Question

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.​

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1) he's been writing

2) knew, was, inquired

3) encouraged