Va rog mult ajutor la ex 1,2,3!
1. Choose the appropriate tense underlined (present perfect simple/continuous
or past tense).
1. He's been writing/wrote about Russia for several years but he never actually
was/'s never actually been there.
2. This place was/has been her home for so many years that she has probably
forgotten/probably forgot the desolate suburb where she has been/was born.
3. Remember the jacket I have bought/bought last summer. You haven't
liked/didn't like it but I've been wearing/wore it ever since.
4. Susan was/has been ill a lot last term. In January she has gone/went down with
severe flu and she's been taking/took vitamins since then.
5. Go help Mandy! She's been peeling/'s peeled those potatoes for an hour now.
6. "When have they caught/did they catch the robbers?" "It has
happened/happened just a few moments ago."
7. Although I haven't seen/didn't see a real lion up to now, the films Kevin has
made/made in the African jungle last year taught/have taught me a lot of
things about their life.
8. I have waited/waited in front of the cinema till half past six. Then I have
left/left.
2. Put the verbs in parentheses into the past simple or past continuous.
1. She __ (drive) home when the police __ (stop) her and __ (check) her papers
and the car.
2. He __ (think) what he __ (do) was funny but actually nobody __ (seem) to
enjoy his tricks very much.
3. He __ (consider) the possibility of buying a new car now that he __ (expect) a
sure promotion.
4. He __ (watch) a program about inventions on the Discovery Channel when it
first __ (occur) to him that he could set up a workshop in the basement which
his wife __ (use) as a laundry and lumber room at the same time.
5. The two boys __ (leave) the room when the coach __ (call) them and __ (ask) them to wait for him in the locker room.
6. He __ (play) the ball and quickly __ (advance) towards the basket when he __
(hear) the referee whistle.
7. Audrey __ (read) in the garden when her mother __ (call) her saying Diana __
(be) on the phone and __ (want) to speak to her.
8. Johnny __ (know) he __ (be) late and he __ (run) home when he __ (fall) and
__ (break) his left leg.
3. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct past tense.
1. Ted __ (just come) home from a visit to his aunt when the telegram __ (reach)
him.
2. Sonia __ (know) she __ (be) adopted but never __ (inquire) about her real
parents or the reason why they __ (abandon) her.
3. Her parents __ (encourage) her all the time to take piano lessons but she said
she __ (not like) classical music enough for giving up her career as physician.
4. The day of the accident __ (be) a painful memory for a long time and even
now after so many years she still __ (feel) her stomach twist every time she __
(remember) it.
