Тест "Past Tenses"

Упражнения "Времена группы Past"

1. Преобразуйте следующие утвердительные предложения в отрицательные.

1.     By 6 o’clock the rain had stopped.

2.     We were having tea at 5 o’clock.

3.     They had been staying at the hotel since May.

4.     I was flying to London that morning.

5.     I had known Mark all my life.

6.     The waiter entered the dark kitchen.

7.     We arrived yesterday evening.

8.     He was constantly missing the first class.

9.     I lived in the country last summer.

10. Lara had been writing with my pen for a week.

2. Выберите верный вариант глагола и переведите предложения.

1.     She looked tired. She … (planted/was planting/had been planting) flowers all morning.

2.     I … (was playing/played/had played) volleyball when the ball hit my head.

3.     His clothes were smudgy because he … (finished/had finished/was finished) painting the walls.

4.     When I was five my parents … (were buying/bought/had been buying) a piano for me.

5.     Kim … (was dancing/danced/had danced) when her husband opened the door.

6.     He … (cut/was cutting/had been cutting) the grass for an hour when suddenly the lawn-mower broke down.

7.     First I … (had taken off/took off/was taking off) my coat, then I went to the bathroom.

8.     She forgot everything she … (had studied/was studying/studied) at a driving school.

3. Поставьте глагол в форму Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.

to take

1.     Greg didn’t answer the phone because he … a shower.

2.     I couldn’t find my umbrella, but then I remembered that my sister … it to school.

3.     Frank … the candle and walked downstairs.

4.     We … the exam for 2 hours when a policeman entered the room.

to wash

5.     I saw Sam in the kitchen. He … his hands.

6.     They … their windows last spring.

7.     By the time I came home Jane … already the dishes.

8.     His wife … the mushrooms since the early morning, so he decided to help her.

to do

9.     By midnight he … all the work.

10. I … my homework when you phoned.

11. Dad … that crossword since morning.

12. She … her hair and left for work.

 4. Видоизмените глагол в предложении, заменив выделенное выражение предложенными обстоятельствами времени. Напишите новые предложения в прошедшем времени и переведите их на русский язык.

1.     I painted his portrait on Monday. (by 9 o’clock, for 2 years, last year, at 6 o’clock yesterday)

2.     We were watering the plants when the teacher came in. (last Friday, by the time the teacher came in, at that time, for a long time)