfect.

Last night we (to go) to a football match. We (to take) a bus. The bus (to be) overcrowded as many
people (to want) to see the match. We (to get) off the bus and (to go) in the direction of the stadium.
While we (to cross) the road, I (to see) Victor. He (to stand) at the corner. He said he (to wait) for
his friend who (to come) to Kyiv the day before and (to wish) to see the new stadium. A man (to
come) up to me and asked if I (to have) a spare ticket for the match. Victor told us that just two
boys (to ask) him whether he (to have) a spare ticket. We (to enter) the stadium just as the football
players (to come) out on to the field. At the entrance to the stadium we (to meet) Tony. He (to
show) us to our seats and (to ask) me if I (to play) football in my childhood. We (to agree) to meet
in the snack bar during the interval.

Вправа 5. Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова в Past Simple, Past Continuous u Past
Perfect.
1. There (to be) two men in the room. One of them (to write) something while the other (to read) a
newspaper.
2. He (not to tell) me that he (to receive) a telegram from her.
3. She (to say) that he (to give) her the wrong address.
5. I (to ask) him where he (to put) my hat.
6. He (to tell) us that they (to spend) all the money.
7. I (to sit) in an armchair and (to think) of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door
suddenly (to open) and an old friend of mine whom I (not to see) for a very long time (to enter the
room.
8. She (to come) to see us just at the time when we (to have) dinner. It (to be) the first time I (to see)
her.
9. I (to see) him when he (to leave) the hotel.
10. He (to leave) the house before I (to have) time to ask him anything.
11. I (to find) the old man in the garden. He (to talk) to some children who (to stand) around
listening to him.
12. He (to tell) me that he (to learn) it from the newspaper.
13. He (to enter the room, (to take) something from the desk and (to go) out.

Вправа 6. Розкрийте дужки, поставивши дієслово в Past Perfect Continuous.

1. Sally ___________ (type) this text for 3 hours before Mark came.
2. Anthony _________ (wait) for his airplane for 3 hours when its delay was announced.
3. I saw many huge puddles. ______ it_______ (rain) hard?
4. Sam did not even realize what a hard time Molly ______ (have).
5. Rita _______ (train) for a year and she was very fit when her ex-boyfriend met her.
6. Rachel’s husband _________ (fix) the car since early morning.
7. Paul and Molly ___________ (talk) on the phone for an hour when the line broke.
8. How long ____________ you_________ (watch) TV before you decided to go to bed?
9. Steven felt tired as he __________ (sail) for several hours.
10. Zina __________ (try) to find her mother for years but she failed.
1. We __________ when somebody __________ at the door.
a) were talking / was knocking
b) had been talking / knocked
c) were talking / knocked
d) had been talking / had knocked

2. Ian ____________ at the factory long when he ___________ a manager.

a) was working / had been made
b) had been working / was made
c) had been working / made
d) had worked / made

3. Sally _________ for two years when she ___________ the race.
a) trained / entered
b) was training / was entering
c) had trained / had entered
d) had been training / entered

4. It ____________ and the ground _______ white.

a) had been snowing / was
b) was snowing / had been
c) had snowed / was
d) had been snowing / was being

5. By his death, the composer _____________.

a) had written
b) was writing
c) had been writing
d) wrote

6. Jimmy ________ out of breath because he ___________.

a) had been / was running

b) was / was running
c) was / had been running
d) had been / had been running