Past Tenses1. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past verb form. 1 We (not to go ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . out yesterday because it ( to rain). . . . . . . 2 The police ( to pay). . . . . . . . . . no attention to Bill"s complaint because he ( to phone). . . . . . . . . . . . them so many times before. 3 Ann (not to wear). . . . . . . . . . . . her glasses at that moment , so she (not to see). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . who ( to drive). . . . a car. 4 Pete ( to lie). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on the beach while some people next to him ( to play). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . volleyball. 5 John ( to admit). . . . . . . . . . . . . . that he ( to bump into). . . . . the column but said that he (not to damage). . . . . . . . . . . it. 6 While he ( to try) …. . . . . . to get his car started, a passing car ( to stop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and the driver ( to offer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to help him. 7 Amanda ( to feel). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . very sleepy, and when she ( to finish). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . her project, she ( to fall). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . asleep. 8 The police ( to get). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to our neighbour's house as fast as they could, but the burglars ( to run away). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 I ( to call). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you twice yesterday evening but you (not to answer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What . . . . . . . . you. . . . (to do). . . . . . . . . . . . ?10 Sorry, I (not to hear). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you. I (be ). . . . . busy with my homework. 2. Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence. 1 What exactly were you doing / did you do when I came into your office yesterday?2. Ben missed the 6 o'clock train because he woke up / had waken up too late. 3. He suddenly remembered that he forgot I /had forgotten his purse at home. 2 While Kate watched / was watching her favourite film, there was a power cut. 4 By the time we got back, our parents went / had gone. 5 Who was crossing/ crossed the road at the time of the accident?6 We were / had been in this restaurant before, so we knew what to order. 7 I did / was doing some shopping yesterday, when I came across the friend of mine. 3. Put the verbs in brackets into an appropriate past verb form. The King and the Painter(by Mark Twain)There 1. ( to be)_____a king who 2. (to think)_____ that he 3. (can)___ paint very well. His pictures 4. (to be) bad, but the people to whom he 5. (to show) them were afraid of the king. They all 6. (to say)___ that they 7. (to like) his pictures very much. One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who 8. (to live)___ in this country all his life and 9. (to ask)___, “I want to know what you think of my pictures. Do you like them? Am I a good painter, or not?”The painter 10. (to look)___ at the king’s pictures and said, “My King, I think your pictures are bad, and that you will never be a good painter”. The king 11. (to be)___ very angry and 12. (to send) the painter to prison. After two years the king 13. ( to want) to see the painter again. “I was angry with you,” he said, because you 14. (not to like)___ my pictures. Now forget all about it. You are a free man again, and I am your friend”. For many hours the king 15. ( to talk)____ with a painter, and even 16. (to ask) him for dinner. After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter and asked, “Well, how do you like them now?”The painter 17. ( not to answer )____anything. He 18. (to turn) to the soldier, who 19. (to stand)___near him and 20. ( to say), “Take me back to prison”. ДАЮ 70 поинтов