Put the verbs into the correct PAST form 1. A: What ……….. (you/do) at 9 o’clock this morning? B: I …………..… (read) some important documents in my office.
2. They …………………………….… (walk) for hours when they stopped for a rest.
3. We ………………………………..……... (stay) in the hotel by the sea last summer.
4. Joe was happy because he ………………..… (win) the first prize in the competition.
5. He …………………….… (do) some interesting things the whole evening yesterday.
6. She didn’t start cleaning up after the party until her last guests ……………….. (go).
7. He ………………………………..………..… (drive) all night and was exhausted.
8 My parents ………….. (come) home by seven o’clock and at seven we ………………….… (have) dinner.
9. We …………………………………………… (book) our flight weeks before we left.
10. He ……………….…….. (play) football when the ball ……………….……….. (hit) his head.
11. Ben ……………………………….… (run) in the park in the morning yesterday.
12. Susan…………………. (type) some letters when the boss ……………. (ask) her into his office.
13. When I ……….… (come) to school yesterday, I saw that some students ………..…. (mop) the floor.
14. It ………………………..…….. (snow) for hours and no planes were able to take off.
15. They ……….….….. (do) their homework for five hours before their mom ……………...… (come) home.
16. My parents ………….. (come) home by seven o’clock and at seven we ………………….… (have) dinner.
17. Yesterday morning the wind ………………………..… (blow). I ……………………. (get) cold.
18. Yesterday afternoon it………………………………... (still / rain) when I………………... (get) home.
19. When I……………………. (be) little, my mother……………………………….. (use) to feed me.
20. Jane’s clothes were wet. She……………………………………………………….. ( wash) her dog.
21. Jerry……………………. (be) nervous, for he…………………... (never / flow) in an aeroplane before.
Open the brackets and use the correct form of Participle II.
1. She looked at the table. There was a loaf of brown bread (divided) into two halves.
2. There was another pause (broken) by a fit of laughing of one of the old men sitting in the first row.
3. The child (left) alone in the large room began screaming.
4. The center of the cotton industry is Manchester (connected) with Liverpool by a canal.
Open the brackets and use participial constructions with the conjunctions when, while, as if, as though, if, till, unless.
Example: When you cross the street, be careful at the crossroads. — When crossing the street, be careful at the crossroads.
1. When he was lying he spoke more quickly than when he was telling the truth.
2. She stood in front of the mirror as if she were speaking to herself.
3. She screamed as though she had been badly hurt.
4. He is a quiet man. He never hurries unless he is pressed for time.
1. I SPEAK three languages: French, Spanish, and English.
2. A) Where DOES HANS COME from?
В) He's Swiss. He comes from I Zurich.
3. A) What ARE YOU DOING tonight?
В) I'm going out.
4. A) Were's George?
B) He’S HAVING a shower.
5. A) What DOES THIS WORD MEAN?
B) I don't know. Look it up.
6 A) Do you want a cigarette?
В) No, thanks. I DON’T SMOKE.
7. Last year I WENT to America on holiday.
8. How long DID YOU STAY in America?
9 .The weekend was boring. I DIDN’T DO anything.
10. A) I'm going to university next year.
В) What ARE YOU GOING TO study?