Ex.138 Read the following sentences and underline the correct tense in each one

Ex.136 Talk about the reasons why these things happened.

1. One of the students in your group failed the exam.

2. Your teacher praised you the other day.

3. You didn’t go to your friend’s party.

4. You didn’t approve your girlfriend’s/boyfriend’s decision to marry him/her.

5. Your mum was cross at you.

Ex. 137. Simple Past / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

I can't believe I (get) ……………………… that apartment. I (submit) ………………… my application last week, but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show) ………………… up to take a look around, there were at least twenty other people who (arrive) …………………….. before me. Most of them (fill, already) …………………… out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could still apply, so I did.

I (try) …………………. to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They (want) ………………….. me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I (have)……………………… some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I (end) …………………. up listing my father as a reference.

It was total luck that he (decide) …………………. to give me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my father (go) ………………. to high school together. He decided that I could have the apartment before he (look)……………….. at my credit report. I really lucked out!

1. David Beckham had not played /didn’t play for a Spanish team before he joined Real Madrid.

2. Ellen MacArthur had sailed/sailed round the world and had completed /completed the voyage successfully.

3. She was missing/missed her family when she was going/went to university.

4. My father was reminding/had reminded us of how determined Jen was, just as she was winning/won the race.

5. He travelled/was travelling in New Zealand when he had met/met Millie. He had never felt/never felt like this before!

6. She didn’t intend/hadn’t intended to work at the pub, but she needed/had needed to earn extra cash for her course.

7. He inspired/was inspiring many people during his short life.

8. We talked/were talking about how inspiring our coach was, when he was walking/walked into the changing room.

Ex.139 In pairs discuss the six questions. Use a variety of past tenses: Past Simple, Past Perfect and the Past Continuous while you are speaking.

1. Which famous person (or not) has inspired you in your life and why?

2. Which skill have you been encouraged to develop most in your life?

3. What is the bravest thing you have ever done? Describe it.

4. Have you ever been involved in any sort of large project? What was involved?

5. What was your favourite time of year as a child and why?

6. Which century would you have liked to live in apart from this one?

Ex. 140. Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. When I (arrive) ………………….. home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) ……………….. a beautiful candlelight dinner.

2. Since I began acting, I (perform) ……………….. in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I (speak, never even) ………………… publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.

3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) ………………… without me. My boss (be) ……………………… furious with me and I (be) ………………… fired.

4. When I (turn) ……………………. the radio on yesterday, I (hear) ………………….. a song that was popular when I was in high school. I (hear, not) ……………….. the song in years, and it (bring) …………………….. back some great memories.

5. Last week, I (run) ……………………. into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see, not)………………………….. each other in years, and both of us (change) ………………… a great deal. I (enjoy) ………………… talking to her so much that I (ask) ………………….. her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

6. When Jack (enter) ……………………. the room, I (recognize, not) ………………… him because he (lose) …………………… so much weight and (grow) ………………… a beard. He looked totally different!

7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually) ………………….. by the time Europeans first (arrive) …………………….. in the New World.

8. I (visit) ………………….. so many beautiful places since I (come) ………………. to Utah. Before moving here, I (hear, never)……………………… of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.

CONTEXT

Ex.142 Complete this passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Narrative Tenses: Simple Past – Past Continuous – Past Perfect Simple

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