Past tenses practice choose the right form of the verb in brackets: 1) i (buy) this car in january. 2) i had (finish) high school when the great depression (strike) the country. 3) we (take) a walk in the park when a heavy thunderstorm suddenly (break) out. 4) when i finally (wake) up, the clock radio (blare) for a good couple of hours. 5) butch (sniff) the plate and (woof). he (tremble)with anticipation. 6) i (buy) a diamond ring for my future wife yesterday. 7) i (wait) for half an hour when she finally (arrive). 8) the car (service) before it was (sell). 9) condensed milk (produce) in america since the mid 1850s. 10) she (already, leave) when i (come). 11) i (talk) on the phone when she (run) into the room. 12) i (be) at work yesterday. 13) her hair (be) wet, she (swim). 14) i (eat) frogs when i (be) in france. 15) he (repair) the car during the whole week before he (decide) to ask me to help him. 16) i (do) homework at 5 o'clock yesterday. 17) while i (write) a letter, my father was looking through the newspaper. 18) the jurassic period (last) about 62 million years. 19) i (not, know) who he (be). i (see) him before. 20) he (write) the letter, (put) it in the envelope, (leave) it on the table and (go) out. 21) the house (be) dirty. they (clean it for weeks. 22) he (know) that she (work) in this company for five years.

1bought 2 finished,  struck 3 were taking;   broke 4 woke up;   had blared 5 sniffed;   woofed;   was trembling 6 bought 7 had been waiting;   arrived 8 had been serviced; was sold 9 has been producing 10 had already left; came 11 was talking; ran 12 was 13 was; had been swimming 14 ate; was 15 had been repaiting; decided 16 was doing 17 was writing 18 lasted 19 didn't know; hadn't seen 20 wrote; put; left; went out 21 was; hadn't cleaned 22 knew; had been working  

there are many flowers in the garden.

the sun is bright.

her eyes are very beautiful.

 

At last the winter holidays came! i was very happy!     i didn't have   to get up early in the morning and run to school. i could stay in the bed till midday. but i didn't want to sleep. there were a lot of things to do. the weather was fine so my friends and i went to the skating- rink almost every day. it was fun! then i spent a week in the country where my grandfather and grandmother lived. it was great. i drank milk and eat a lot of tasty food which my granny prepared for me. i have many friends in this village because i go there every holidays. we went to the forest to ski, we made snowmen and played snowballs. we even played hockey! but the winter holidays were over and i returned to the city again.  i liked my holidays very much.   наконец наступили зимние каникулы! я был счастлив!   я не должен был вставать рано утром и бежать в школу. я мог   оставаться в постели до полудня. но я не хотел спать. было так много дел. погода была хорошая, так что мои друзья и я ходили на каток почти каждый день. это было весело! затем я провел неделю в деревне, где   живут  мои дедушка и бабушка  . это было здорово. я пил молоко и ел много вкусной пищи, которую моя бабушка готовила для меня. у меня много друзей в этой деревне, потому что я езжу туда каждые каникулы. мы ходили в лес кататься на лыжах, мы делали снеговиков и играли в снежки. мы даже играли в хоккей! но зимние каникулы закончились, и я вернулся в город снова. мне понравились мои каникулы.