Question

Помогите пожалуйста, без списывания с интернета Раскройте скобки, употребляя Past Indefinite, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous Tenses 1. At the border station passangers (fill) in the forms and (go) through the customs. 2. When he (look) for his passport, he (find) these old photographs. 3. She (walk) along the street when someone (open) the window and (throw) out a bouquet of roses. 4. Our neighbour (find) this ring when he (dig) in the garden. He wonders who it (belong) to? 5. We (fly) over Loch Ness some days ago. You (see) the Loch Ness monster? 6. When she (leave) school she (cut) her hair and wears it short. 7. Mr. Bush (work) as a cashier for twenty-seven years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country. 8. Why you (not to lend) him that book yesterday? – I (read) it myself at that time. 9. I know you (be) very busy last week, so I (not to disturb) you. 10. My mother was very pleased to see her classmates again. She (not see) them for twenty years. 11. Last year the Browns (go) to France. It (be) their first time there. They never (be) there before. 12. Was Helen at the party when you (arrive)? No, she (go) home. 13. The house (be) very quiet when we (get) home. Everybody (go) to bed already. 14. Where your grandmother (work) before she retired? – She (work) at the post-office all her life. 15. The children (lie) in the sun for half an hour when it started to rain. 16. We were good friends. We (know) each other for a long time. 17. When I came my boss (wait) for me. He (wait) for 20 minutes already and (be) annoyed be­cause I (be) late. 18. When I (wake) up at 9 yesterday morning my brother (sit) in front of TV. He just (turn) it off. He (watch) TV programmes since seven o'clock. 19. He (wait) for the train for 10 minutes when suddenly he (realize) that he (arrive) at the wrong station. A minute later he (hurry) to a taxi stop.

Answer 1

1. At the border station passangers (filled) in the forms and (went) through the customs.
2. When he (was looking) for his passport, he (found) these old photographs.
3. She (was walking) along the street when someone (opened) the window and (threw) out a bouquet of roses.
4. Our neighbour (found) this ring when he (was digging) in the garden. He wonders who it (belonged) to?
5.-  We (flew) over Loch Ness some days ago. - Did you (see) the Loch Ness monster?
6. When she (left) school she (cut) her hair and wears it short.
7. Mr. Bush (worked) as a cashier for twenty-seven years. Then he (retired) and (went) to live in the country.
8. Why didn't you (lend) him that book yesterday? – I (was reading) it myself at that time.
9. I know you (were) very busy last week, so I (did not disturb) you.
10. My mother was very pleased to see her classmates again. She (had not seen) them for twenty years.
11. Last year the Browns (went) to France. It (was) their first time there. They had never (been) there before.
12. Was Helen at the party when you (arrived)? No, she (had gone) home.
13. The house (was) very quiet when we (got) home. Everybody (had gone) to bed already.
14. Where did your grandmother (work) before she retired? – She (worked) at the post-office all her life.
15. The children (had been lying) in the sun for half an hour when it started to rain.
16. We were good friends. We (had known) each other for a long time.
17. When I came my boss (was waiting) for me. He (had been waiting) for 20 minutes already and (was) annoyed be­cause I (was) late.
18. When I (woke) up at 9 yesterday morning my brother (was sitting) in front of TV. He had just (turned) it off. He (had been watching) TV programmes since seven o'clock.
19. He (had been waiting) for the train for 10 minutes when suddenly he (realized) that he (had arrived) at the wrong station. A minute later he (was hurrying) to a taxi stop.

Answer 2

1. At the border station passengers (fill) in the forms and (go) through the customs.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Continuous and the Past Simple. - The action of filling in the forms is a continuous action that was happening at a specific point in the past, so we use the Past Continuous tense. - The action of going through the customs is a completed action that happened after the passengers filled in the forms, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "At the border station, passengers were filling in the forms and went through the customs."

