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Review of Tenses Exercise 1.. I was walking along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere 1 – make _________ a phone call.. It was

Review of Tenses

Exercise 1

I was walking along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere ( 1 – make ) _ a phone call My car ( 2 – break ) _ down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA The street ( 3 – run ) parallei to the sea and ( 4 – join ) to it by a number of narrow side street Low grey clouds ( 5 – drift ) across the sky and there ( 6 – be ) a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet when I ( 7 – cross ) _ one of the side streets It (

8 – rain ) for a long time

Exercise 2.

I woke up when I ( 1 – hear ) a noise downstairs I ( 2 – get ) out of bed quietly because my wife ( 3 – still sleep ) and ( 4 – go ) _ to the top of the stairs

It was dark, but I could see two men downstairs in the living room They ( 5 – try ) _ to open the safe When I ( 6 – switch ) on the light, the two men ( 7 – run ) _ into the kitchen and ( 8 – escape ) _ out of the back door Then, before I ( 9 – have ) _ a chance to do anything I ( 10 – hear ) _ a police car pull up outside the house A neighbour

of mine ( 11 – see ) _ the men ( 12 – break ) into my house and ( 13 – phone ) the police

Exercise 3

John ( 1 – come ) _ from England He ( 2 – come ) to Paris six months ago ( 3 – learn ) French He ( 4 – start ) ( 5 – learn) French at school

in England when he was eleven so he ( 6 – learn ) _ it for nearly 10 years He ( 7 – just take ) _ an exam If he passes, he ( 8 – move ) _ into the next class He ( 9 – be ) _ excited today because his parents ( 10 – come ) _ tomorrow to stay with him for a few days

Exercise 4.

Shortly after the world, my brother and I ( 1 – invite ) _ ( 2 – spend ) _ a few days’ holiday with an uncle who ( 3 – just return ) from abroad He ( 4 – rent ) _ a cottage in the country, although he rarely ( 5 – spend ) much time there

We ( 6 – understand ) _ the reason for this after our arrival The cottage ( 7 – have ) _ no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows ( 8 – break ) _ and the roof (

9 – leak ) , ( 10 – make ) _ the whole house damp

Exercise 5

Mary ( 1 – have ) to go to New York last week, but she almost ( 2 – miss ) _ the plane She ( 3 – stand ) _ in the queue at the check – in desk when she suddenly ( 4 – realize ) _ that she ( 5 – leave ) _ her passport at home Fortunately,she ( 6 – not live ) very far from the airport so she ( 7 – have ) time to go back home

to get the passport She ( 8 – get ) back to the airport just in time for her flight

Exercise 6.

One of the first novels in history of literature ( 1 – be ) written in England in 1719

It ( 2 – be ) _ Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe He ( 3 – bear ) in London in a rich family When Daniel ( 4 – be ) a school boy, he ( 5 – begin ) to write stories After ( 6 – leave ) _ school, he ( 7 – work ) _ in his father’s shop and ( 8 – write ) articles for newspapers Defoe ( 9 – visit ) many countries and ( 10 – meet ) many people That helped him much in his writings

Exercise 7

A friend of mine, Judith Nelson ( 1 – presently work ) _ in the international sales division at an electronics firm She ( 2 – just return ) from a trip to Japan She ( 3 – be ) asked to go there because she can speak Japanese For four years, she ( 4 – never have ) _ the opportunity to use her Japan until she ( 5 – go ) _ to Tokyo last month While she ( 6 – be ) _ there, she ( 7 – speak ) _ Japanese everyday and ( 8 – enjoy ) _ very much of it

Exercise 8

My most embarrasing experience happened when I had just left university I ( 1 – just start ) _ teaching in a Liverpool secondary school One morning, my alarm clock ( 2 – not ring ) , I ( 3 – forget ) _ to wind it up I woke up at half past eight and school ( 4 – begin ) at 9 I quickly washed, shaved, dressed, jumped into my car and ( 5 – drive ) _ to school When I arrived, the students already ( 6 – be ) in class I didn’t go to the staff – room but ( 7 – go ) straight into the class After two or three minutes the students ( 8 – begin ) laughing and I couldn’t know why Suddenly, I ( 9 – look ) down and understood I ( 10 – put ) _ on one black shoe and one brown shoe

Exercise 9

Dear Sir

I ( 1 – write ) to you three weeks ago, ( 2 – ask ) _ about conditions of entry into your college You ( 3 – reply ) _ ( 4 – enclose ) an enrolment form, which I ( 5 – fill up ) and ( 6 – return ) without delay Since then, however, I ( 7 – hear ) nothing and I ( 8 – begin ) _ to wonder if my application ( 9 – go ) astray

You please ( 10 – check ) that you ( 11 – receive ) _ it and if you haven’t, please send me another enrolment form If, on the other hand, you ( 12 – receive ) _ my application but ( 13 – not decide ) _ whether to accept me as a student or not I ( 14 – be ) very grateful if you ( 15 – tell ) me when I may expect to hear your decision

Finally, if my application already ( 16 – be ) refused, I ( 17 – like ) to be informed as soon as possible because if I do not get into your college, I ( 18 – have ) _

to apply to another and the sooner I ( 19 –do ) _ this, the better chance I ( 20 – have ) _ of being accepted

Exercise 10

Dear Mr Jones

My family and I ( 1 – suffer ) a good deal lately from the noise made by your guests when they ( 2 – leave ) your house on Saturday nights

They ( 3 – stand ) in the street, ( 4 – laugh ) loudly and ( 5 – call ) goodbye to each other Then they ( 6 – get ) into their cas, ( 7 – bang ) the doors loudly, and finally they ( 8 – reverse ) _ their cars on to the road This ( 9 – sound ) _ a fairly simple manoeuvre, but there is always at least one of your guests who ( 10 – find ) it almost beyond him – whether because he ( 11 – have ) too much to drink or still ( 12 – learn ) _ to drive, I ( 13 - not know ) - but I ( 14 – know ) _ that it ( 15 – take ) him ages to get out and all the time we hear his engine ( 16 – roar ) and his friends ( 17 – shout ) _ advice

By the time all your guests ( 18 – go ) _ and the road is quiet again, my family all be wakened up, and the children often ( 19 – find ) _ it very hard to sleep again

I ( 20 –be ) _ very grateful if you ( 21 – ask ) _ your guests ( 22 – leave ) more quietly and perhaps you ( 23 – be ) able ( 24 – persuade ) any learner drivers ( 25 – come ) _ by taxi