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Прошедшие времена (Past)

1.     Минулий неозначений час вживається у таких випадках:

1) Копи дія відбупась (і завершилась) у певний момент у минулому:
She washed her hair half an hour ago.
2) Коли дві або більше дій відбулись одна за одною послідовно та без великих інтервалів у часі:
They came into а cafe, sat down at a table and ordered two coffees.
3) Для описания станів та звичок у минулому:
Не used to play football/played football when he was a schoolboy.
4) Якідо присудком у реченні виступають дієслова, які не вживаються у минулому тривалому часі, то   вони вживаються у минулому неозначеному часі:
We agreed to help her.


2.     Минулий тривалий час вживається у таких випадках:

1) Коли дія тривала у певний момент у минулому:
She was washing the dishes at 6 o'clock yesterday.
2) Коли дві та більше дій тривали одночасно у минулому:
While she was washing the dishes, her husband was drying them.
3) Коли одна дія тривала у минулому, а інша її перервала:
Не was watching TV when his friend phoned.

3.     Минулий доконаний час вживаеться у таких випадках:

1) Якщо дія завершилась до певного моменту в мимулому:
We had come home by 8 o'clock yesterday.
2) Якщо дія завершилась до початку іншої дії в мимулому.
They had returned home before the film began, (перша дія: they had returned home, друга дія: the film began)

4.     Минулий доконано - тривалий час вживається у таких випадках:

1) Якщо дія тривала якийсь час до певного моменту чи до початку іншої дії у минулому;
We had  been walking for forty minutes before we reached the village.
2) Щоб підкреслити, що дія тривала достатньо довго в минулому і мала виднммн результат:
He was confused because he had been solving that problem for hours.









 1. Circle the correct item.
1) Tina sunbathed/was sunbathing while her children swam/were swimming in the sea.
2) Mr White phoned /had phoned us after the conference was beginning/had begun.
3)They  were sailing/ had been saili ng for two weeks before they reached the continent.
4) My brother bought/had bought this computer a year ago.
5) We had/were ha ving breakfast when our neighbour knocked/had knocked at the door.
6) Tom's eyes were red because he had worked/had been working at the computer all day.
7) Dolly took/was taking a letter, opened/was opening it and started/had started reading.
8) After we cleaned/had cleaned the house we decided/had decided to go to the cinema.
9) The boys were playing/had been playing tennis at 3 o'clock yesterday.
10) Mrs Davis was upset because she was losing/had lost her purse


2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
1) Mike ... (to сycle) for two hours before he ... (to stop) for a rest.
2) We ... (to walk) about for half a day before we ... (to find) your house.
3) They ... (to wait) for an hour already when the taxi ... (to arrive).
4) Victor ... (to feel) tired because he ... (to dig) out the bushes in the garden all day.
5) Before Alice ... (to prepare) all the dishes she ... (to cook) for four hours.
6) It ... (to snow) for two days before the weather ... (to change).
7) Simon ... (to surf) the Internet for six hours before he ... (to find) the necessary information.
8) The scientists of our institute ... (to conduct) the research for many years before they ... (to discover) a new  source of energy.
9) Jack ... (to wonder) how long he ... (to wait) for Sandra.
10) Betty ... (to stare) at me for a few minutes before she ... (to understand) the meaning of my words.

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

1) The boys ... (to play) volleyball on the beach yesterday.
2) They ... (to play) volleyball from 9 to 11 yesterday morning.
3) By 5 o'clock yesterday their team ... (to play) two games of volleyball.
4) Den ... (toplay) volleyball for ten minutes yesterday when he suddenly ... (to twist) his ankle.
5) At that time Ron ... (to listen) to music in his room and ... (not to hear) the doorbell.
6) The secretary ... (to talk) on the phone for twenty minutes when the door ... (to open) and her boss ... (to come) into the room.
7) Peter ... (to drive) towards the airport last Sunday when he suddenly ... (to remember) that he ... (to leave) his passport at  home.
8) We ... (to go) to a cafe after we ... (to meet) Sally.
9) When David ... (to return) home yesterday his wife ... (to cook) the chicken which she ... (to buy) in the supermarket the day before.
10) It ... (to be) midnight and Linda ... (to sleep) hut John ... (to lie) sleepless because he ... (to think) about the words his chief  ... (to tell) him at the end of the working day.


