Exercise 12. Change the sentences to the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous
Tenses using corresponding time phrases
I go to the cinema. — I went to the cinema yesterday. — I was going to the
cinema when I met you.
1. It often snows in winter. 2. George sometimes cooks himself. 3. It gets dark early
now. 4. On Sundays we often go to the forest. 5. I play the piano. 6. Tom often skates
not far from his house. 7. The children drink milk in the evening. 8. We usually swim
in the river and bathe in the sun in summer. 9. We usually have dinner in the evening

1. Right now I am watching a movie. I watch a lot of movies.

2. Rickie is my friend. We like to talk together. Right now we are talking about school.

3. The police officer wears a badge and a gun to work every day.

4. Jaime usually eats cold cereal for breakfast, but now he is eating oatmeal.

5. Jonas sings in the band on Saturdays, and Veda plays the guitar with him.

6. My uncle lives in Novosibirsk. I live in Moscow.

7. We read the newspaper every morning.

8. Listen! She is playing the piano.

9. My friend plays the guitar every evening.

10. He usually gets up early in the morning

1. I was tired after I had played basketball.

2. She had finished writing letters before your mother arrived.

3. The child had cut his finger before we could take the knife from him.

4. We moved home after the rain had stopped.

5. He had decided to study French before he left school.

6. Sam had worked hard before he could get success.

7. The house had been built before the tornado ruined it.

8. My brother had received an email before he wrote back.

9. I had bought a new dog after my old dog died.

10. They had taken up playing tennis before they saw the tennis tournament on TV.