50 б test “past tenses” ii-variant “3” 1. underline the correct tense. 1. we had been staying/stayed in a hotel by the sea last summer. 2. she broke the glass while she had washed/was washing the dishes. 3. we had been walking/ were walking for hours before we came to the campsite. 4. the shop had been selling/had sold the table by the time i got there. 5. we had been living/had lived in the house for a year before we decorated the kitchen. 6. we had been finishing/had finished the work by the time the meeting began. “4” 2. put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense. 1. the children were very tired because they (play) all day long. 2. elvis presley (sing) lots of hit songs. 3. by the time of our arrival, my mother (cook) the dinner. 4. i (listen) to music, when somebody knocked at the door. 5. by 1960 most of britain’s old colonies (become) independent. “5” 3. translate the sentences from russian into english. 1. они просмотрели много объявлений перед тем как купить этот дом. 2. мы встретили друзей, когда гуляли в парке. 3. том выиграл соревнования на неделе. 4. мы не пошли в кино, потому что мы уже посмотрели этот фильм.
1.
1) stayed
2) was washing
3) had been walking
4) had sold
5) had been living
6) had finished
2.
1) had been playing
2) sang
3) had cooked
4) was listening
5) had become
3.
1. They had looked through a lot of ads before they bought this house.
2. We met our friends when we were walking in the park.
3. Tom won the contest last week.
4. We didn't go to the cinema because we had already seen this film.