

Exercise 5 identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1. We took the bus downtown, did a few errands,and had gone to lunch.
2. It’s ten years since we have left school in 1996.
3. Are you ready? It’s time we go.
4. I last saw him when I am a student.
5. Last Monday was a holiday, so my brother doesn’t have to go towork.
Exercise 6 Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.
1. Sue ( work)……………… at ten o’clock yesterday morning.
2. What you ( do)……………… at 4 p.m yesterday?- well, I ( work)…………………… in my office.
3. At 9 last night, Mrs. Smith ( wash)………. the dishes while her children ( study) …………their lesson.
4. Yesterday I ( see)…………… an accident while I ( wait)………….. for you on this corner.
5. While I ( walk)…………….. to class yesterday morning, I ( see) ………………Mary.
6. I didn’t smoke while I ( drive)…………….. a car.
7. He often looked around while he ( wait) …………………..for bus.
8. When I ( be)……………….. young, I often ( go)………………. fishing with my uncle.
9. My younger brother often ( cry) at night when he ( be) 3 years old.
10. When he ( be)………………… young, he ( serve) …………………in the army for ten years.
11. When he lived in the town, he often ( catch) ……………….the bus to his university.
12. I ( read)…………………………… when the light ( go)……………………… out.
13. When I (see) …………………..you last night, what you ( do)……………………?
14. I ( talk)…………………….. about when suddenly he ( come) …………….in last night.
15. Yesterday afternoon, the boys ( break) ……………the windows when they ( play) ………………football.
Exercise 7 Choose the best answer.
1. It was midnight. Outside it ______ very hard.
a. rainb. is rainingc. rainedd. was raining
2. Right now, Jim ____ the newspaper and Kathy ____ dinner. Last night at this time, they____ the same thing.
a. is reading/ is making/ were doingb. reads/ makes/ had done
c. has read/ has made/ are doingd. will read/ will make/ did
3.The light _____ out while we _______ tea.
a. went/ were havingb. was going/ hadc. had gone/ are havingd. has gone/ have
4. Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she __________ .
a. didn’t lookb. wasn’t lookingc. hasn’t lookedd. hadn’t looked
5. Helen often reads a newspaper while she ______ for the bus.
a. waitsb. is waitingc. was waitingd. has waited
6.Tim ______ his hair while I ________ up the kitchen.
a. was washing/ was cleaningb. was washing/ cleaned
c. washed/ cleaned d. washed/ was cleaning
7. I ______ asleep while I ______ television.
a. was falling/ watchb. fell/ was watching c. fall/ was watchingd. fell/ watched
8.While I was wirking in the garden, my son ________ video games.
a. was playingb. playedc. has playedd. has been playing
9.When I was a child, _______ the violin.
a. I was playingb. I had playedc. I playd. I played
10.Glenda _______ extremly hard when she was a student.
a. workedb. has workedc. was workingd. had been worked
11.I ______ you yesterday. You _______ outside a café.
a. saw/ were sittingb. saw/ satc. was seeing/ sawd. was seeing/ were sitting
12. I _______ a book when he came in.
a. was readingb. readc. am readingd. have read
13.Stephen _______ on the phone when I came in.
a. phonedb. was talkingc. has talkedd. has been talking
14. We _____ English this time last week.
a. learnedb. were learningc. have learnedd. had learned
15.You ______ your new hat when I _____ you yesterday.
a. were wearing/ had metb. wore/ was meeting c. wore/ had met d. were wearing/ met
16. He ______ in the garden when the storm ________ .
a. was sitting/ has brekenb. was sitting/ brokec. sat/ was breakingd. sat/ broke
17. When I last ______ him, he ________ in Hue.
a. was seeing/ was livingb. saw/ lived c. was seeing/ lived d. saw/ was living
18. Last night Tura ______ in bed when suddenly she ____ a scream.
a. read/ heardb. read/ was hearingc. was reading/ heardd. had read/ heard
19._______ along Canary Street, I saw aterrible accident.
a. While walkingb. While I was walkingc. While I had walked d. To walk
20. My father ______ for that company from 1995 to 2005.
a. was workingb. has workedc. had workedd. worked
Exercise 8 Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1.When I came in, everyone were watching a film.
2.When I arrived home, my father was reading the newspaper and my mother watched TV.
3.The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.
4.When I got home form work last night, my daughter did her homework.
5.Last year my little brother got lost when we had gone shopping.
