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ENGLISH TENSES II

PAST TENSES

►    Supply the correct form of the verbs.

1- Hakim ……………………..………….…..( fly ) to Glasgow, Scotland, last week.

2- Houari Boumediene ………(govern) Algeria from 1965 till he …….( die ) in 1978.

3- ……………………..(Alexander Graham Bell  / invent)  the telephone  in 1876 ?

4- Karima’s father ..................……….(teach) her how to drive when she was 17.

5- My  mother was cooking dinner when  someone  ……………….(ring) the bell.

6- Yesterday Ali ……………….(not /get up) early because he had stayed up late.

7- After he had had a shower, my little brother …………..………….. (to go) to bed.

8- …………………………………( Ibn-Khaldoun  / die ) in  Cairo, Egypt, in 1406 ?

9- Last weekend we ………………….( visit ) the marvellous caves of Jijel.

10- Emir Abed El Kader ……………(fight) the French colonists from 1832 to 1847.

1- As soon as he …………………..…….(graduate) he emigrated to Canada .

2- She went to bed  after the TV film ……….…………( finish ) .

3- After the Policemen……(investigate)  the case of the little boy  they found him.

4-  Once Amir ……………….(read)  the newspaper he drank  his morning coffee.

5-  Once he …( get )  a degree  from university  he started working in a school.

6-  The Browns….(have) a phone and a car before they moved to the new house.

7-  Amira did not go  to school because she ……………..( be ) sick.

8-  Only 651 people …..……..…(board) into the lifeboats when the Titanic sank.

9-  Because he…(succeed) in his Bac exam his parents offered him a multimedia.

10- When Shahra ………………..( collapse ) we phoned for an ambulance.

1- Mario …………….( work ) in a restaurant while I ………..( live ) in London.

2- Chaouki …………( have )  the bath when the light went out.

3- We met when I ……………………..( work ) in a computer shop.   

4- Helen broke her leg while she ………………….( ski ) in Switzerland.

5-  Mrs Robinson …………..( swim ) while her husband ………….( fish) .

6- Mr Reuter   fell  while he …………………(walk) through muddy waters.

7- My father……..(read) a magazine while my mother ……………….(watch)  TV.

8-  We  saw  a flash of light while we …… …….(look) out the window.     

9-  I ……….(listen) to music while I …………………( wait ) for my friend to arrive.

10- I …………………..(shut ) the window as soon as it started raining.

☺ H ☺ Past Tenses

1- Samira …………..( discover ) that Reda ………( lie ) to her.

2- After Johny ……..( finish ) reading he ………….( put ) out the light.

3- She ………… ( become ) famous when she …….( appear ) on a TV  program.

4- The students …………(act) a play while  their parents ……………(watch) them.

 5- Harry ……………..(garden) when his son………………..(fall) from the bicycle.

6- I ……………..(not / go) to New-York last summer because I …………….(be) ill.

7- Sir Alexander Fleming, the father of penicillin, …….(win) a Nobel Prize in 1945.  

8- We needed some money.  So, we ………………………(sell) our car.

9-  Christopher Columbus …………………..( discover) America in 1492.

 10- Louis Pasteur, a great biologist, ………….(be born) at Dole, France, in 1822.