Тренировочные упражнения по грамматике (прошедшие времена).

NAME ______________________________ CLASS _______ DATE _____________________________

Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets using past tenses.

1. When Elisabeth ______________________ (switch) on the TV set, her favourite series ______________________ (already/ start).

2. Everybody ______________________ (dance) and ______________________ (drink) when I ______________________ (leave) the disco at midnight.

3. As it ______________________ (not rain), I ______________________ (decide) to walk back home.

4. Two weeks after he ______________________ (finish) his exams, they ______________________ (give) a big party to celebrate it.

5. Mary ______________________ (want) to buy some clothes as one of her friends ______________________ (invite) her to her birthday party.

6. When the film ______________________ (finish), Kate ______________________ (call) her friend Sue to ask how the episode ______________________ (begin) that day.

7. He ______________________ (study) very hard since the beginning of the last term at University and ______________________ (manage) to pass all the exams with very good marks.

8. When I ______________________ (get) off the plane it ______________________ (rain).

9. He ______________________ (look) for a job for over two months till my father ______________________ (offer) him the post of accountant in his factory.

10. Alan ______________________ (give) me back the book last Sunday and ______________________ (tell) me he ______________________ (enjoy) it very much.

11. She ______________________ (say) she ______________________ (never/ ride) a bike before her parents ______________________ (buy) her one for her 14th birthday.

12. While we ______________________ (look) at a shop window, a car ______________________ (crash) into a street lamp.

13. The police ______________________ (arrive) immediately and an ambulance ______________________ (take) the driver to hospital.

14.We ______________________ (finish) our lessons when the bell ______________________ (ring)

15. I was happy because I ______________________ (do) well in the test.

16. His T-shirt was filthy because he ______________________ (wear) it for three days

17. My father ______________________ (peel) the potatoes while my mother ______________________ (prepare) the sauce

18 Last year we ______________________ (stay) in a charming hotel.

19. Last year I ______________________ (stay) in a hotel when I ______________________ (got) a letter from her

20. He ______________________ (drive) for an hour when he realized that he ______________________ (leave) his papers at home.

21. What you ______________________ (do) when they arrived?

22. How long you ______________________ (study) English before you ______________________ (go)to England?

23. When and where you ______________________ (find) this watch?

24. He ______________________ (come) into the room, ______________________ (switch) on TV and ______________________ (sit) on the sofa.

25. You ______________________ (already /do) your homework when your mother ______________________ (come) home yesterday evening?