1. Tom _______ (not/come) to the office yesterday because he ___(be) ill.
2. She ____________ (not/read) the book because she __________ (not/be) very interested in that author.
3. The students _______________ (not/finish) their group project because they_______________ (run out) of time.
4. We _____ (not/eat) anything for breakfast because we___ (be) in a hurry.
5. Mary _______________ (not/catch) the train to Mexico City because she _______________ (arrive) at the station too late.
Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets
1. I _______________ (dream) when the alarm clock _________ (go off).
2. They _______________ (wait) for me when I ____________ (arrive).
3. The phone __________ (ring) while I _______________ (have) a shower.
4. We ____________ (not/go out) last Sunday because it __________ (rain).
5. I ___________ (see) Kim at the party. She _________ (wear) a new dress.
6. I __________ (break) a bowl this morning. When I __________ (wash) the dishes it just _______________ (slip) out of my hand onto the floor!
7. When he _____ (carry) the table, he ____ (feel) a sharp pain in his back.
8. Sarah _______ (go) down the stairs when the lights __________ (go out).
9. We __________ (watch) TV when someone _______________ (come) to the door and _______________ (knock) very loudly.
10. What ___ (you/do) at this time yesterday? Oh, I _ (prepare) the dinner.
11. I ___________ (fall) asleep while I ____________ (watch) television.
12. At 12:45 yesterday, Mr Alright ___________ (see) a client in his office.
Complete the sentences with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets
1. When the teacher came in, everybody ______________ (stand up).
2. I arrived two hours late because my car ______________ (break down).
3. I was really tired last night. I ______________ (have) a hard day.
4. Sam felt ill, so he ______________ (go) to bed.
5. When we ______________ (write) the letter, we went to the post office.
Complete the sentences with the past perfect or past perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets
1. By the time I got home they ______________ (eat) all the cake.
2. The room was very smoky. I could tell that my brother ______________ (smoke) in there all afternoon.
3. She retired at fifty-five, but she ______________ (work) hard all her life.
4. James was very irritable. He ______________ (look) for his contact lens for an hour and he still ______________ (not / find) it!
5. I was furious with Tom when he arrived. I _____ (wait) for him for hours.
6. Harry was sad to sell his car. He ___________ (have) it for a long time.
7. Mary was covered in white paint. She ______________ (decorate) the kitchen a1l afternoon.
8. Lucy went into the sitting room. The TV was on. Her brother ______________ (watch) it and ______________ (forget) to switch it off.
9. Hattie felt terribly sick. She ___________ (eat) too many cream cakes.
10. The journey was incredibly long. We ______________ (travel) for ten hours and we weren't even half way yet.
Choose the correct tense form in the following sentences
1. He had been away for many years and when he visited his native town, he saw that it …………………………. greatly.
a) changed
b) was changing
c) had been changing
d) had changed
2. Lucy ……………….. her seatbelt before the accident happened that’s why she was badly hurt.
a) didn’t wear
b) wasn’t wearing
c) hadn’t worn
d) hadn’t been wearing
3. The trouble started when Mrs. Leslie Cady ………………….. control of her car on a narrow mountain road.
a) lost
b) was losing
c) had lost
d) had been losing
4. When Alice was small, she …………….. of darkness and always slept with the light on.
a) used to be afraid
b) was afraid
c) had been afraid
d) afraided
5. In 1912 the Titanic ………………. an iceberg on its first trip across the Atlantic and it sank four hours later.
a) had hit
b) hit
c) was hitting
d) had been hitting
6. Greg didn’t want to be late for the theatre. He drove as fast as he could. The play ………………….. as he walked in the door of the theatre.
a) was just beginning
b) had just began
c) just began
d) had been justbeginning
7. Tom …………………. breakfast this morning because he didn’t have any time.
a) wasn’t eating
b) hadn’t eaten
c) didn’t eat
d) hadn’t been eating
8. She was not interested in the book because she ……………… it.
a) hadn’t understood
b) didn’t understand
c) wasn’t understanding
d) hadn’t been understanding
9. Before I went to bed I decided to check the front door. I was sure my sister ………………………….it. And I was right!
a) didn’t lock
b) hadn’t locked
c) locked
d) had locked
10. The Browns ……………… in a large house when their children were at home, but they moved to a small three-room apartment after the children grew up and left home.
a) lived
b) had lived
c) used to live
d) were living
Problem-solving. Work in pairs. Read the following sentences. Circle A (strongly disagree), B (disagree), C (not sure), D (agree), E (strongly agree). Then discuss the answers with your partner
1. Information technology has made people’s lives better in a lot of ways.
A / B / C / D / E
2. In future, people won’t have to work hard, because computers will do most of the work. A / B / C / D / E
3. People are getting fat and lazy because they spend too much time using computer. A / B / C / D / E
4. Older people don’t need to use information technology – it’s for young people. A / B / C / D / E
5. Paper-based writing, being itself a technology ontologically, can be called an example of ICT. A / B / C / D / E
6. Any technology that requires the masses to own a PC to access information is unlikely to be successful in the foreseeable future. A / B / C / D / E
UNIT 3