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Task 7

Past Tense
Task 1: Complete the following situation by using Past Simple and Past Continuous
Tense.
A plumber (come) __came___ to our house yesterday. He (want) __wanted___ to repair our
washing machine. While he (repair) _was repairing___ the washing machine, I (watch) __was
watching___ the news. Suddenly, I (realize) __realized____ that they (show) ___were
showing__ our street on TV. The reporter said that a car had crashed into a stop sign just before
reaching the crossroads. While I (listen) ___was listening__ carefully to what had happened,
someone (knock) _knocked__ at my door. I (open) __opened__ the door and (see) _saw___a
police officer standing there. He (ask) ___asked___ for the plumber. As it (turn out) __turned
out_____ it (be) __was__ our plumber’s car that had rolled down the street. In haste, the plumber
had forgotten to put the handbrake on.

Task 2: Form sentences in the Past Perfect Tense by changing the verb in brackets.

• She __had lived___ (live) in Norway before she went to Denmark.


• After we __had eaten____ (eat) the pizza, Hania came in.
• Before Sarah ran to Rabia’s house, she __had phoned__(phone) him.
• After they __had packed __ (pack) their cakes, they rode away on their bikes. Asad helped
his grandmother in the kitchen because his grandfather __had told _ (tell) him.
• The puppy hid under the bed because the children _had been__ (be) so loud.

Task 3: Complete the sentences by changing the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect
Progressive.

• We (sleep) __had been sleeping____ for ten hours straight when he woke us up.
• They (wait) __had been waiting___ at the airport for 90 minutes when the flight finally
arrived.
• We (look for) ___had been looking for___ her gold ring for three hours and then we found it
in the bathroom.
• I (not/walk) ___had not been walking _____ for a long time, when it suddenly began to
snow.
• How long (learn / she) __had she been learning___ English before she went to Sydney?

Task 4: Read the short story “Mrs. Wilson’s Letter” by clicking onto the following link.
Identify and make a list of phrases that are written in the Past Perfect Tense:
https://www.kompasiana.com/eddyroesdiono/5500d7f4a33311177351219c/short-story-past-
perfect-tense

list of phrases that are written in the Past Perfect Tense in “Mrs. Wilson’s Letter”:
1. had never seen or had felt anything strange everytime I pass the road.
2. My friend in Indonesia had given it to me a week before.
3. Maybethey had had an argument and Mrs Wilson wanted to go away from her husband for a
while.
4. I knew he didn’t believe in what I had said
5. The letter had big handwritings which said, “I LOVE YOU BUT I HAD TO GO.”
6. This is the letter which she had written before she left.
Task 5: List down 10 new things that you had experienced or done in the past two years.
Make a list by writing sentences in Past Perfect Tense.
E.g. I had been on a roller coaster ride last year.
I had met my favourite actors in a cinema.

1. I had cooked dinner for the first time on Eid before I hosted my family.
2. I had upgraded my computer system before I started working on Amazon.
3. I had taken a long vacation to relax before starting my 4-year degree.
4. I had painted a wall in my drawing room before the interior designers changed it.
5. I had lived with my roommate before she gained popularity online.
6. We had eaten lunch before we went out for a walk in the corridor.
7. They had already left the party when we arrived.
8. I had visited Korea before it became a popular destination for K-drama Fans.
9. I had studied German for three years before I moved to Germany.
10. I had never tried sushi before my trip to Japan.

Phrasal Verbs

1. Complete the sentences with one of these phrasal verbs given in the box below:

be through, go on, fill in, take off, stay out, speak up

• Could you ___fill in___ this application form, please?


• I will never talk to you again. We __are through___!
• If you do not __speak up___, we cannot hear you.
• I am tired because I _stayed out__ too late last night.
• The plane __took off__ late because of the bad weather.

2. Complete the sentences with one of these phrasal verbs given in the box below:
go off, put off, see off, take off, turn off.

• Let's go to the airport to …see…. them …off ….


• The plane does not take off till 5 o´clock.
• He was sleeping soundly when the alarm clock …went off…….
• The meeting has been …put off….. till next month.
• Don´t forget to …turn off…. all the lights when you leave.

3. Complete the sentences with one of these phrasal verbs given in the box below:

carry on, get on, hold on, put on, try on.

• Hi! Is Mr. Ali in? …hold on……., I will call him.


• Excuse me, could I……try on… this dress, please?
• How are you …getting on…… at college?
• Are you still …carrying on……. with your cricket lessons?
• It was a bit chilly, so she …put on……..her jacket.

4. Complete the sentences with one of these phrasal verbs given in the box below:

give up, hang up, look up, wake up, wash up.

• The kind of housework I hate most is …washing up…….


• If he rings back, just …hang up…….
• I did not know that word, so I …looked. it …up.. in a dictionary.
• Do not …give up…… You can do it if you try hard.
• When I…woke up….. in the middle of the night, I had some temperature.

5. Complete the following sentences using appropriate phrasal verbs.

passed away, do without, look forward to, called off, made up, carried away, break out, run
out, put up with, keep up.

1. Don't smoke in the forest. Fires ____break out____easily at this time of the year.
2. I___look forward to_____ seeing my friends again.
3. I'm afraid; we have___ran out______ of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?
4. Your website has helped me a lot to____keep up_______ the good work.
5. A friend of mine has ___called off____her wedding.
6. His mother can't___put up with_____ his terrible behaviour anymore.
7. As an excuse for being late, she ___made up___a whole story.
8. I got ___carried away____by his enthusiasm.
9. I just cannot __do without___my mobile. I always keep it with me.
10. she was very sad because her father ___ passed away___ last week.

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