 5. Find mistakes and correct them.

1) Greg and Bob had looked for their dog for two hours before they found it sleeping under a bench in the park.
2) We had been boating in the lake at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
3) She finished cooking dinner by the time her children returned from school.
4) When Henry opened the door of the living room, his little brother watched cartoons on TV.
5) Sally took a piece of paper and had written her phone number on it.
6) We were driving for six hours before we saw a small hotel beside the road.
7) After my friends left I washed the dishes and switched on the TV set.
8) What had you been doing at the moment the fire broke out?
9) How much was your camera costing a year ago?
10) What were Nelly doing while you were doing the ironing?


6. Translate into English.
1) Ми вчора купили новий холодильник.
2) Учора діти гуляли в парку з 5 до 8 вечора.
3) Ми вчора гуляли в парку більше години, коли побачили Тома. Він з кимось розмовляв біля кінотеатру.
4) Перед тим як ми відправили запрошення, Боб ще раз перевірив адресу.
5) Джулія не знала, на кого її бос чекав уже більше години.
Вона поливала квіти, коли високий чоловік зайшов до офісу і дав їй свою візитну картку.
6) Він чекав на офіціанта вже п'ять хвилин, коли побачив свого старого друга,  який  сидів за столиком біля  вікна.
7) Жінка була дуже стомлена, тому що вона просиділа біля хворої дитини всю ніч.
8) Майк подзвонив о десятій вечора. Ми знали, що він уже повернувся з відрядження, але в той вечір ми не чекали на його дзвінок.
9) Після того як конференция завершилася, я підійшов до професора і попросив його прочитати мою статтю.
10) Поки Емма робила фотокопії документів, я перевіряв електронну пошту і побачив лист, який Тед відправив мені  день тому..


7. Translate into English.
1) Він повернувся з конференції півгодини тому.
2) Поки я розмовляв по телефону, моя сестра у важно слухала новини по радіо.
3) Коли Нік прийшов додому, він пригадав, що не відправив повідомлення менеджеру фірми.
4) Ми ремонтували машину в гаражі, коли почули якийсь шум на вулиці.
5) Ми розмовляли близько десяти хвилин, коли раптом задзвонив мій мобільний телефон.


6) Стара жінка запросила нас у вітальню і пригостила пирогом з капустою, який вона спекла вранці.
7) Діти грались у саду дві години перед там, як розпочався дощ.
8) Бен почав працювати у нашій фірмі після того, як він закінчив університет.
9) Одяг хлопців був брудний, бо вони грали у футбол весь день.
10) Рятівники працювали всю нічь перш ніж прилетіли гелікоптери з лікарями.


8. Find mistakes and correct them.
1) They had arrived at the airport on time yesterday.
2) Colin was finishing his work before he went to bed.
3) Jessica had cut her finger when she was slicing bread.
4) Sally was taking a bath for ten minutes before the water was cut off.
5) The secretary had been making copies when the photocopier broke down.
6) She washed the dishes and had poured herself a cup of tea.
7) Nick went to the swimming pool after he was watching the news.
8) While we were gathering vegetables in the garden our mother had made an apple pie for dessert.
9) Gordon felt sleepy because he worked all night.
10) Wendy was studying management for three years before she got her diploma.


9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

1) Sarah ... (to write) poems since she ... (to be) a schoolgirl.
2) Ben ... (to stay) in New York for two days before he ... (to manage) to buy the ticket for Melbourne.
3) A little boy ... (to pi ay) with his new toy car for some hours before it... (to break).
4) They ... (to discuss) the news for half an hour before their chief ... (to come) to the office.
5) Isabel ... (to try) on clothes for more than an hour before she ... (to choose) a dress for the party.
6) Henry and Jane ... (to travel) around the USA for some weeks before I ... (to meet) them in San Francisco.
7) How long ... you ... (to sleep) before the doctor ... (to come).
8) Where ... Dave ... (to go) when his chief ... (to see) him?
9) Amanda ... (to look) at the photo for some minutes before she ...(to pat) it back into the album.
10) They ... (to be) wet because they ... (to walk) under the rain for some hours.







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