Unit 1 PAST SIMPLE-PRESENT/PAST PERFECT SIMPLE-PRESENT/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE-PRESENT/PAST PERFECT SIMPLE-PRESENT/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1)    It is already 9.30 pm and I ______________________________

              (wait) here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, I am

               going to leave.

2)  I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I

     ______________________________ (wait) for over an hour. I almost

     left without him

3) Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He _____________________________ (work) for that import company for more than ten

    years and he  _____________________________ (work) in almost every

   department. Nobody knew the company like he did.

4) I _________________________ (see) many pictures of the pyramids

    before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The Pyramids

   are actually quite small.

5) Sarah _____________________________ (climb) the Matterhorn,

    ____________________________ (sail) around the world, and

    _____________________________ (go) on safari in Kenya. She is such an

  adventurous person.

6) Sarah ____________________________ (climb) the Matterhorn,

     ___________________________ (sail) around the world and

     _____________________________ (go) on safari in Kenya by the time she

    turned 25. She _____________________________ (experience) more

   by that age than most

     people do in their entire lives.

7) When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think

     she _____________________________ (cry)

8) I_______________________________ (work) for a very bad

   company when I met my present boss, who offered me this job.

9) Don, sit down and relax! You____________________________ (work)

    like crazy for eight hours.

10) In 1975, after seven years in prison, Carson ___________________________

      (leave) and started a new life.

11) Mary ___________________________ (visit) Russia six times already. She

      has a real affinity for the country.

12) Why do your eyes look so tired? ____________________________ (watch) TV without your glasses again?

13) Diana was a nurse at the local children's hospital.

      She___________________________ (look) after sick kids.

14) I ____________________________ (say) it for years –

      young criminals should go back to school and get a proper education!

15) We ran like crazy for five blocks, but when we got to the train station, the

      express to New York ______________________ (already, leave)

16) I'm sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because the

       show started at 8:00. I _____________________________ (try) to

       get tickets for that play for months, and I didn't want to miss it. By the time I finally

       left the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I _______

       ________________________ (have) five cups of coffee and I _______________________________ (wait) over an hour. I had to leave because I

       ______________________________ (arrange) to meet Kathy in front of

       the theater.
17)  When I arrived at the theater, Kathy _______________________________ (pick, already)  up the tickets and she was waiting

       for us near the entrance. She was really angry because she _____________________________ (wait) for more than half an hour. She said she

       ______________________________ (give, almost)  up and

       __________________________  (go)  into the theater without us.
18) Kathy told me you ______________________________ (be) late several

      times in the past and that she would not make plans with you again in the future.

     She mentioned that she _______________________________ (miss) several

     movies because of your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. And in the

     future, I suggest you be on time!

19)  A: I think the waiter _____________________________ (forget)  us.

           We _____________________________ (wait) here for over

           half an hour and nobody _______________________________ (take)  our

           order yet.
        B: I think you're right. He _______________________________ (walk)  by

             us at least twenty times. He probably thinks we _____________________________ (order, already) .

20) This tree _____________________________ (be)  planted by the settlers who  ____________________________ (found)   our city over four hundred years ago