2. When he (look) for his passport, he (find) these old photographs.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Continuous and the Past Simple. - The action of looking for his passport is a continuous action that was happening at a specific point in the past, so we use the Past Continuous tense. - The action of finding the old photographs is a completed action that happened after he looked for his passport, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "When he was looking for his passport, he found these old photographs."

3. She (walk) along the street when someone (open) the window and (throw) out a bouquet of roses.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Continuous and the Past Simple. - The action of walking along the street is a continuous action that was happening at a specific point in the past, so we use the Past Continuous tense. - The actions of opening the window and throwing out a bouquet of roses are completed actions that happened after she was walking along the street, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "She was walking along the street when someone opened the window and threw out a bouquet of roses."

4. Our neighbor (find) this ring when he (dig) in the garden. He wonders who it (belong) to?

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Perfect. - The action of finding the ring is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of digging in the garden is a completed action that happened before finding the ring, so we use the Past Perfect tense. - The action of wondering who the ring belongs to is a continuous action that is happening in the present, so we use the Present Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "Our neighbor found this ring when he had dug in the garden. He wonders who it belongs to?"

5. We (fly) over Loch Ness some days ago. You (see) the Loch Ness monster?

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of flying over Loch Ness is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of seeing the Loch Ness monster is a completed action that happened after flying over Loch Ness, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "We flew over Loch Ness some days ago. Did you see the Loch Ness monster?"

6. When she (leave) school she (cut) her hair and wears it short.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Present Simple. - The action of leaving school is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of cutting her hair is a completed action that happened after leaving school, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of wearing her hair short is a continuous action that is happening in the present, so we use the Present Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "When she left school, she cut her hair and wears it short."

7. Mr. Bush (work) as a cashier for twenty-seven years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of working as a cashier is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of retiring and going to live in the country is a completed action that happened after working as a cashier, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "Mr. Bush worked as a cashier for twenty-seven years. Then he retired and went to live in the country."

8. Why you (not to lend) him that book yesterday? – I (read) it myself at that time.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of not lending him the book is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of reading the book is a completed action that happened at the same time as not lending him the book, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "Why didn't you lend him that book yesterday? – I read it myself at that time."

9. I know you (be) very busy last week, so I (not to disturb) you.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of being very busy is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of not disturbing you is a completed action that happened at the same time as being very busy, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "I know you were very busy last week, so I didn't disturb you."

10. My mother was very pleased to see her classmates again. She (not see) them for twenty years.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of being pleased to see her classmates is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of not seeing them for twenty years is a completed action that happened before being pleased to see them, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "My mother was very pleased to see her classmates again. She hadn't seen them for twenty years."

11. Last year the Browns (go) to France. It (be) their first time there. They never (be) there before.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of going to France is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of it being their first time there is a completed action that happened at the same time as going to France, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of never being there before is a completed action that happened before going to France, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "Last year, the Browns went to France. It was their first time there. They had never been there before."

12. Was Helen at the party when you (arrive)? No, she (go) home.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of being at the party is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of going home is a completed action that happened after arriving at the party, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "Was Helen at the party when you arrived? No, she went home."

13. The house (be) very quiet when we (get) home. Everybody (go) to bed already.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of the house being very quiet is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of getting home is a completed action that happened after the house was very quiet, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of everybody going to bed already is a completed action that happened before getting home, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "The house was very quiet when we got home. Everybody had gone to bed already."

14. Where your grandmother (work) before she retired? – She (work) at the post-office all her life.

- The correct tenses to use in this sentence are the Past Simple and the Past Simple. - The action of working at the post-office is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of working there all her life is a completed action that happened before retiring, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "Where did your grandmother work before she retired? – She worked at the post-office all her life."

15. The children (lie) in the sun for half an hour when it started to rain.

- The correct tense to use in this sentence is the Past Simple. - The action of lying in the sun is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The correct sentence is: "The children lay in the sun for half an hour when it started to rain."

16. We were good friends. We (know) each other for a long time.

- The correct tense to use in this sentence is the Past Simple. - The action of being good friends is a completed action that happened in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense. - The action of knowing each other for a long time is a completed action that happened at the same time