1. We took the bus downtown, did a few errands,and had gone to lunch.
2. It’s ten years since we have left school in 1996.
3. Are you ready? It’s time we go.
4. I last saw him when I am a student.
5. Last Monday was a holiday, so my brother doesn’t have to go towork.
Exercise 6 Give the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.
1. Sue ( work)……………… at ten o’clock yesterday morning.
2. What you ( do)……………… at 4 p.m yesterday?- well, I ( work)…………………… in my office.
3. At 9 last night, Mrs. Smith ( wash)………. the dishes while her children ( study) …………their lesson.
4. Yesterday I ( see)…………… an accident while I ( wait)………….. for you on this corner.
5. While I ( walk)…………….. to class yesterday morning, I ( see) ………………Mary.
6. I didn’t smoke while I ( drive)…………….. a car.
7. He often looked around while he ( wait) …………………..for bus.
8. When I ( be)……………….. young, I often ( go)………………. fishing with my uncle.
9. My younger brother often ( cry) at night when he ( be) 3 years old.
10. When he ( be)………………… young, he ( serve) …………………in the army for ten years.
11. When he lived in the town, he often ( catch) ……………….the bus to his university.
12. I ( read)…………………………… when the light ( go)……………………… out.
13. When I (see) …………………..you last night, what you ( do)……………………?
14. I ( talk)…………………….. about when suddenly he ( come) …………….in last night.
15. Yesterday afternoon, the boys ( break) ……………the windows when they ( play) ………………football.
Exercise 7 Choose the best answer.
1. It was midnight. Outside it ______ very hard.
a. rainb. is rainingc. rainedd. was raining
2. Right now, Jim ____ the newspaper and Kathy ____ dinner. Last night at this time, they____ the same thing.
a. is reading/ is making/ were doingb. reads/ makes/ had done
c. has read/ has made/ are doingd. will read/ will make/ did
3.The light _____ out while we _______ tea.
a. went/ were havingb. was going/ hadc. had gone/ are havingd. has gone/ have
4. Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she __________ .
a. didn’t lookb. wasn’t lookingc. hasn’t lookedd. hadn’t looked
5. Helen often reads a newspaper while she ______ for the bus.
a. waitsb. is waitingc. was waitingd. has waited
6.Tim ______ his hair while I ________ up the kitchen.
a. was washing/ was cleaningb. was washing/ cleaned
c. washed/ cleaned d. washed/ was cleaning
7. I ______ asleep while I ______ television.
a. was falling/ watchb. fell/ was watching c. fall/ was watchingd. fell/ watched
8.While I was wirking in the garden, my son ________ video games.
a. was playingb. playedc. has playedd. has been playing
9.When I was a child, _______ the violin.
a. I was playingb. I had playedc. I playd. I played
10.Glenda _______ extremly hard when she was a student.
a. workedb. has workedc. was workingd. had been worked
11.I ______ you yesterday. You _______ outside a café.
a. saw/ were sittingb. saw/ satc. was seeing/ sawd. was seeing/ were sitting
12. I _______ a book when he came in.
a. was readingb. readc. am readingd. have read
13.Stephen _______ on the phone when I came in.
a. phonedb. was talkingc. has talkedd. has been talking
14. We _____ English this time last week.
a. learnedb. were learningc. have learnedd. had learned
15.You ______ your new hat when I _____ you yesterday.
a. were wearing/ had metb. wore/ was meeting c. wore/ had met d. were wearing/ met
16. He ______ in the garden when the storm ________ .
a. was sitting/ has brekenb. was sitting/ brokec. sat/ was breakingd. sat/ broke
17. When I last ______ him, he ________ in Hue.
a. was seeing/ was livingb. saw/ lived c. was seeing/ lived d. saw/ was living
18. Last night Tura ______ in bed when suddenly she ____ a scream.
a. read/ heardb. read/ was hearingc. was reading/ heardd. had read/ heard
19._______ along Canary Street, I saw aterrible accident.
a. While walkingb. While I was walkingc. While I had walked d. To walk
20. My father ______ for that company from 1995 to 2005.
a. was workingb. has workedc. had workedd. worked
Exercise 8 Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1.When I came in, everyone were watching a film.
2.When I arrived home, my father was reading the newspaper and my mother watched TV.
3.The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.
4.When I got home form work last night, my daughter did her homework.
5.Last year my little brother got lost when we had gone shopping.