1 Fill in the verbs in the right tense: Past Perfect or Past Simple After Fred (to spend) his

holiday in Italy he (to want) to learn Italian. Jill (to phone) Dad at work before she (to leave) for her trip. Susan (to turn on) the radio after she (to wash) the dishes. When she (to arrive) the match already (to start). After the man (to come) home he (to feed) the cat. Before he (to sing) a song he (to play) the guitar. She (to watch) a video after the children (to go) to bed. After Eric (to make) breakfast he (to phone) his friend. I (to be) very tired because I (to study) too much. They (to ride) their bikes before they (to meet) their friends. When he (wake up), his mother (already / prepare) breakfast. We (go) to London because the Queen (invite) us for tea. He (hear) the news, (go) to the telephone and (call) a friend. When she (start) to learn English, she (already / learn) French. Jane (already / type) ten pages when her computer (crash). By the time he (arrive) at the pub, they (run) out of beer. Before that day we (never / think) of going to Japan. I (know) him for a long time before I (meet) his family. They (not / know) where to meet because nobody (tell) them. It (be) cloudy for days before it finally (begin) to rain.

Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the tense in brackets (Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous). 1. When their mother arrived home, the children (finish) their homework. 2. The meeting (start) when I arrived at the office. 3. Julie didn't watch the film because she (see) it before. 4. The mechanic still (repair) her car when Mary arrived at the garage. 5. Caroline was tired when she left the office because she (work) all day. 6. David was playing tennis. When his father arrived, he (play) for 2 hours. 7. When the dessert arrived, Anne wasn't hungry; she (eat) too much. 8. It was my first flight. I (never fly) before. 9. The dentist was angry because John (forget) the time of his appointment. 10. On the day of his exam, Joe was ready. He (revise) for two weeks.

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2 Put into Past Perfect Simple or Continuous or Past Tense Simple: 1. The professor (speak) for 10 minutes when I (enter) the hall. 2. After John (listen to) the news bulletin, he (go) downstairs to have dinner. 3. He (tell) me he (be) to the theatre the day before. 4. We (ask) him what countries he (visit). 5. He (learn) English for two years before he (go) to England for the first time. 6. She just (go) out when I (call at) her house. 7. The river became deeper after it (rain) heavily for a few hours. 8. After John (leave), she (tell) me they (be) friends for five years. 9. After we (walk) for an hour, we (realize) we (lose) our way. 10. When I (find out) he (get married), I (ring up) him and (congratulate) him.

5. Choose the present perfect continuous, present perfect simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous 01. "How long you (go) with Sylvia for? Before you met Sylvia, you (go) out with someone else?" 02. "You're very bouncy today." "I you (feel) perked up all day." 03. "You must have mistaken me for someone else. I (be) to the cinema recently." 04. "Julia phoned me last night. I still haven't got over it you know." "After Julia (break) it off did you feel sorry for yourself?" 05. "You got full marks! (learn) you all your new English words before you came to the lesson?" 06. "I haven't seen you in ages. (travel) you around these past few weeks?" 07. "Aren't you tired? After I (get) back from my last trip, I immediately went to bed." 08. "Property prices are going up." "I (think) about buying a house." 09. "When I heard about the incident at work, I got dressed and ran over to my mum's place." "Undressed?! What you (do)?" 10. "That bastard! I couldnt believe it." you (let) down by people close to you before

Peter and Ann (decide) to redecorate their sitting-room themselves. They (choose) cream paint for the woodwork and apricot for the walls. When John (look) in to see how they (get) on, Ann (mix) the paint, and Peter (wash) down the walls. They (be) glad to see John and (ask) if he (do) anything special that day. He hastily (reply) he (go) to the theatre and (go) away at once, because he (know) they (look) for someone to help them. They (begin) painting, but (find) the walls (be) too wet. While they (wait) for the walls to dry, Ann (remember) she (have) a phone call to make. Peter (start) painting while she (telephone), and (do) a whole wall before Ann (come) back. He (grumble) that she always (telephone). Ann (retort) that Peter always (complain). They (work) in silence for some time. Just as they (start) the third wall, the doorbell (ring). It (be) a friend of Peter's who (want) to know if
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3 Peter (play) golf the following weekend. He (stay) talking to Peter in the hall while Ann (go) on painting. At last he (leave). Peter (return), expecting Ann to say something about friends who (come) and (waste) valuable time talking about golf. But Ann nobly (say) nothing. Then Peter (think) he would do the ceiling. He just (climb) the step ladder when the doorbell (ring) again. Ann (say) she (get) tired of interruptions but (go) and (open) the door. It (be) the postman with a letter from her aunt Mary, saying she (come) to spend the weekend with them and (arrive) that evening at 20.00.

