Different ways of expressing Past

3. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense form.

a) Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, used to do

1. I (hope) to visit the Tower of London before I (leave) London, but it (turn
out) to be closed.

2. The sun (rise) and they could see the mountain peaks.

3. Whoever it was who (make) the bet was likely to lose it.

4. It was exactly the question that I (want) to ask.

5. The police (look for) him everywhere but he (vanish) in the crowd.

6. When the novelty (wear off), fewer and fewer people (watch) the talk-
show, and its rating (fall).

7. At the time of Columbus's arrival about one million native people (live)
in America.

8. Columbus (call) these people " Indians" because he (think) that he
(reach) the coast of India.

9. My friend (give) the book back to me, (thank) me and (say) that he
(enjoy) it very much.

10. I (think) my train was due to leave at 9.00 and I (be) baffled when I

(arrive) at the station at 8.50 and (find) that it (already leave). 11.1 (keep) looking at him wondering where I (see) him.

12. As he (talk) about his school days, it suddenly (click) where I (meet)
him before.

13. My sister (be) very slim when she was younger, now she's put on a lot
of weight.

14. The economy of those countries (improve) by leaps and bounds during
the late 1990s.

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15. People (dash out) into the street to see what (happen).

16. When the police (arrive) they (find out) that the criminal (escape).

17. When she was young, she (be) a woman of extraordinary beauty.

18. He (give) a gasp of amazement, as if he (never see) anything like that
before.

19. He (find) the place where he (leave) the colonists completely
deserted.

20. While you (travel) around the world, I (study) twelve hours a day for
my exams.

b) Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous

1. Yesterday Peter went to the station to meet his girlfriend. When he got
there, she (already / wait) for him for ten minutes because her train
(arrive) earlier.

2. I wasn't hungry and didn't eat anything at lunch because I (have) an
enormous breakfast.

3. When I met him in the street, he looked very tired. He (work) very hard
for a few days trying to finish an urgent job.

4. My husband gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) for twenty
years.

5. They were very good friends. They (know) each other for twenty years.

6. When Paul arrived at the party, most of the guests (already / go)
home.

7. When Paul arrived at the party, the guests (sit) at the table for two hours
and (eat) almost all the delicious things the hostess (cook).

8. It wasn't snowing when we went out. The sun was shining, and there
was a lot of snow. It (snow) the whole night.

c) Past Perfect Continuous, Past Continuous

1. They were very tired when they reached the peak of the mountain. They
(climb) for five hours.

2. When he came in, everybody (sit) at the table and (talk).

3. I met Paul and Linda in the park yesterday while I (walk) there. They had
been to the tennis court where they (play) tennis for two hours.

4. While he (work) in the garden, the telephone kept ringing, but he
couldn't hear it.

5. How fast you (drive) when the accident happened?

6. How long you (drive) when the accident happened?

7. How long he (try) to find a new job before he found the job in this
firm?

8.1 heard the footsteps behind me and understood that I (be followed).

Unit three

4. Put in the correct article a /an or the and discuss the text in class.