Grammar exercises including all past tenses - Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfet Simple, Past Simple Continuous and Present Perfect Tenses Fill in each blank by putting the verb in (brackets) into the correct past tense.
1. How many pints of beer ……………………………………(he/drink) before he ………………………………….(leave) the pub?
2. By the time I ……………………………………………..(leave) university I ……………………………….(be) to France fifteen times.
3. When we ……………………(get) home we saw that someone ………………………..(break) in to steal the DVD recorder.
4. He ………………………………..(send) to prison four times before he …………………………………..(decide) that it would be better to go straight.
5. I didn't realise I ……………………(lose) my credit cards until I ………………………..(try) to pay for dinner at the restaurant.
6. I ………………………………………(see) my first baseball game when I ……………………………………(live) in New York.
7. It ………………………………………………..(rain) so we ………………………………….(decide) to stay at home all afternoon.
8. I …………………………………(write) an email to my sister when she ………………………….(ring) me.
Текст:
There are many directions in music, but most of all I like Russian pop music. It is now very popular among people of all ages, and I have many like-minded friends with whom it was the love of music that brought me closer.
I listen to Russian pop music everywhere: on the bus, at school, at home. When no one sees me, I dance to her and, of course, sing along. There are more than five hundred songs in this direction in my playlist! They cheer me up and do not allow me to be sad. Uncomplicated verses and incendiary, dynamic choruses - this is the formula for my happiness.
Перевод:
Направлений в музыке много, но больше всего мне нравится русская поп-музыка. Она сейчас очень популярна среди людей всех возрастов, и у меня много друзей-единомышленников, с которыми меня сблизила именно любовь к музыке.
Я слушаю русскую поп-музыку везде: в автобусе, в школе, дома. Когда меня никто не видит, я под нее танцую и конечно же подпеваю. В моем плейлисте больше пятисот песен этого направления! Они поднимают мне настроение и не позволяют грустить. Незамысловатые куплеты и зажигательные, динамичные припевы - вот формула моего счастья.