Ex.7.Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite, the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Tense

1. When I (leave)home, the snow already (stop). 2. It (be) 6 p.m. and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all day. 3. He clearly (listen) to our conversation and I (wonder) how much he (hear). 4.She (say) she (teach) at this school for twenty years. 5.He (say) he just (finish) the book he (read) all this time. 6.The postman (come) after lunch and (bring) me a letter which I (expect) for a long time.7.It (rain) since the morning, and the fields (be) quite muddy.

Ex.8.Answer the questions.

Examples: Did you work at your English Yesterday? – Yes, I did.

How long had you been working at your English before you went for a walk?(for an hour)- I had been working at my English for an hour.

1.Did it rain yesterday?......... How long had it been raining when you left home?(for 3 hours)........ 2. Did she work at the University before she retired?.......... How long had she been working there before she retired?(for 25 years)..... 3. Did you stay at the hotel when you were in London?......... How long had you been living there when Jane arrived?(for a fortnight)......4. Did they study French before they went to France?....... How long had they been studying it before they went there?(for 5 years).... 5. Did they work on their book last year?........ How had they been working on it before they sent it to the publishing house?(for 2 years).....

Ex.9.Make up sentences according to the pattern.

Example: You come home. Your children were watching television.(they/ not/ do/ any work)-They hadn’t been doing any work.

1.Brother and sister came home with angry faces.(they/ quarrel/ on the way home) 2. There was nobody in the flat. But a delicious smell of fresh bread was in the air.(Mother /bake bread) 3. Mary closed her eyes. She felt very tired. (she/ read/ too long) 4. You came home from a party. You were nearly dropping on your feet.(you /dance/ all night) 5. When I looked at my typewriter, I saw a sheet of paper in it.(somebody/ use/ my typewriter)