Упражнения для закрепления времен в английском языке

A shopping day

Last Sunday we (1 go) sopping.We (2 want) to buy a lot of different clothes for all the family.Usually the shops in London (3 open) at 9.00 a.m.but that Sunday they (4 open)at 8.30 as it (5 be) Christmas time.We (6 buy) a jacket for my brother,a tie for my dad and a coat for my mother.After that I decided (7 look)at the stylish clothes.I (8 need) a fashionable dress for the party.

• I (9find)it easily.It (10 be)a long black dress.I (11 love) it at once.While we (12 shop),we (13 get) really hungry ,so we (14 go) to café to have lunch.After lunch we (15 be) so tired that we (16 drive) home straight away.

• 1. went 2 wanted 3 open 4 opened 5 was 6 bought 7 to look 8 needed 9 found 10 was 11 loved 12 were shopping 13 got 14 went 15 were 16 drove

• 1. Tom’s clothes (be) ______ scruffy and dirty when he came home from the playground.
• 2. My friend (leave) _______ for Berlin in a week. He has already bought the tickets.
• 3. - Look, what a beautiful shirt! I think I (buy) ______ it.
• - You should! It’s very nice!
• 4. - The next train (arrive) ______ only at 5:30. Let’s have coffee together.
• - Sounds good to me!
• 5. If my friend (not come) ______ soon, we’ll start the concert without him.
• 6. I don’t know when the class (begin) ______ tomorrow. You should ask the teacher.

• were
• is leaving
• will buy
• arrives
• does not come
• will begin

• St Petersburg
• St Petersburg (1 be)a famous city.Peter the Great (2 found) it in 1703 and in 1712 it (3 become ) a new Russian capital.Peter the Great (4 bring) to the city many things from Europe.The city (5 begin) to grow fast.Many tsars (6 live)in St Petersburg.Soon Winter Palace (7 appear) in Dvortsovaya Square.Nowadays you can (8 see)a tall column in its centre.There (9 be) a lot of interesting buildings there too.Many tourists (10 come)to see them.

• 1 is 2 founded 3 became 4 brought 5 began 6 lived 7 appeared 8 see 9 are 10 come

• 1.At 6 p.m.Jill(listen) to the news and her mum(cook).
• 2.Sarah (have) a lot of homework to do and (not,go) to the cinema yesterday.
• 3.Russian people (defend)their country in 1941.
• 4.At the concert yesterday the singer (sing)so quietly that I (not,can)hear anything.
• 5.I (write)an essaywhen my cousin (come ) yesterday.
• 6.When it (start)raining,they (rebuilt)their garage.

• 7.My aunt (move) to Klin in 1997.
• 8.Dad (miss) us so much that he (decide)to come back earlier.
• 9.Who(found)the city of Vladimir?
• 10.Peter (cut)and(water) the plants from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.yesterday.
• 11.Bill(change)his job several times last year.
• 12.It(be) so cold that the water(turn)into ice last night.

• 1 was listening ,was cooking 2 had,didn’t go 3defended 4 was singing,couldn’t 5was still writing,came 6 started,were rebuilding 7moved 8 missed,decided 9 founded 10 was cutting,was watering 11 changed 12 was,turned