Question

Упражнение 237 Раскроите скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple, Past Continuous u Past Perfect. 1. There (to be) two men in the room. One of them (to write) something while the other (to read) a news-paper. 2. He (not to tell) me that he (to receive) a telegram from her. 3. I (to ask) him if he (to know) where she (to live). I (to say) I (not to know) her ad­dress. 4. He (to ask) me if I (can) give him your ad­dress. 5. She (to say) that he (to give) her the wrong address. 6. I (to ask) him where he (to put) my let­ter. 7. He (to tell) us that they (to spend) all the money. 8. I (to sit) in an armchair and (to think) of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly (to open) and an old friend of mine whom I (not to see) for a very long time (to enter) the room. 9. She (to come) to see us just at the time when we (to have) dinner. It (to be) the first time I (to see) her. 10. I (to see) him just as he (to leave) the hotel. 11. I (not to see) him before we (to meet) at the con­cert. 12. He (to leave) the house before I (to have) time to ask him anything. 13. After spending sever­al days in Paris he (to feel) lonely and (to want) to return home. 14.1 (to think) he already (to go) home. 15.1 (to find) the old man in the garden. He (to talk) to some children who (to stand) around listening to him. 16. He (to speak) a language we never (to hear) before. 17. He (to tell) me he (to learn) it from the newspaper. 18. He (to enter) the room, (to take) something from the desk and (to go) out.

Answer 1

1. There were two men in the room. One of them was writing something while the other was reading a newspaper. 2. He didn't tell me that he had received a telegram from her. 3. I asked him if he knew where she lived. I said I didn't know her address. 4. He asked me if I could give him your address. 5. She said that he had given her the wrong address. 6. I asked him where he had put my letter. 7. He told us that they had spent all the money. 8. I was sitting in an armchair and thinking of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly opened and an old friend of mine whom I hadn't seen for a very long time entered the room. 9. She came to see us just at the time when we were having dinner. It was the first time I had seen her. 10. I saw him just as he was leaving the hotel. 11. I hadn't seen him before we met at the concert. 12. He left the house before I had time to ask him anything. 13. After spending several days in Paris, he felt lonely and wanted to return home. 14. I thought he had already gone home. 15. I found the old man in the garden. He was talking to some children who were standing around listening to him. 16. He was speaking a language we had never heard before. 17. He told me he had learned it from the newspaper. 18. He entered the room, took something from the desk, and went out.

Explanation:

This exercise requires the use of different verb tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect. Each sentence describes a specific action or event that happened in the past, and the task is to choose the correct verb tense to describe these actions.

Here's a breakdown of the verb tenses used in each sentence:

1. Past Simple: "There were two men in the room. One of them was writing something while the other was reading a newspaper." 2. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "He didn't tell me that he had received a telegram from her." 3. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "I asked him if he knew where she lived. I said I didn't know her address." 4. Past Simple: "He asked me if I could give him your address." 5. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "She said that he had given her the wrong address." 6. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "I asked him where he had put my letter." 7. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "He told us that they had spent all the money." 8. Past Continuous, Past Simple, Past Perfect: "I was sitting in an armchair and thinking of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly opened and an old friend of mine whom I hadn't seen for a very long time entered the room." 9. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "She came to see us just at the time when we were having dinner. It was the first time I had seen her." 10. Past Simple: "I saw him just as he was leaving the hotel." 11. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "I hadn't seen him before we met at the concert." 12. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "He left the house before I had time to ask him anything." 13. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "After spending several days in Paris, he felt lonely and wanted to return home." 14. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "I thought he had already gone home." 15. Past Simple, Past Continuous: "I found the old man in the garden. He was talking to some children who were standing around listening to him." 16. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "He was speaking a language we had never heard before." 17. Past Simple, Past Perfect: "He told me he had learned it from the newspaper." 18. Past Simple: "He entered the room, took something from the desk, and went out."

By using the appropriate verb tenses, we can accurately describe the sequence of events and actions that took place in the past.