Simple Past, Past Progressive, Past Perfect

James Cook (1728-1779)

1.

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

The British explorer James Cook was born in the village of Marton, Yorkshire, on 27 October, 1728. But his
family soon (move)
childhood.

2.

to another village, called Great Ayton, where Cook (spend)

As a teenager James Cook (develop)

he (find)

a fascination for the sea and (travel)

While he (serve)
command of a ship.

4.

After the war (end)

, Cook (take)
Newfoundland to survey the coasts there.

5.

While he (map)
American coast.

in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Cook (have)

After Cook (publish)

9.

He also (reach)

10.

After Cook (map)

to explore the South Pacific.

New Zealand's complete coastline, he (sail)

the area New South Wales as it (remind)

In 1772, one year after Cook (return)

Society (hire)

him of the south coast of Wales in Great

several islands and almost (go)

He (make)

15.

His third and last voyage for the Royal Society (take)

17.

to Australia's east coast.

him for another expedition to find the mythical Terra Australis.

On his journey, Cook (discover)

Antarctica.

maps of the South Pacific and (prove)

as far as the continent of

that Terra Australis (exist / not)

him to the west coast of North America where

to find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific.

He (not / can / pass)

he (discover)

before Cook.

from his first voyage to the Pacific, the Royal

14.

16.

him to lead a

him in command of of the HMS Endeavour.

New Zealand, which only the Dutchman Abel Tasman (visit)

Cook (name)
Britain.

he (try)

a solar eclipse off the North

his observations of the solar eclipse, the Royal Society (ask)

From Tahiti Cook then (go on)

13.

to

their attention.

8.

12.

the

the details to the Royal Society, England's leading scientific organisation,

scientific expedition to Tahiti and (put)

11.

command of the vessel Grenville and (go)

the coasts of Newfoundland, he (observe)

Cook (send)
and (win)

7.

to Whitby where

employment on a coal ship.

3.

6.

most of his

the Bering Strait, however; the ice (force)

him to return to Hawaii, which

earlier.

While he and his crew (rest)

in Hawaii, some Hawaiians (steal)

one of his boats.

18.

When cook and his men (try)

to get the boat back from the natives, a violent fight(break out)

in

which the natives (stab)

James Cook to death.
Simple Present, Present Perfect, Simple Past, Past Perfect

Bewley's Oriental Cafsf

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1.

Bewley's (be)

2.

The history of the famous Bewley's Oriental Cafs (begin)

Bewley (import)

3.

an old Irish tea house chain.

over 2000 chests of tea directly from the Chinese province of Canton to Dublin.

It (not / look)
before (dare)

4.

like a great deal today, but back then it(be)

before 1835 (force)

an end to the East India Trading Company's tea monopoly which

the Irish to import their tea from London.

5.

Samuel Bewley's son Joshua also (become)

6.

Like his father, he (import)

7.

The Irish (like)

8.

A tea expert (notice)

9.

By the end of the 19th century a tea culture (develop)

10.

In 1894, Joshua's son Ernest Bewley (want)

11.

a tea merchant.

tea into Ireland.

the idea of not having to import old tea from London.

that even the poorest Irish people (buy)

to stimulate the market for a product

rather unknown that far: coffee.

His wife (bake)

idea (be)

to run coffee making

scones to go with the coffee, and the couple soon (find out)

that their

extremely popular among customers.

13.

That (mark)

14.

In Dublin's Grafton Street, Ernest Bewley (open)

which he (spend)

15.

only the finest tea.

in Ireland.

In the back of his shop in Dublin's George's Street, he (begin)

demonstrations.

12.

a coup: no man

to import tea directly into Ireland.

Bewley's initiative (put)

that (be)

in 1835 when Charles

the beginning of the first Bewley's Oriental Caf.

another Bewley's Oriental Caf in 1927, on

nearly 60,000 Pound.

Still now the interior furnishings and wonderful stain glass (provide)

a very special oriental

flair.
16.

During World War II, Bewley's (must restrict)

many customers (switch)

17.

Today, Bewley's (be)

the supply of tea to an ounce per head, and

to coffee.
Ireland's leading supplier of quality coffees and teas.

18.

19.

It (create)
a catering service for larger customers such as Trinity College and it(open)
cafs in book stores and Dublin Airport.
Bewley's Clipper Gold Tea and Espresso Prima (win)

Gold Awards in the London

PAST PERFECT
Test
Write the past participle (3rd form) of the following irregular verbs.
1.

speak -

2.

catch -

3.

eat -

4.

understand -

5.

begin Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1.

I lost the key that he (give)

to me.

2.

She told me that she (see)

a ghost.

3.

I went downstairs because I (hear)

a noise.

4.

When they came home, Sue (cook)

dinner already.

5.

We could not send you a postcard because we (forget)

our address book.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1.

The waiter served something that we (not / order)

2.

He went to Alaska where he (not / be)

3.

She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear)

4.

He (not / play)

5.

His mother was angry because he (not / help)

before.
for ages.

tennis before that day.

her with the shopping.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1.

(you / finish)

2.

(why / you / clean)

3.

(you / have)

4.

(she / find)

5.

(where / she / live)

your homework before you went to the cinema?

the bathroom before you bathed the dog?
breakfast before you came here?
a place to stay when she went to Boston?
before she moved to Chicago?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1.

I (practise)

2.

Bob (run)

3.

The children (be)

4.

The dog (bark)

5.

10 km.
on holiday for six days.
since midnight.

We (miss)
the bus twice this week.
Negative Sentences
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1.

You (eat / not)

2.

He (speak / not)

3.

They (work / not)

4.

We (know / not)

5.

the piano for 30 minutes.

up yet.
on the phone for half an hour, just a couple of minutes.
since 5 o'clock. They just started an hour ago.
them for a long time.

She (hang / not)

up all the pictures yet.
Questions
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).

1.

How long (wait / she)

2.

How many times (tell / I)

3.

How often (clean / you)

4.

How many months (take / you)

5.

1.
2.

for us?
you?
the windows this year?

(stay / you / ever)

in a castle?
Text
Fill in the correct form (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
Tom: Hi Ana. I (try)
Ana: I (be)
phone ring.

to ring you several times today. Where (you / be)

at home all the time. But I (clean)

3.

Tom: (you / clean)

4.

Ana: No, not yet. I (tidy / not)

5.
6.
7.

piano lessons?

the house all day, so maybe I didn't hear the

everything now?
up the kitchen yet. But why are you here?

Tom: Don't you remember? Jane (invited)

for her yet.
Ana: Oh, that's right. (you / find out / already)
Tom: Well, she (learn)
could get her a guide book.

us to her birthday party and we (buy / not)

a present

what she wants?

Spanish for a year and wants to spend her next holiday in Mexico. Maybe we

Write passive sentences in Simple Present.

1.

the documents / print

2.

the window / open

3.

the shoes / buy

4.

the car / wash

5.

the litter / throw away

6.

the letter / send

7.

the book / read / not

8.

the songs / sing / not

9.

the food / eat / not

10.

the shop / close / not

Write passive sentences in Simple Past.

1.

the test / write

2.

the table / set

3.

the cat / feed

4.

the lights / switch on

5.

the house / build

6.

dinner / serve

7.

this computer / sell / not

8.

the car / stop / not

9.

the tables / clean / not

10.

the children / pick up / not