englishisnowhere: 2012-02-12

17 Şubat 2012 Cuma

PAST PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST

Complete the following sentences in "The Past Perfect Simple", using "The Correct Forms of the Verbs" on the list
below.
A. WASH, WRITE, TELL, PAY, DRINK, FORGET, SPEND, WORK, EAT, WATER
1) As soon as I................................ the bill, I left the restaurant.
2) When I.................................. the beer, I threw the empty bottle away.
3) I got wet because I................................to take my umbrella with me.
4) I couldn't afford to buy a new shirt because I........ .............. all my money
5) After I......................... .... a letter to Peter, I put it into an envelope and posted it.
6) 6. The gardener told us to keep off the grass because he........................ .....it.
7) 7. He bought his villa after he ................ ... .. for ten years in England.
8) 8. When I went home, my parents .................................. their dinner.
9) 9. She went to sleep after her father............ ...... her the story.
10) 10. He. .... .... ............. his hands before he had lunch.
B. SEE, TAKE, PASS, HAVE, PREPARE, FLY, ARREST, PUT OUT, FEED, RECOVER
1) When I told the doctor that I ...... .... ................. earache for nearly a month, he gave me a prescription,
2) 2. After she ................................. her driving test, she bought a car.
3) John said that he..................... ..... .. that film before.
4) We .................................... to Athens before we took the terry boat to Izmir.
5) I .......... just.................. from the chicken pox when 1 caught measles last month.
6) We discovered that we .................................. the wrong road at the beginning of the trip.
7) She wondered if the police ............. ..... .......... the thief before dawn broke.
8) Linda .................................. the meal before she left the house.
9) When the fire engines arrived, the children ...... ... already ................... the fire.
10) After she ........................... ... the animals, she went for a walk in the woods.
C LOSE, WANT, GATHER, COMMIT, BREAK INTO, DIE, START, EXAMINE, BE, SET
1) Most of the tables were occupied and the guests ........... already... .... . eating their meals.
2) I.................................... to take a good holiday this year but 1 wasn't able to get away
3) He expected people to be sympathetic because his mother......................................
4) He............................... a newspaper reporter before he became a businessman.
5) The anthropolist left the village when he ... ... .... ......... enough data.
6) When we got back, we discovered that someone ................................... our house.
7) After the doctor.................................... my leg, he told me that it was broken.
8) When I questioned the boy he said he didn't know where he ...................................... his cap.
9) The sun .................................... in the west before we reached our destination.
10) The prisoner confessed that he ..... ..... ...... .. the crime.

PAST PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST

Put the verbs in brackets into either "The Past Simple" or "The Past Perfect Simple".
Example: Nobody believed me when I (say) .................that I (see) ...................................a UFO.
Nobody believed me when I said that I had seen a UFO.
1) It (be)...........very cold when he (get to)………….Moscow because winter (already, arrive).........................
2) My car (not, start)..................... this morning because I (leave)............................the lights on.
3) If he (work)..................................steadily he would have passed the exam.
4) After the detectives (check).................. the windows for fingerprints, they (search)................... the house.
5) He (not, realize) ...................... his mistake until after he (post)................................................. the letter.
6) The captain of the ship (he) ...............among the sailors who (abandon) .............the ship just before it
(go)............to the bottom of the sea.
7) 1 (take) .................................................... the decision after I (speak) ................................................ to John.
8) They (he) …………..... on the road for a mere five minutes when they (have) ..................... ...a puncture.
9) The car (scarcely, stop) .................. when a policeman (appear) .............................................
10)He (give)..... ..............me a painting which his grandfather (leave)... ...............................him.
11)After the accident it was quite some time before they (know).... ............................................what (happen)
12)After Jack and Mary (go out)................................................ with each other for six years, they (break up)
13)It was only after Jackie (see) .........................................the film she (decide) ......... .............. to read the book.
14)When she heard she (accept) ............... by Oxford University, she (jump) ...................up and down with joy.
15)He (work)............. as a mechanic for four years before they (let) .....................him drive one of the racing cars.
16)He (say)................................................. that he (not, see) .................................................... his mother for years.
17)After he (eat) ................ so much at Christmas dinner, he (suffer)................ from indigestion.
18)It was the first time that I (ever, see) ................................................... such a big man.
19)I would rather you (not, speak)..................................................... so rudely to your teacher last night.
20)They (still, be)...................friends even though they (be) ...................... ......................... apart for ten years.
21)David (eat) .......................Japanese food before, so he (know).................................................. what to order.
22)As the taxi was moving off, I (realize)................... that I (forget) ................................................ to take my wallet.
23)He (no sooner, turn)......................... the corner of the street than he (attack) ........................by a gang of ruffians.
24)Peter (be).... .......................................... the handsomest man she (ever, see)............................................
25)Before we (get) ........................................ our cat, we (never, have)......... ................................. a pet in our family.
26)I (hope)........... ........................ lo talk lo him but he (be)............................................... too busy lo listen.
27)The film (not, yet, finish).... . .... .. ........... when we (leave).... ...... .... the cinema last night.
28)Before he (decide). ..... .... to start his own business, he (learn).. .. .... .. ... . all the details about the job.
29) I wish I (learn)......... .... ........ .... ..... Arabic when 1 (be) ... .. ... .. ... . in Libya.
30)It (be) .. .... ... ... .. .... .. ten o'clock, but the children (not, get up) .... .. .. ... ..... .... yet.
31)By the time Peter (arrive) ...................................... at the hotel, his wife (already, die)..... ... ... .... .... .....
32)If I know................................. that you (be)..... ... .............. tired, I wouldn't have given you that task.
33)As soon as I (get)...... ..... ........................ home, I saw that someone (break into).... . ......... ...... my flat.
34)While I was going home, I (see).......... ........... an accident. A bus (run into) ....... .... a car.
35)By the lime 1 (get)..................................................... home, they (eat) ..... ... .. ... .. . all the cake.
36)The man (already, tell)...... ....... .... .... ..... the truth before the police (arrive). .... ........... .. ...
37)If you (not, warn) .... ... .. .... ...... .... me, 1 would have fallen into the water.