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GRAMMAR Past tenses

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Narrative tenses
1 Identify the five incorrect sentences and correct them.
Tve seen Alex last week. X i S , C L W ALexlastmek.
Ichatted to my friends when my father phoned me.
J ana discovered that someone stole her bag.
When we had finished the experiment, we had written a
report on t.
Isat down at my desk and switched on the computen
It was starting to rain while we were waiting for the bus.
Hey! Someone has taken my mobile phone!
What time have you got to school this morning?
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
bold verbs.
A How long (1) hoye you had (have) that guitar?
B For six months.
A Where (2) A' you UK (buy) it?
B I (3) ..-...-i (see) it when I (4) J S S f tf l te f tM L .
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(shop) in town one day.
A Why (5) M
buy t?
B B e cause I(6) (realise) that I
(7) j.jJ always wanted (want) one.
A (8) [<?. you (learn) music
at school?
B No, but my older sister (9)..
(always, try) to teach me.
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got this guitar?
B No, 1(11)
pick up) a guitar in my life
you M (play) before you
Time expressions
3 Complete the rules with the time expressions in the list.
as assoonas while when
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and are usec for an acrion t~at
happc-ned a: the same t.me as another.
2 ..: is used fcr a" action t-at happens
mmediately afte' another act or.
4 Choose the correct alternatives.
1 Before / After 1 left the party, I went home.
2 While / As soon as I saw him I recognised him.
3 (As)/ Before we were arriving, it started to rain.
4 Before /(hen)she saw us she waved.
5 Before / After I knew I had passed the exam, I was
very nervous.
5 Complete the text with the time expressions in the list.
after as assoonas before when while
T he other day. l witressed a rofcbery I was wa.k - g - ;:m'j
(1) s:~oo on Wecnesday
afte'noon (2; saw a rran
robbing an elderly lady. (3) .i.i:'.1.
could do anything, he had started running down the road.
(4) A.$ff?M5 I realised that he had stolen
her bag, I phoned the p l ice . (5) .M.?.
the man was running, he fell down several times. J ust
(6) M. the man thought he had
e scape d, a p l ice car arrived.
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6 Rewrite the sentences using the correct p;ist tense
forms of the verbs and the time expressions.
L ast night, J ohn (cook) the dinner. I (tidy) my room.
(while)
Last nLgkLjohncookedthedi nnerwhi lei tdi ed mi j
room.
1 T hey (go) to another school. T hey (come) to this
one. (before)
2 We (arrive) at the station. T he train (leave). (after)
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3 She (study) in the library. She first (meet) her
boyfriend. (when)
poyfriend
4 T he printer (break). Cristina (print) the document.
(while)
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document
5 I (open) the curtains. I(see) a ca outside looking at
me. (as soon as)
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6 T hey (walk) down the mountain. It (start) to snow,
(when)
used to and would
7 Rewrite the sentences with the correct form of
used to.
Ididn't like coffee before. /didn' taseto Like coffee.
1 In the past, I played che ss.
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2 Were you friends with Sara before?
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3 She didn't have long hair before.
4 When I was little, I wanted to be an astronaut.
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6 O ur teachers never gave us so much homework.
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Complete the sentences with wouldI wouldn't and the
verbs in the list.
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I muid nutU to school every day.
1 I loved collecting stamps. I .W?M JjM l
them n an l bum.
2 My aunt always remembered my birthday. She
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3 My father .WM.M . me stories about
hls travels.
4 We on the beach all day
ge tt ng brown.
5 My mother delicious cake s
and biscuits.
6 Weekends were great. We J S&M &OS. to
bed until late.
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9 Choose the correct option.
My grandparents used to / wetrtd live n a small vlllage
in the country. When I was a child, I (l)used to)/ use
to spend part of the summe r holidays with them. I
(2) used / would stay there for two or three weeks and
my grandmother (3) used to / wouldn't cook wonderful
me is. I (4) didn't used t o/ wouldn't get up until l l am.
It was wonderful! M y grandfather (5) used to)/ would
have a boat and he (6) use to / would take me fishing.
We (7) use to / would eat the fish tor dinner. As I got
older, I (8) didn't use to / wouldn't like going there so
much because I wanted to stay with my friends in the city.
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