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PAST TENSES
Ex.1 Match the sentences with the correct tense description.
1. It was raining and the wind was blowing. | a) past equivalent of the Present Perfect |
2. He was exhausted because he had been walking all day. | b) action in the middle of happening at a stated past time |
3. There was no juice left because Jack had drunk it all. | c) past actions which happened one after the other |
4. She had finished by 8o’clock. | d) action which is not connected with the present and happened at a definite past time not mentioned |
5. The storm broke out after we had been driving for four hours. | e) background description to events in a story |
6. He got into the plane, started the engine and flew off into the clouds. | f) action continuing over a period up to a specific time in the past |
7. The party had already started by the time I arrived. | g) past equivalent of the Present Perfect Continuous |
8. Elvis Presley died in 1977. | h) past action which occurred before another action |
9. I was cycling when I fell off the bike. | i) past action in progress interrupted by another action |
10. My grandfather met Winston Churchill. | j) past action which occurred before a stated time in the past |
11. I was sleeping at 3 o’clock yesterday. | k) event which happened at a stated past time |
12. She had been trying to find a job in Hollywood for years. | l) past action of certain duration which had visible results in the past |
2. You will hear a man giving a talk on the radio about protecting your home against burglaries. Listen and answer the following questions.
1. Which items did the burglar steal?
2. Why did the man tell this story?
a. to show that the crime has increased
b. to show that crime can happen at any time
c. to show that burglars can open any lock
Listen again and complete these sentences.
1. A few weeks ago a woman… to report a burglary.
2. It … at five in the afternoon when she… the news on TV.
3. This woman … the front door locked.
4. When her son got older she … the door unlocked whenever she was at home.
5. The burglar simply … in through the front door.
6. The son… anything because he… to music.
7. Then the burglar …into the front room, … all the cupboards and … a valuable collection of CDs.
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