Ajutați-ma va rog cu exercițiile astea!!

1.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.

2.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.​