Fill in each blank by putting the verb in (brackets) into the correct past tense 1. I (see) my first baseball game when I (live) in New York. 2. How many pints of beer (he/drink) before he. (leave) the pub? 3. It.. (rain) so we. (decide) to stay at home all afternoon. 4. By the time I.. (leave) university I.(be) to France fifteen times. 5. What.. (you/do) at the time the murder was committed? 6. When we (get) home we saw that someone..(break) in to steal the DVD recorder. 7. He.. (send) to prison four times before he..(decide) that it would be better to go straight. 8. I didn't realise I (lose) my credit cards until I..(try) to pay for dinner at the restaurant. 9. I (write) an email to my sister when she.(ring) me. 10. She was so upset by the news that she (drop) her tea and (start) crying.
1. I saw my first baseball game when I was living in New York. 2. How many pints of beer had he drunk before he left the pub? 3. It was raining so we decided to stay at home all afternoon. 4. By the time I left university I had been to France fifteen times. 5. What were you doing at the time the murder was committed? 6. When we got home we saw that someone had broken in to steal the DVD recorder. 7. He had been sent to prison four times before he decided that it would be better to go straight. 8. I didn't realise I had lost my credit cards until I tried to pay for dinner at the restaurant. 9. I was writing an email to my sister when she rang me. 10. She was so upset by the news that she dropped her tea and started crying. Put the verbs in brackets into appropriate tense (past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous or used to): 1. When I (walk) into the busy office, the secretary (talk) on the phone with a customer and two managers (discuss, quietly) methods to improve customer service. 2. When I arrived home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare/already) a beautiful candlelight dinner. 3. When I was a child, we (spend) our holidays in my grandparents' village. 4. When I arrived at the theatre, Kathy (pick, already) up the tickets and she was waiting for us near the entrance. She was really angry because she (wait) for more than half an hour. She said she (give, almost) up and (go) into the theatre without us.
1. walked, was talking, were quietly discussing 2. had already prepared 3. used to spend 4. had already picked up, had been waiting, had almost given up, (had) gone Put the following sentences into passive 1. You must finish the work by seven o clock. 2. Did they say anything interesting? 3. The police arrested the escaped convict two days later. 4. People assume that they will get married one day. 5. Someone has robbed me! _
1. The work must be finished by seven o clock. 2. Was anything interesting said? 3. The escaped convict was arrested two days later. 4. It is assumed that they will get married one day. 5. I have been robbed! Change the sentences below into the correct passive tense 1. Someone burgled my house while I was away. My house while I was away. 2. He started to leave before they had given him the directions. He started to leave before he directions. 3. I went to the showroom but was informed that they had sold all the houses. I went to the showroom but was informed that all the houses. 4. They were still building the hotel when we stayed there. The hotel when we stayed there. 5. They sent my son home from school for being cheeky to the teachers. My son home from school for being cheeky to the teachers. 6. My doctor prescribed me some medicine for my cough. I some medicine for my cough. 7. They haven't finished fixing my car yet. They're so slow! My car yet. They're so slow! 8. I visited my home town last year, only to find that they'd demolished the house I'd grown up in.
I visited my home town last year, only to find that the house I'd grown up in. 9. John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill (start with 'Jill') 10. John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill (start with 'a bar of chocolate').. 1. was burgled 2. had been given 3. had been sold 4. was still being built 5. was sent 6. was prescribed 7. hasn t been finished 8. had been demolished 9. Jill was given a bar of chocolate. 10. A bar of chocolate was given to Jill.