REVIEW
1/ Past simple
* Use: to talk about finished actions in the past, often with time expressions
Ex: I met her 2 days ago.
Yesterday, we went to the supermarket.
Last night, he did not come back home.
* Form:
Positive
Negative
Question
I/ you/ we/ they/
I/ you/ we/ they/ he/
Did I/ you/ we/ they/ he/
he/ she/ it said.
she/ it did not say.
she/ it say?
* Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).
1.
Last year I (spend)
2.
It (be)
3.
I (travel)
my holiday in Ireland.
great.
around by car with two friends and we (visit)
of interesting places.
4.
In the evenings we usually (go)
to a pub.
5.
One night we even (learn)
6.
We (be)
7.
It (not / rain)
a lot.
8.
But we (see)
some beautiful rainbows.
9.
Where (spend / you)
some Irish dances.
very lucky with the weather.
your last holiday?
2/ Past continuous
* Use:
a/ To talk about actions that were in progress at special time in the past
Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
She was listening to the radio.
b/ To talk about two actions were happening at the same time
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lots
Anne was writing a letter while Steve was reading the New York Times.
c/ To use together with the Simple Past
While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the telephone rang.
* Form:
Positive form
Negative form
Question form
you/ we/ they were
you/ we/ they were not
Were you/ we/ they
working
working
working?
he/ she/ it was working
he/ she/ it was not
Was he/ she/ it working?
working
* Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
1.
When I phoned my friends, they (play)
2.
Yesterday at six I (prepare)
3.
The kids (play)
4.
I (practice)
5.
We (not / cycle)
6.
While Alan (work)
monopoly.
dinner.
in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
the guitar when he came home.
all day.
in his room, his friends (swim)
in
the pool.
7.
I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen)
8.
What (you / do)
9.
Most of the time we (sit)
10. I (listen)
yesterday?
in the park.
to the radio while my sister (watch)
11. When I arrived, they (play)
12. We (study)
.
cards.
English yesterday at 4:00 pm.
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TV.
3/ Present Perfect: Please fulfill the blank with the correct form of Present
Perfect tense
1.
………… you ever …………..(be) to New York?
2.
You (not/do) ………….your project yet, I suppose.
3.
I ………..just (decide)……… to start working next week.
4.
He (be)…………. at his computer for seven hours.
5.
She (not/have) ……………any fun a long time.
6.
My father (not/ play)……….. any sport since last year.
7.
I’d better have a shower. I (not/have)………. one since Thursday.
8.
I…… just (realize)…………... that there are only four weeks to the end of term.
9.
The train drivers (go)……… on strike and they stopped working at twelve
o’clock.
10.
How long…….. (you/know)………. each other?
11.
……….(You/ take)………… many photographs?
12.
(She/ eat)………………. at the Royal Hotel yet?
13.
He (live) ………….here all his life..
14.
Is this the second time he (lose)……………. his job?
15.
How many bottles………… the milkman (leave) ………….? He (leave)
……….. six.
4/ Past Simple and Past Perfect: Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past
Perfect:
1. They (go) ……………..home after they (finish) ………………… their work.
2. She said that she (already, see) ……………………. Dr. Rice.
3. After taking a bath, he (go) ………………………….. to bed.
4. He told me he (not/eat) ………………………… such kind of food before.
5.
When
he
came
to
the
stadium,
the
match
(already/
begin)
………………………………….
6. Before she (watch) ………………….. TV, she (do)……………………. homework.
7. After they (go) ………………………, I (sit) ……………….. down and (rest)
……………
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8. Yesterday, John (go) ………………….. to the store before he (go) …………………
home.
9. She (win) ………………………. the gold medal in 1986.
10. Our teacher (tell) …………… us yesterday that he (visit) …………… England in
1970.
11. Alan (have)……….hardly (prepare)………..for dinner when her husband (go)
……..home
12. No sooner (have)…………….I (watch)……………. TV than the phone
(ring)…………
13. Before I (watch) ……………… TV, I (do) ………………………….. my
homework.
14.
After
I
(wash)………………………….my
……………………………
5/ Passive Voice: Change these active sentences to passive.
1) People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
2) The Government is planning a new road near my house.
3) My grandfather built this house in 1943.
4) Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.
5) The cleaner has cleaned the office.
6) He had written three books before 1867.
7) John will tell you later.
8) By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.
9) Somebody should do the work.
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clothes,
I
(sleep)
10) The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.
11) Everybody loves Mr Brown.
12) They are building a new stadium near the station.
13) The wolf ate the princess.
14) At six o’clock someone was telling a story.
15) Somebody has drunk all the milk!
16) I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
17) A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.
18) By next year the students will have studied the passive.
19) James might cook dinner.
20) Somebody must have taken my wallet.
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