2 He /read/ for two hours before Dradjo asked him to go out.
3 They /decorate/ the house with lights before the guests arrived.
4 They /eat/ anything before they set off.
5 Dradjo felt ill because he /drink/ ten glasses of milkshake.
6 He /run/, so he was hot and tired.
7 When they returned home, they already /take/ the decision to come back to the cave.
8 They /have/ fun only for an hour when suddenly the terrible thunderstorm began.
9 Kudjo just /finish/ his breakfast when Dradjo woke up.
EXERCISE 2
Find the proper verb and put it into the correct form of Past Simple, Past Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect Simple: get up/wait, wander/decide, hit/rise, injure/not walk, hear/see, wait/finish, pour/not can, be/snow, look/see
1 They ***** weird sounds before they ***** a shadow on the wall.
2 Kudjo ***** for ages before Dradjo ***** his breakfast.
3 They ***** for a few hours when they ***** to have a bite.
4 It ***** with rain for two days so they *****leave home.
5 Kudjo ***** his left paw so he ***** fast.
6 The front door ***** blocked because it ***** heavily all night.
7 When Kudjo *****, Dradjo ***** for him at the door since the sunrise.
8 When he ***** into the fridge, he ***** that all yummy sandwiches had disappeared miraculously.
9 They already ***** the road when the sun *****.
How to tell the difference between Past Perfect Continuous and Past Continuous as they both show the process in the past?
Past Continuous Tense is used to express interrupted actions in the past. The tense shows that a longer action is interrupted by a shorter action in the past. While they were walking on the street, they saw a stray skinny cat. /делал что-то, что было прервано другим действием/
Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express a past action which started in the past and continued (and we know how long the action had continued) till another action or time in the past.
Kudjo had been looking for the backpack for 2 hours when he found it under Dradjos mat. /делал что-то какое-то время и закончил раньше другого действия/
EXERCISE 3
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous or Past Continuous:
1 When they came to the pet shop, a shopkeeper /have/ a tea break.
2 They /wait/ for twenty minutes until the shopkeeper finished having tea.
3 Kudjo and Chilly /take/ a nap after lunch when they heard a loud knock on the door.
4 They /sleep/ for an hour before that loud knock woke them up.
5 They /wait/ for good weather for a couple of days before they went fishing.
6 They /play/ backgammon when a kitten jumped onto the board.
7 They looked tired and filthy. They /play/ football.
8 They /wander/ since the morning until they found a nice spot to have a picnic.
9 They /hike/ when Dradjo tripped over a stone and hurt his paw badly.
EXERCISE 4
Make up the answers to Dradjos questions to Kudjo using the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past perfect and Past Continuous Tenses:
1 How long had you been living here before you met me?
2 Where had I been before you found me?
3 What was I doing when you saw me the first time?
4 What did you do when you found my egg?
5 Had you had a pet before you met me?
6 What did you think when you saw me in the fridge?
7 How did you find yourself in that cave?
8 What else did you find in the cave?
9 Had you wanted to have a pet before I appeared?
EXERCISE 5
Finish the sentences using different past tenses:
1 Kudjo was sleeping fast while Dradjo ..
2 Kudjo was licking his paws because ..
3 Dradjo didnt want to eat anything because ..
4 Kudjo and Dradjo were quarrelling because..
5 They had gone to bed by the time .
6 When they looked into the cave they ..
7 While Kudjo was hiding some treats, his pet ..
8 When they left home in the morning ..
9 Before they came back, ..
EXERCISE 6
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past perfect and Past Continuous Tenses:
1 4 billion years ago there /exist/ only dragons on our planet.There were dragon animals, dragon birds and dragon fish.
2 They /live/ happily for ages until one day a terrible bang /shake/ the planet and /spread/ a very strong and aggressive virus all over the planet.
3 That virus /kill/ most dragons before they /decide/ to leave the planet for another one.
4 By the time the dragons /build/ a huge spaceship, only eleven dragons /survive/.
5 Anyway, they /fly/ to another planet, which was safe but gloomy with grey and brown scenery.
6 The dragons /live/ on that new planet free from care for ages when one day they /stumble/ across an old book with amazing pictures of the Earth.
7 A couple of dragons /read/ that book and /decide/ to fly to the Earth as they /want/ to see what /happen/ to the planet of their ancestors.
8 When they /land/ they were astonished to see a very beautiful place full of different colours, which they never /see/ before.
9 They /settle/ in one of the cosiest caves and /lay/ an egg very soon.
EXERCISE 7
Change the sentences using the tense in brackets:
For example,
He is taking a nap now. / Past Continuous/ He was taking a nap when the smell of roast meat woke him up.
1 They have been chasing squirrels and look wet and tired./Past Perfect Continuous/
2 He has just finished his breakfast. /Past Simple/.
3 They have seen the best planet in the Universe./Past Perfect/
4 He is trying to hide his tears. /Past Continuous/
5 Who has been playing with my ball? /Past Perfect Continuous/
6 They didnt like eating spinach when they were little./used to/
7 He doesnt understand why the dog is barking at him. /Past Continuous/
8 He has been to many different places. /Past Perfect/
9 They are listening to a story about dragons now. /Past Perfect Continuous/
EXERCISE 8
Find and correct mistakes in 7 sentences.
1 He use to sleep with all his toys so as not to offend any of them.
2 Kudjo was sweating. He had been running after his pet.
3 Kudjo were running and jumping around a tree when I saw him.
4 The sandwich mysteriously disappeared before Kudjo returned to the room.
5 They played Monopoly when a loud knock on the door frightened them.
6 They had been knowing each other for ten months when they quarrelled for the first time.
7 Kudjo was hiding under the bed when Dradjo looked for him.
8 His paw was bleeding, he had been cutting it badly.
9 He had been waiting for an hour before Kudjo finally looked at him and said «Hello.
EXERCISE 9
Kudjo is texting a message to Chilly. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past, present and future tenses:
1 Sorry. I /not be/ in touch for long. I /not be/ busy. I /feel/ upset.
2 Dradjo /take/ the final decision. He /leave/ me soon.
3 I /understand/ him. He /want/ to live with his real mum and dad on the planet with other dragons.
4 I hope one day I /visit/ him there.
5 Yesterday when we /talk/ about it, he /begin/ crying but /pretend/ that he /get/ something in his eye.
6 At that moment I /have/ something in my eye too and /regret/ that we /go/ to that cave and /find/ that spaceship.
7 All evening I /try/ to find any arguments to get him to stay here until I /realise/ that it was wrong.
8 Today I /not think/ so.
9 We /prepare/ for his departure since this morning and we still /have/ a lot to do. I /text/ you later.
EXERCISE 10
Choose the correct option:
1 They ***** together for over a year.
a have been
b were
c are
2 They ***** around when suddenly I ***** that it was their last day together.
a had kidded/realised
b were kidding/were realising
c were kidding/realised
3 Neither of them ***** while they *****.
a had been talking/were packing
b was talking/were packing
c talked/packed
4 Kudjo ***** a delicious dinner by the departure.
a cooked
b had cooked
c was cooking
5 They ***** at the table for ages but they ***** anything.
a had been sitting/havent eaten
b were sitting/hadnt eaten
c had been sitting/hadnt eaten
6 Kudjo ***** a lot of pics of Dradjo while he ***** the spaceship.
a took/checked
b was taking/had checked
c took /was checking