1. When the police arrived.........................., the car (go)........................
2. They (eat)......................... everything by the time he (come)............................... to the party.
3. When I (come) came , the meeting (start)...............................
4. By the time you (get)....................... her letter, she (leave)......................... for Paris.
5. By the time I (arrive)..................the airport, I (realise)........................ that I (leave)....................... my passport at home.
6. They (lock)...................... the door before they (go)......................................... out.
7. After he (have)................... breakfast, he (drive)...................... to work.
8. Before they (build)...................... a new school, they (pull)....................... down the old one.
9. We (have)......................... lunch when we (hear)........................... the news.
10. Last night, I (eat).................... a new food. I really (never eat)............................... that food before.
11. Yesterday I (cross).........................the street when a truck (run)...................... very fast and nearly (hit)................ me.
12. After we (walk).................... for many hours, we (reach)..................... the top of the hill.
13. He (be)..................... a teacher for 20 years before he (retire)......................... in 2009.
14. By the time the boss (come)................... back, I (finish)...................... all the work.
15. Before he (cook).......................... the dinner, he (buy).......................... some food at the butcher’s.
16. Mary (make)........................ a sandwich and then (sit)........................ on the sofa.
17. He (die)........................... after he (be).............................. ill for a long time.
18. I (drink)...................... some coffe before I (go)......................... to bed last night.
19. She (wait)...................... for him until 7.00 but he (not come)............................ so she (leave).
20. When I (open)....................... the door I (recognise)........................... that someone (break).................... into my house and (take).......................... some things.
21. The match (go)........................... on when it (suddenly rain)............................... heavily.
22. The fire (start)............................... when the campers (have).................................. a party in the forest.
Exercise 2: Choose A/B/C OR D:
1. I ________ my uncle’s home many times when I ________ a child.
A. visited/ is B. visits/ was C. visited/ was D. visited/ were
2. It ________ me half an hour to get to the supermarket yesterday. A. take B. takes C. took D. spent
3. I___him well when he came last weekend. A. didn’t treat B. not treated C. have treated D. was treating
4. I can’t believe that my expensive bicycle ___last night. A. was stolen B. was stealing C. is stolen D. stole
5. As I ________ my homework, he came yesterday afternoon.
A. did B. were doing C. am doing D. was doing
6. At this time yesterday, everyone ________. in the room.
A. is dancing B. was dancing C. dances D. danced
7. After Mary ________ her degree, she went to work in her father's company.
A. had finished B. is finishing C. finishes D. have finished
8. A small stone struck the windshield while we ________ down the road.
A. drive B. were driving C. had driven D. had been driving
9. ______this letter ________ last night? A. Is/ written B. Is/ wrote C. Was/ written D. Were/ written
10. The houses where I used to live ________ very comfortable.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
11. After he ________ English course, he went to England to continue his study.
A. will finish B. has finished C. had finished D. have been finished.
12. Who ________ when I came?
A. were you talking to B. are you talking to C. you are talking to D. you were talking to
13. Before he ________ to bed, he ________ his homework.
A. went/ has done B. went/ had done C. goes/ have done D. goes/ did
14. He is the most wonderful person I ________.
A. have ever met B. had ever met C. ever meet D. am meeting
15. Millions of dollars ________ spent on advertising last year. A. is B. was C. are D. were
16. He found a watch in the street, and then he ________ to return it to the loser.
A. had tried B. was trying C. tried D. had been trying
Exercise 3: Find and correct the mistakes:
1. I had ran before you called me.
2. I had hidden your wallet before you find it yesterday.
3. Mary had dug before you plant trees yesterday afternoon.
4. I had have wonderful love before you appeared in my life.
5. I had burnt my body before they say good bye to me.
6. My aunt work in London before she moved to Norwich.
7. The Norwegians planted their flag at the summit just before the British team arrived.
8. By the time I come, they had finished watching film.
9. I thought he hasn't eaten anything.
10. After he come home, he continued going
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I.Simple past and Past Perfect.
II>Gerund, to infinitive & bare infinitive
III. Tense
a. Did you read b. Had you read c. Have you read d. Do you read
2. We ____ in this town for a long time. We ______ here sixteen years ago.
a. had been / come b. have been / came c. were / came d. are / came
3. No breakfast for Mark, thanks . He _____ breakfast.
a. hasn’t eaten b. didn’t eat c. isn’t eating d. doesn’t eat
4. The news came as no surprise to me. I ____ for sometime that the factory was likely to close.
a. knew b. had known c. have known d. know.
5. Glenda _____ extremely hard when she was a student.
a. worked b. has worked c. was working d. had been worked
6. The world war II ___ in 1939 and _____ in 1945.
a. begins / ends b. had begun/ended c. has begun / had ended d. began / ended
7. I’ll see him when he ____ here tomorrow .
a. comes b. will come c. has come d. had come
8. I ____ at the check out when I _____ a strange looking man .
a. waited / noticed b. was waiting / noticed c. waited / was noticing d. was waiting / had noticed
9. Harry works all the time . He _____
a. never relaxes b. relaxes never c. often relaxes d. relaxes sometimes
10. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ____ to bed
a. have gone b. went c. had gone d. goes