1. Fill in Past Simple, Past Continuous Or Past Perfect

MATRIX INTERMEDIATE they ……………………….(hear) a loud noise. 6. He …………………….…………(not visit) me before he…………………………… (fly) to Greece. UNIT 9 7. He …………………………(hear) a loud cry from outside NARRATIVE and ………………………………..(rush) out. TENSES 8. While she …………………………….(learn) for her test her brother………………. (play) football with his friends. 1. Fill in Past Simple, Past 9. We …………………………………..(not play) chess last Continuous or Past Perfect. 1. John ……………………..……..(play) with the children Sunday. after he …………………….(have) dinner. 10. He …………………………………………(go) shopping after 2. The farmer …………………………..(harvest) the apples he………………………………. (phone) me. before he …………………………..(take) them to his 11. When we …………………………………(meet) Jane at the neighbour to make cider. party she…………………. (wear) a red dress. 3. After it ……………………….(stop) raining the tennis 12. He …………………………….(not drive) fast when the match ……………..…………….(can) start. accident………….……………… (happen). 4. After George ………..………….(swallow) his medicine 13. The boys……………………………… (break) a window he …………..……..(begin) to feel much better. when they ……………….(play) football in the garden. 5. Before he ……………………..(become) president he 14. Mary……………………………………….. (not work) ……………….…………(work) as an actor. yesterday. She ………………………………(be) ill. 6. The tourists ………………………….(jump) into the pool 15. After she………………………………… (help) me with the as soon as they ……………..(unpack) their suitcases. housework she………………………. (go) to meet her 7. They …………………(sell) their flat before they …. friends. ………………….(move) to the Netherlands. 8. He ………………..……….(work) as a tourist agent after 3. Fill in Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past he ………………………..(finish) school. Perfect. 9. After he ………………….………….(call) the police he ………………………..(call) the ambulance. 1. After they ______(drink) a cup of tea, 10. We ………………..……….(leave) the cinema as soon they ______(have) some cake. as the movie ……………………….(end). 2. They ______(buy) the flat two years ago. 11. After Mary ……..….….(get) her new school uniform 3. While I ______(watch) TV the lights she ………….(show) it to her parents. ______(go) out. 12. He ……………...….(see) the robbers after they …….. 4. He ______(tell) me that he ______………………………….(leave) the bank. (see) a lion. 13. When we …………….…………(arrive) at the church 5. He ______(go) to France last year. the ceremony ……………………………….. (already start). 6. She ______(wash) her hair when her baby 14. She ………………………….(need) help because ______(start) to cry. someone ……………………(steal) her money. 7. After he ______(work) for hours, he 15. She …………………………………(do) her homework ______(start) feeling ill. before she ……………………….(visit) me. 8. Before he ______(leave) the room, I ______(explain) all the facts. 2. Fill in Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past 9. After he ______(find) the key he Perfect. ______(open) the door. 1. When they ………………….(sleep) thieves 10. While he ______(play) computer games …………………….(break) in and ……………..(steal) their she ______(read) a book. paintings. 11. They ______(sell) everything before they 2. After he ………………………….(repair) his bike he ______(move) to Glasgow. ………………………….(drive) to his grandparents. 12. He ______(not visit) me yesterday 3. Before she ……………………………..(have) dinner she evening. …………………………….(work) in the garden. 13. While I ______(clean) the room Mary 4. I ……………………………….(see) him yesterday in front ______(come). of the cinema. 14. After he ______(finish) school he ______(start) to work at a travel agent. 5. When they……………………………….. (listen) to music 15. By the time the police ______(arrive), the I ...... (see) a huge bear finishing our thieves ______(already/leave) the building. breakfast,”, ...... (say) one of the terrified 4. Mixing Past Tenses climbers. I. Every summer the Douglas family ...... (go) to the mountains on holiday. One day Mr 4 Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Douglas ...... (fish) in the river when Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect he ...... (see) a young boy falling into 1. They usually _ __ (travel) the river. They boy ...... (run) to the mountains. quickly and ...... (not see) the river. Mr 2. I (find) a new flat in Kilburn Douglas ...... (swim) to the boy yesterday. and ...... (rescue) him. When 3. Janet (work) for Smith and they ...... (arrive) home the boy’s Brothers before she came to work for us. parents ...... (phone) the police 4. you (like) chocolate milk? because they ...... (be) worried. 5. Jack (live) in Boston two years ago. II. Last Monday Mrs Rogers ...... 6. Susan ever (study) Thai (wake up) late. The alarm clock ...... before she moved to Thailand? (not ring) and she overslept. When 7. While I (write) the email, she ...... (get up) it ...... the computer suddenly went off. (be) half past eight; she ...... (get) 8. I'm tired. I (not get) dressed as quickly as possible much sleep last night. and ...... (go) to her office. When 9. He (write) a letter she ...... (get) on the bus now. everybody ...... (look) at her 10. Sammy (wait) for us and ...... (laugh). The same when we got off the plane. thing ...... (happen) when 11. The students (finish) their exam a she ...... (arrive) at the office. few minutes ago. They're now having Suddenly she ...... (look) down lunch. and ...... (understand) everything. 12. Peter (go) to Paris last year. She ...... (wear) one brown shoe 13. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ______and a black one. (hate) it! 14. How many books you (read) III: Twenty-four year old Jack last year? Rawlins ...... (go) home after a 15. She (visit) her Japanese hard day, when he ...... (hear) a young girl relatives once in 1993 before she moved shouting “Help!”. He ...... (look) up and in with them in 1996...... (see) the girl and her baby brother 16. In the evenings we usually (go) on a second floor balcony of a block of flats. Black to a pub. smoke ...... (come) out of the flat. 17. My best friend ______(write) to me every Without thinking about his own safety, week. Jack ...... (climb) up a water pipe 18. He (leave) the house a few and ...... (be) able to save the children. minutes ago. 19. I sometimes (go) to the IV. Two climbers caught in a snow storm were forced cinema. to spend the night in a cave in the mountains. 20. She (study) English The next morning while they ...... five years ago. (have) breakfast, they ...... (hear) a noise 21. While John (sleep) last from deep inside the cave. While night, someone stole his car. they ...... (pick) up their things, 22. you ever (visit) the U.S. they ...... (feel) the ground before your trip in 2006? trembling under their feet. “We ...... (run) without looking back for about a hundred metres. 23. you (see) Jody's new dog When it ...... (be) safe to look back, yesterday? 24. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ______(study) in the library. 25. Constructions on the Sears Tower (begin) in 1970. 26. Bill (not play) outside now. 27. How often _____ you (eat) out? - Not very often. Once a month. 28. We ______(fly) to Spain every summer. 29. I have to go now. It __ _ (get) dark. 30. Kristine never (be) to an opera before last night. 31. Alex (not work) last weekend. 32. We were not able to get a hotel room because we (not book) in advance. 33. Bob __ _ (watch) the news on TV every morning. 34. A: What you (do) when you broke your leg? B: I (snowboard). 35. I hate living in Seattle because it always (rain). 36. Dad (wash) the car now. 37. My mother (make) breakfast at the moment. 38. What you usually (have) for breakfast? 39. You (listen) to me when I told you to turn the oven off. 40. In the 19th century, Lewis Carroll (write) 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. 41. She only understood the movie because she (read) the book. 42. What you (eat) for lunch yesterday?