Revision

14.1* Complete the sentence with the past simple or present perfect form of the verb in brackets:

1. I (leave) left my bag on the train this morning.

2. Helen (complete) _______ the test half an hour before the end.

3. The match can't begin yet because the other team (not arrive) _______.

4. We (not play) _______ chess for ages. Do you feel like a game?
5. I (like) _______ their last album, but I’m not keen on the new one.

6. When (you go) _______ to the cinema last?

7. Sam (not take) _______ a day off since last April.

8. (you see) _______ my wallet? I’m sure I left it here on the desk.

9. When (you realize) _______ that you wanted to be a musician?
10. I (have) _______ an idea! Why don't we go skating tomorrow?

14.2* Complete the text with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect simple form of the verbs in brackets:

Mozart was born in 1756, the son of a professional musician. His father soon 1) (give up) gave up composing when he recognized his son's musical talent. By the age of three, the young Mozart 2) (learn) _______ to play several pieces of music. While he and his father 3) (travel) _______ round Europe, Mozart met many famous musicians and composers. Before he was 17, he 4) (compose) _______ several operas. While he 5) (visit) _______ the Vatican in Rome, he 6) (listen) _______ to a piece of music which, up to this point, the Vatican authorities 7) (keep) _______ secret. No one 8) (publish) _______ a copy of the piece before, but Mozart 9) (manage) _______ to write it down from memory after he 10) (listen) _______ to it once. By the age of 30 he 11) (become) _______ one of the most famous composers in Europe, and 12) (have) _______ a large apartment in Vienna, which is now a tourist attraction. It was here that he 13) (write) _______ his famous opera The Marriage of Figaro. In 1791, while he 14) (work) _______ on his Requiem, he 15) (fall) _______ ill and died at the age of 35.

14.3* Read the story of Archimedes and his bath. Then complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect):

Archimedes, the Greek mathematician, is probably most famous for the story of King Hieron II of Syracuse and the gold crown. The king1)(want) wanted to give a gold crown as a gift to the gods, and 2) (give) _______ a carefully weighed amount of gold to a goldsmith. The man 3) (produce) _______ a beautiful crown, but the king was worried that the craftsman 4) (not use) _______ all the gold to make the crown. Dishonest craftsmen often5)(mix) _______ gold with silver, which was cheaper, but the king could not find a way of proving that the man 6) (do) _______ this. He 7) (ask) _______ Archimedes to solve the problem. Archimedes 8) (know) _______ that gold and silver have different densities. The problem was that nobody couldcalculate the mass of an object like a crown. While Archimedes9)(think) _______ about this problem,he decided to go to the public baths to relax. While he10)(climb) _______ into the bath, he11)(notice) _______ some water on the floor. It12)(spill) _______ over the side of the bath, and he13)(realize) _______ that he14)(solve) _______ the problem by accident. The total amount ofwater that15)(spill) _______ out of the bath must be the same as the volume of his body He could use apiece of pure gold and calculate its volume, and then test the crown and see if it was the same. According tothe story, he16)(jump) _______ straight out of the bath and 17) (run) _______ down the streetcalling 'Eureka – I’ve found it.' The goldsmith soon 18) (admit) _______ that he 19) (cheat) _______ the king, and was punished. Archimedes 20) (discover) _______ a principle of buoyancy.

Test yourself: Tenses

A. Choose the correct form, A, B, C or D, to complete the sentence:

1. I ___ this computer for more than ten years, so I’m thinking of getting a new one.

2. You're half an hour late! I ___ here for ages!

3. I ___ these black trousers better than those blue ones.

4. Can I borrow a pen? I ___ mine.

5. I’d like to dance with you, but I ___ for my friend.

6. Kate ___ in Poland since last October. She's really enjoying it.

7. Carol’s great, isn't she? ___ her long?

8. Paul ___ in all day today, so now he feels like going out.

9. You'd better borrow this umbrella ___ really hard.

10. I ___ on my project all morning, and I need a break.

1.a)have hadb) have heen having c) have d) am having

2. a) have waited b) have been waiting c) wait d) am waiting

3. a) have liked b) have been liking c) like d) am liking

4. a) have lost b) have been losing c) lose d) am losing

5. a) have waited b) have been waiting c) wait d) am waiting

6. a) has taught b)has been teaching c)teaches d)is teaching

7. a) Have you known b)Have you been knowing c) Do you know

d) Are you knowing

8. a) has stayed b) has been staying c) stays d) is staying

9. a) It has rained b)It has been raining c) It rains d) It is raining

10. a) have worked b) have been working c) work d) am working

B. Underline the correct form:

How11) do you get on / are you getting on in Paris? Sorry 12) I haven't written / I’m not writing before but 13) I train / I’ve been training hard for my basketball team. We14) played / have played in a tournament last week – we15) come / came third! I really 16) enjoy / enjoyed taking part, but 17) I haven't done / I wasn't doing anything else for the past month.

Unfortunately, when Sarah's big day 18) arrived / was arriving, things 19) have gone / went disastrously wrong at first. For a start, it 20) was raining / has been raining and as the traffic was so heavy, she21) arrived / was arriving nearly ten minutes late for her interview. Then while she 22) was crossing / has crossed the road, a passing bus 23) splashed / was splashing her with water. But inside the building her luck 24) changed / has changed. 'Mr Fortescue 25) is expecting / has expected me,' she 26) was telling / told the receptionist. 'He 27) hasn't arrived / doesn't arrive yet,' she was told. 'Just take a seat.' Perhaps everything would be all right after all!

An art historian 28) has discovered / is discovering two missing paintings by Fra Angelico (c 1395-1455) in the home of a pensioner from Oxford who29) has died / died earlier this year. Jean Preston 30) bought / has bought the paintings when she 31) was working / has been working in America in the 1960s. Shortly before her death, a friend32) recognized / has recognized them as part of a group of six small paintings which Angelico 33) painted / has painted in 1439. Miss Preston34) paid / was paying about Ј200 for the pair, but experts35) say / said they are now worth around £1 million.

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