Model:
He solved (Past Simple) the cross-word yesterday. He was solving (Past Continuous) the cross-word puzzle when he heard (Past Simple) the telephone ringing. He had solved (Past Perfect) the cross-word puzzle by the time the film started (Past Simple). He had been solving (Past Perfect Continuous) the cross-word puzzle for half an hour.
1. Yesterday I was ringing up to my secretary but nobody answered. I was ringing her from 3 till 5 oclock. At last she answered at eight oclock in the evening. She told me that she had been working on her report all that time.
2. The weather was terrible. It was raining heavily. She had been standing at the bus stop for half an hour but there was no sign of any transport.
3. When I arrived, he was staying in the same hotel where we first had met.
4. One day I was sitting in my office in a small town on the west coast of England. It was five oclock in the afternoon. I had already finished my work for the day and was resting quietly in my favourite armchair. I was thinking of the days that had gone by, especially of those days that I had spent on the Coral Islands in the Pacific.
Ex.2. Define what tense forms should be used in the following micro-situations. You dont need to translate the sentences.
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THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Ex.3. Write the Past Simple of the following verbs Refer to the Table of Past Tenses Spelling.
Smile, argue, cancel, reply, plan, file, point, die, ship, wave, map, carry, lie, stop, use, relax, stay, study, tie, cram, try, open, drop, hurry, step, borrow, drag, permit, refer, differ, control, hope, hop, annoy.
Ex.4. Write the Past Simple of the verbs in the list below. Systematize them into three groups according to the reading rules. Then, read the verbs out.
/d/ - play-played
/t/ - 䳺, /k/, /s/, /ts/,/f/,/p/ watch-watched
/id/ - 䳺, /t/ /d/ add- added
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Wait, start, tape, explain, charm, smash, remind, hope, shout, rain, aim, happen, listen, tame, laugh, help, wish, wave, visit, kiss, look, miss, enjoy, dive, crash, clean, jump, arrange.
Ex.5. Write the past forms of these irregular verbs.
Be, broadcast, burn, catch, choose, cost, cut, drive, eat, find, fly, get, have, meet, see, send, stand, take, teach, think, wake, and write.
Ex.6. Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb in the correct form.
| find, meet, burn, hit, choose, ride, begin, buy, lend, teach, fly, break, catch, cut |
1. My friend lent me the sum of money I asked him for.
2. Larson _________a horse when he lived in the village.
3. The boys ________ the ball and ________ the windowyesterday.
4. My group mate ________ the topic for the course paper last week.
5. The Browns ________ to Paris on holiday last year.
6. She ________ her school mate at the theatre last night.
7. The wooden hut ________ fire and ________ last summer.
8. George ________ the latest model of Nissan last month.
9. She ________ the ring she had lost at the wedding ceremony.
10. Father ________ his son to drive last summer.
