- English LAB English
Past simple, continuous and perfect Virginia Evans Unit 3 - Past forms (54) BROWN FCE Use of English (EXPRESS) Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate past forms 1) Bill __________ was painting (paint) his front door when the telephone ___________ (start) ringing. He ___________ (answer) the phone and _________ (speak) to his friend. Later he _________ (notice) that he ___________ (leave) red fingerprints all over the phone. 2) "________________ (Tony/ring) you last night?" - "Yes, he ________________ (wait) for days for you to phone him but since you ____________ (not/phone) he __________ (sell) his motorbike to someone else." 3) "Your hair _________ (look) different last night." - "I know - I _________ (want) to dye it red, but I ______________ (not/pay) attention when I _________ (buy) the dye and I ______________ (not/realise) until it _________ (be) too late that I _________ (buy) the wrong colour." 4) One day my sister _________ (call) me. She ____________ (not/know) what to cook for a dinner party she ____________ (give) that evening and she _________ (want) some advice. I _________ (give) her some simple recipes but I _________ (be) surprised that she _____________ (not/contact) our mother. When I _________ (ask) why, she _________ (reply), "She's one of the guests." 5) Last friday I _________ (walk) to work when I _________ (see) an old friend I _____________ (not/see) for a long time. I _________ (throw) my arms around him. He _________ (stare) at me with an open mouth. To my horror I _________ (realise) I _______________ (mistake) him for my friend.