The Past Tenses

Прошедшие времена

EXERCISES

The Present Tenses Compared

Сравнение настоящих времен

Exercise 1.

Choose the correct answer.

1.	__ TV for the last four hours? Turn it off and get some exercise!
a) Do you watch	b) Are you watching	c) Have you been watching
2.	The hole in the ozone layer __ bigger and bigger.
a) has become	b) is becoming	c) become
3.	I’m tired because I __ an English book for a long time.
a) read	b) have been reading	c) am reading
4.	We __ a lot of interesting people in the last few days.
a) have met	b) meet	c) are meeting
5.	They usually __ coffee after their evening meal.
a) have been drinking	b) are drinking	c) drink
6.	Janet __ traveled by air before.
a) travels	b) has never travelled	c) is travelling
7.	Shut up! You __ a lot of noise.
a) have never made	b) usually make	c) are always making
8.	Sally __ the bus. She is always on time.
a) has never missed	b) rarely misses	c) hasn’t been missing
9.	Jane is in the garden now. She __ the flowers.
a) smells	b) has smelt	c)is smelling
10.	He __ my personal diary without asking me.
a) has been reading	b) read	c) is reading

Exercise 2.

Correct the mistakes.

1.	I am going to work by bus every day.
2.	I haven’t visited my home town when I left school.
3.	Jane studies this subject for five years.
4.	Mary have just finished reading a very interesting book.
5.	I am liking reading detective stories.
6.	Go you to the office every day?
7.	Peter plays in the garden at the moment.
8.	More and more species become extinct.
9.	I am learning how to play chess for three years now.
10.	Does Helen havea rest in Crimea since summer?

Exercise 3.

Complete the letter using the correct tense.

Dear Martha,

I 1. ____ (write) to tell you my good news. I 2. ____ (save) enough money from my part-time job and, at last I 3. ____ (open) a flower shop. My father 4. ____ (own) a shop years ago and he 5. ____ (give) me some advice and suggestions. He 6. ____ (think) that my shop 7. ____ (be) a success, because there isn’t another shop in the area. I 8. ____ (start) work next Monday. 9. ____ I ____ (probably/phone) you some time next week if I 10. ____ (have) time.

Wish me luck.

Best wishes,

Nicky

Exercise 4.

A. Work in pairs. Make a dialogue to talk about your friends’ interests and hobbies. You should mention:

· Where and when they do that hobby.

· How long they have been doing it.

· If you have ever done it with them.

B. Say if you think that is a good hobby or not, and why.

Для выражения действия, совершившегося или совершавшегося в прошлом, глагол-сказуемое в употребляется одной из форм прошедшего времени: thePast Simple (Indefinite) Tense Прошедшее простое (неопределенное), the Past Continuous (Progressive) Tense Прошедшее длительное, the Past Perfect Tense Прошедшее совершенное, the Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) Tense Прошедшее совершенно-длительное.

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