Прошедшие времена

1. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past tense.

This time last year I (1) …………… (cycle) in the rain along a country road in France with a

friend of mine. We (2).................... (decide) to go on a cycling holiday in Normandy. Neither of

us (3).................... (go) to France before, but we (4).................... (know) some French from our

time at school.

We (5).................... (plan) our route carefully in advance, but we (6).................... (forget) one important thing, the weather. It (7).................... (rain) solidly since our arrival and that night we (8).................... (end up) sleeping in the waiting room at a railway station. Then the next morning as we (9).................... (ride) down a steep hill my bike (10).................... (slip) on the wet road and I (11).................... (fall off). I (12).................... (realise) immediately that I (13)....................

(break) my arm, and after a visit to the local hospital I (14).................... (catch) the next train to

Calais for the ferry home. Unfortunately my parents (15).................... (not expect) me home for

a fortnight, and (16).................... (go) away on holiday. So I (17).................... (spend) a miserable

couple of weeks alone, reading Teach Yourself French.

18) I realised that someone ………..… (steal) my wallet. 19) When I ……….. (phone) Helen last night she …............ (wash) her hair.20) Peter ............... (offer) me another drink but I decided I …........... (drink) enough.21) Nobody .................... (watch), so the little boy .................... (take) the packet of sweets from the shelf and .................... (put) it in his pocket. 22) I ....... (not realise) that I ........ (leave) my umbrella on the bus until it ....... (start) to rain. 23) At school I ........... (dislike) the maths teacher because he .....(always pick) on me. 24) Wherever Marion …..…..... (find) a job, there was someone who ………..... (know) that she ……......... (go) to prison.25) I .................... (not know) I .................... (do) well in my exams even before I .................... (receive) the official results.