I (walk) along Piccadilly when I (realize) that a man with a ginger beard, whom I had seen three times already that afternoon, (follow) me. To make quite sure, I (walk) on quickly, (turn) right, then left and (stop) suddenly at a shop window. In a few minutes the man with the beard (appear) and (stop) at another shop window. I (go) on. Whenever I (stop) he (stop), and whenever I (look) round he (be) still there. He (look) a very respectable type and (wear) very conventional clothes and I (wonder) if he was a policeman or a private detective. I (decide) to try and shake him off. A 7bus (stand) at the bus stop just beside me. Then the conductor (come) downstairs and (ring) the bell; just as the bus (move) off, I (jump) on it. The man with the beard (miss) the bus but (get) into another 74, which (follow) the first. II Both buses (crawl) very slowly along Knightsbridge. Every time the buses (pull) up at a stop, the man (look) out anxiously to see if I (get) off. Finally, at some traffic lights, he (change) buses and (get) into mine. At Gloucester Road Underground, I (leave) the bus and (buy) a ticket at a ticket machine. As I (stand) on the platform waiting for a Circle Line train, my pursuer (come) down the stairs. He (carry) a newspaper and when we (get) into the same compartment, he (sit) in one corner reading it, and I (read) the advertisements. He (look) over the top of the newspaper at every station to see if I (get) out. I (become) rather tired of being shadowed like this, so finally I (go) and (sit) beside the man and (ask) him why he (follow) me. At first he (say) he (not follow) me at all but when I (threaten) to knock him down, he (admit) that he was. Then he (tell) me he (be) a writer of detective stories and (try) to see if it was difficult to follow someone unseen. I (tell) him he hadn't been unseen because I had noticed him in Piccadilly and I (advise) him to shave off his ginger beard if he (not want) his victim to know he (be) followed.

In the year 1AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit) his provinces in Britain. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell) him that Pictish tribes from Britain's north (attack) them. So Hadrian (give) the order to build a protective wall across one of the narrowest parts of the country. After years of hard work, the Wall (finish) in 10AD. It (be) 1000kilometres long and about 25 metres high. The Wall (guard) by 15, 000 Roman soldiers. Every 5 kilometres there (be) a large fort in which up to 1, 000 soldiers (find) shelter. The soldiers (watch) over the frontier to the north and (check) the people who (want) to enter or leave Roman Britain. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go) to one of the small forts that (serve) as gateways. Those forts (call) milecastles because the distance from one
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4 fort to another (be) one Roman mile (about 1, 500 metres). Between the milecastles there (be) two turrets from which the soldiers (guard) the Wall. If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can / see) by the soldiers in the milecastle. In 8Hadrian's Wall (abandon). Today Hadrian's Wall (be) the most popular tourist attraction in northern England. In 1987, it (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kim went skiing at Mount Sutton with friends and on her very first run she fell and hurt herself. She's at the hospital now and she is calling her friend Bob. Here is their phone conversation. Kim: Hey Bob. Kim here. Guess where I (call) you from. Bob: No idea. Tell me. Kim: From a hospital. I had an accident. I (break) my leg. Bob: That's terrible. What (happen)? Kim: It was really stupid. I (ski) down this expert run when I hit a patch of ice and fell on my face. Bob: I suppose that, when it happened, you (go) down the hill very fast. Kim: Too fast. That was the problem. And the fact that it at the time didn't help much. (snow) Bob: Who (bring) you down off the mountain? Kim: The ski patrol. Luckily they that (patrol) part of the mountain when I had my accident. Bob: I suppose they (take) you straight to the hospital. Kim: I wish! Once they got me down the hill, they called the hospital and I (wait) more than an hour and a half for the ambulance to come. Bob: Because of the snowstorm, I suppose. So you (be) at the hospital since this morning. Kim: Yes. The doctor (see) me already, but now I have to wait for the X-ray results. Bob: When you (get) the X-ray results, will you be able to come home? Kim: Apparently. These days (keep) they only people in the hospital if they are really sick and need a lot of care. Bob: Well that's good news. You'll need a lift, so when the doctor you (tell)you can leave, call me and I'll pick you up.

One summer afternoon, in New York in 1875, while his wife (prepare) dinner, Mr. Levi Gamin (leave) his house to buy some tobacco. He never (return). Sixty years later, in 195, The New York Times (print) a story about a man dressed in strange old fashioned clothes who (step) in front of a car while crossing Times Square. He (die) instantly. The dead man (carry) no identification and there was nothing in his pocket except some old banknotes from the year 187The police (have) no idea who the man was or why he (wear) such strange clothes, until a police officer (decide) to check the missing person file from 187In the file was a description of Mr. Gamin which matched the description of the dead man exactly. It was then that the questions (begin). Why Mr. Gamin (disappear) in 1875? How he suddenly (turn up) in Times Square in 195? Where he (be) for the past 60 years and why his apparence (not change) ? Mr. Gamin really (vanish) into thin air or something unknown (take) him into another dimension?

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