Simple past and past perfect simple and continuous
1.- When the old lady ……………(return) to her flat, she …………… (see) at once that burglars …………… (break) in during her absence, because the front door ………… (be) open and everything in the flat …………… (be) upside down . The burglars themselves …………… (be) no longer there, but they probably only ………………. (just leave) because a cigarette was still burning on a table. Probably they ……….(hear) the lift coming up and ……………(run) down the fire escape. Then she ………...(pour) herself a drink. She ………….. (wonder) if they ……………. (find) her jewellery. The jewellery ……………. (be) given to her by her husband, who ………..(die) some years before. Since his death she …………………...…. (not have) the heart to wear it and she ……………………… (not like) to sell it either.
2.- It …………. (be) now 6.00 pm and Jack ………………….. (be) tired because he ……………. (work) hard all day. He …………. (be) also hungry because he ………..….(have) nothing to eat since breakfast. His wife usually ……………. (bring) him sandwiches at lunch time but today for some reason she ……….……. (not come).
3.- Write the sentences correctly
I like this CD. I have been having it for ages
I like this CD. I have had it for ages
1. It was my first day back at work. I was on holiday
2. I’m quite tired now. I play badminton
3. I had to sit down I’d been having a shock
4. You need a rest. How much have you been working?
5. The robbery happened at midday. Lots of people walked along the street outside
6. My sister speaks good English. She’s practising her English since last summer.
7. At last I have my qualification. I have been passing my exam
8. Michelle looked really sunburnt. She’d lie in the sun for too long
9. We got to the coach stop at 9.00 yesterday. But the coach has already gone
1.- When the old lady returnedto her flat, she saw at once that burglars had broken in during her absence, because the front door was open and everything in the flat wasupside down . The burglars themselves were no longer there, but they probably only had just left because a cigarette was still burning on a table. Probably they head/had heard) the lift coming up and had run/ran/down the fire escape. Then, she poured herself a drink. She wondered if they had found her jewellery. The jewelleryhad been given to her by her husband, who had diedsome years before. Since his death she hadn’t had the heart to wear it and shehadn’t liked to sell it either.
2.- It was now 6.00 pm and Jack was tired because he had been working hard all day. He was also hungry because he had had nothing to eat since breakfast. His wife usually brought him sandwiches at lunch time but today for some reason she hadn’t come.
3.- Write the sentences correctly
1. I had been on holiday
2. I have been playing badminton
3. I had had a shock.
4. How long have you been working?
5. Lots of people were walking along the street outside
6. She has been practising her English since last summer.
7. I have passed my exam
8. She had been lying in the sun for too long
9. But the coach had already gone