Упражнение 26

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Continuous.

1. When I (to wash) the floor, I (to find) my old toy under the sofa. 2. The old man (to think) about his plan when he (to fall) asleep. 3. When Mike (to play) in the yard, he (to find) a ball. 4. Father (to come) home at six o’clock yesterday. 5. When somebody (to knock) on the door, she (to argue) with her husband. 6. You (to watch) TV yesterday? – Yes, we (to watch) TV the whole evening yesterday. 7. Kate (not to go) for a walk yesterday. She (to write) an essay the whole day yesterday. 8. What he (to do) yesterday? – He (to read) a book. 9. When granny (to read) a book on the sofa, she (to fall) asleep. 10. We (to listen) to an interesting lecture yesterday. 11. When I (to draw) yesterday, I (to break) two pencils. 12. I (to read) a book at six o’clock yesterday. 13. When Pete (to jog) in the park in the morning, he (to lose) his expensive mobile phone. 14. When you (to go) to bed yesterday? 15. We (not to go) on a walking tour last summer.

Упражнение 27

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Continuous.

1. When your father (to come) home yesterday? – He (to come) home at seven o’clock. 2. What he (to do) the whole evening yesterday? – He (to read) a book. 3. When I (to play) in the yard, I suddenly (to see) my old friend. 4. When I (to enter) the classroom, the teacher (to write) words on the blackboard and the pupils (to copy) them into their exercise books. 5. When I (to meet) Tom, he (to go) to the shop. 6. She (to fall) asleep at eleven o’clock yesterday. 7. When the police (to take) the thief to the car, I (to go) to the cinema to see the new Tom Cruise film. 8. I (to go) to bed at ten o’clock yesterday. 9. When my father (to come) home yesterday, my mother (to make) supper. 10. She (to sleep) when you came home? – No, she (to knit). 11. When Nick (to run) about in the yard, he (to fall). 12. They (to get) ready to go out when it (to begin) to rain. 13. When I (to look) out of the window, the children (to play) hide-and-seek. 14. Mother (to drink) tea at eleven o’clock yesterday. 15. When I (to come) home from school yesterday, my little brother (to sit) on the floor with all his toys around him. He (to play) with them. I (to tell) him to put his toys into the box as he (to make) too much noise.

Упражнение 28

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Continuous.

We (to walk) down the street in the direction of Mike’s house, when we (to see) him in the window of a bus that (to pass) by. He (to recognize) us, too, but he could not get off as the bus (to be) overcrowded. We (to be) very sorry that we (to have) no chance to speak to him. But we could do nothing and (to decide) to go back. At that very moment we (to hear) Mike’s voice behind us. “How funny,” he (to say), “I (to go) to your place when I suddenly (to see) you here. I am so glad to see you.”

Упражнение 29

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Continuous.

The sun (to go) down behind the hills when I (to reach) a village which (to be) only a few miles from the sea. The working day (to be) over, and the villagers (to come) home from the fields. Along the road two boys (to drive) cows and sheep in the direction of the village. I (to approach) a group of people standing near the road and (to ask) them if I could find a place in the village to spend the night. An old man (to say) he would help me. He (to take) me to his small cottage at the far end of the street. A fire (to burn) in the stove when we (to enter) the house. One girl of about eighteen (to prepare) supper in the kitchen while two other girls still (to do) something in the kitchen garden near the house. The old man (to invite) me to have supper with them. They all (to seem) to be nice people and we (to have) a friendly talk. After supper my new friends and I (to go) out into the garden. The moon (to shine) high in the sky, and the night (to be) warm and beautiful. That evening (to be) very pleasant, and I’ll remember it a long time.

1. Говорим или не говорим, когда что-то произошло.

В Present Perfect важен факт совершения действия и не имеет значения, когда именно оно произошло. В Past Simple обычно указывается, когда именно произошло действие.

Слова-маркеры в Past Simple: yesterday (вчера), in 2015 (в 2015), ago (тому назад), when I was younger (когда я был моложе) и другие.

I have ridden a horse! – Я ездил верхом! (неважно, когда это было)

I rode a horse yesterday morning! – Вчера утром я ездил верхом! (конкретный момент в прошлом)

2. Законченный период времени или текущий.

Если мы говорим о периоде времени, который все еще продолжается, употребляем Present Perfect. Часто на текущий период указывают такие слова-маркеры, как today (сегодня), this week (на этой неделе), this month (в этом месяце) и this year (в этом году).

Если период закончен, используем Past Simple. На него указывают следующие слова-маркеры: last week (на прошлой неделе), last month (в прошлом месяце), last year (в прошлом году).

I haven’t seen you in the office this week. – Я не видел тебя в офисе на этой неделе. (неделя не закончилась)

I didn’t see Sofie at work last week. – Я не видел Софи на работе на прошлой неделе. (прошлая неделя закончилась)

3. Связь с настоящим и факт из прошлого.

У Present Perfect всегда есть какая-то привязка к настоящему, тогда как при помощи Past Simple можно просто изложить факты о прошлом.

We’re so happy! We have learnt English! – Мы так счастливы! Мы выучили английский! (мы счастливы сейчас – привязка к настоящему)

Ivan learned English at school. – Иван учил английский в школе. (факт из прошлого)

Упражнение 30

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect или Past Simple.

1. Helen speaks French so well because she (to live) in France. 2. Last night I (to feel) tired and (to go) to bed very early. 3. I (not yet to eat) today. 4. She just (to go) out. 5. It (to be) very cold yesterday. 6. She (to live) there last year. 7. Where you (to spend) your holidays? 8. He (not to eat) yesterday. 9. She (to leave) the room a moment ago. 10. When you (to meet) him? 11. The rain (to stop) and the sun is shining in the sky again. 12. You ever (to spend) your holidays in the Crimea? 13. You (to play) the piano yesterday?

Упражнение 31