Past Tenses

Underline the correct tense.

At noon yesterday, the staff were having/are
having their monthly meeting.

My father works/used to work as a taxi driver five
years ago.

Did you arrive/Were you arriving at the airport
on time?

Two hundred years ago, people travelled/had
travelled abroad by ship.

The teacher was giving/gave the students a test
when the principal came/was coming into the
classroom.

Did your grandfather use to went/go birdwatching
when he was a young man?

Nicole is closing/closed the windows, sets/set
the alarm and left/was leaving the house.

| walked/was walking on the beach in Bali this
time last week.

Did Arnold attend/Was Arnold attending the
conference yesterday?

Amy was sitting/sat on the park bench while the
chikdren play/were playing.

Billy had/was having a fantastic time at the party
on Saturday night.

Conrad didn't use to socialise/socialised much
two years ago.

1) are  you 15 years old?

2) is ronaldinho your favourite footballer?

3) is our teacher in the classroom?

4) are we from hungary?

5) is julia roberts your favourite actress?

6) are you thirsty?

7)  are your friends at home?

at last the winter holidays came! i was very happy!     i hadn't to get up early in the morning and run to school. i could stay in 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 ate a lot of tasty food that 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.

do you like shopping?

did you go for a walk yesterday?

what are you doing now?

how age are you?

do you go to the cinema one times a week?

Ithink teenagers all over the world have the same problems. as for me, i get along with other students in my class rather well. they don't call me names, they help me if i need any help. i have no problems with my parents, too. i can invite any friends home. what i'm really fed up  with is sharing a room with my younger brother. sometimes i get so angry with him! my parents aren't happy about his marks at school. so i have to take care of him. i'm depressed of doing his homework with him every day. if i don't help him, my parents won't allow me to go out on saturday evening.