Grammar C Put the verbs into the correct past tense.
19 Benjamin
(gasp) in horror
when he saw the ghostly figure.
20 Claire
(drive) along a country
road when a huge creature came out of
nowhere and fell onto her car.
21 While Lisa (read) a book, her
brother was listening to music.
22 It was the first time that Elizabeth
(ever/see) pictures of Bigfoot.
23 Sandra
(paint) for three years
before she sold her first painting.
24 Alex didn't go to the photographic exhibition
because he
(not/finish) his
homework
25 The research team
(find) an
unusual fossil and took it back to the tab to
examine it.
Children made a puzzle yesterday.
Children didn't make a puzzle yesterday.
Did children make a puzzle yesterday?
We were watching TV, when the lights turned off.
We were not watching TV when the lights turned off.
Were we watching TV when the lights turned off?
Liz was watering the flowers in the evening.
Liz wasn't watering the flowers in the evening.
Was Liz watering the flowers in the evening?
When I came home, mum was cooking lunch.
When I came home, mum wasn't cooking lunch.
Was mum cooking lunch when I came home?
2. He has been working here for 15 years already. (Он работает здесь уже 15 лет)
3. She has been reading for 2 hours already. (Она читает уже 2 часа)
4. Wake up! You have been sleeping for ten hours already. (Вставай! Ты спишь уже 10 часов)
5. Yesterday the librarian gave me the book which I have been waiting for two months. I was very glad. (Вчера библиотекарь дала мне книгу, которую я ждал 2 месяца. Я был очень рад)
6. How long they have been playing tennis when it started to rain? (Как долго они играли в теннис после того, как начался дождь?)
7. When I entered the room they have been writing a test for half an hour already. (Когда я вошёл в комнату, они писали тест уже полчаса)
8. He is very tired. He has been playing football. (Он очень устал. Он играл в футбол)
9. They have been living in this town for three years when their son came back home. (Они жили в этом доме 3 года, когда их сын вернулся домой)
10. When he got up from the table, his eyes hurt and his head was going to burst. He has been reading up for the exam. (Когда он встал из-за стола, у него заболели глаза и чуть не взорвалась голова. Он готовился к экзамену)