Exercises on past tenses

English grammar 1

EG410

Exercises on past tenses

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Aim of the lesson

Суралцагчид англи хэлний өнгөрсөн цагийн хэлбэр, хэрэглээний талаарх мэдлэгийг бататган дасгал даалгавруудыг хийж өнгөрсөн йл явдлын талаар амаар болон бичгээр өөрийн санаагаа илэрхийлж бусадтай харилцах чадвартай болох

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Please choose whether the underlined verb form is suitable or unsuitable a) While we had dinner, the plumber knocked on the door. b) We didn't go to this restaurant before. c) Apart from the delays at the airport, they were enjoying their holiday last year. d) I didn't know you had bought a new house. e) What did you wear to the wedding last week. f) When I woke up in the morning I remembered exactly what happened. g) 'What a disaster of a week !' the woman thought. Everything had gone wrong! h) We all wanted to believe her but we suspected she was lying. i) Were you walking to work everyday when you lived in Spain? j) We tried to cook yorkshire puddings, but we didn't really know what we were doing.

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Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tenses I went on a trip last month to Dubai with my friend John. I was very excited about going because I ………… (never, visit) Dubai before, and I………………… (not, see) John for a long time, because he lives in Australia. Like myself, John is also from the UK, but he ………………… (live) in Australia for 6 years. I arrived at Dubai airport at around 8pm after a 4-hour flight from the UK. I met John at the airport and we checked into our hotel. I wanted to go and have a look around the city on the first evening, but John was really tired because he ……………… (sit) on a plane for 8 hours. I decided to go and look around the city myself. As I …………… (walk) through the city, I suddenly ……………. (looked) up and saw the amazing Burj Khalifa tower. I ………………… (never see) anything quite so incredible in my whole life! Many people ……………… (tell) me that it was a magnificent building, but it is only when you see it that you realise just how big it is! I …………………… (stare) at the tower when I suddenly ……………… (realise) that I ………………… (left) my camera back at the hotel! The rest of the trip was also amazing, and since I have got back I ……………… (tell) people about it constantly. It is great to tell people that I ………………… (see) the tallest building in the world!

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