Fill in the correct tenses.
1. _ John ever _ (win) a prize at a race?
2. I _ (fall) asleep yesterday when I _ (watch) TV.
3. George _ never _ (be) to Canada.
4. Tom is back to England. He _ (be) to Italy for three weeks.
5. We _ (do) a lot last Sunday.
6. I sometimes _ (go) to the cinema.
7. Nick _ (work) hard yesterday.
8. I _ (find) my ring yet which I _ (lose) at the party yesterday.
9. They _ (build) this castle in 1762.
10. Would you like to have something to eat? No, thank you I _ (just have)
dinner.
11. Sue _ (get) up at 6 o´clock every day.
12. Look! Sue _ (run) down the street.
13. This house _ (cost) 35.000 pounds in 1980.
14. Cats _ (catch) mice.
15. _ you _ (meet) Bill yesterday?
16. When he _ (arrive), we _ (have) dinner.
17. _ he _ (already arrive) in Los Angeles?
18. I _ (see) him since last Wednesday.
19. Father _ (smoke) his pipe while mother _ (prepare) lunch.
20. Look, it _ (snow)
21. I usually _ (take) the bus to school.
22. Yesterday morning I _ (get) up at 6.30.
23. We needed some money so we _ (sell) our car.
24. He asked me, “_ she ever _ (be) to Spain?”
25. My mother asked us, “What _ Peter _ (do) now?”
26. Please don´t make so much noise. I _ (study).
27. We can leave. Samantha _ her car keys. (just find)
28. Carol often _ (learn) with her father.
29. Now Ron _ (phone) Jill again. It _ (be) the third
time he _ (phone) her this evening.
30. It_ (rain) now. It _ (begin) raining two hours ago. So, it _ (rain) for two hours.
31. She asked me, “_ you _ (hear) from Tom?”
32. “_ it _ (rain)?” she always _ (ask) me.
33. I asked my brother, “_ you _ (go) out last night?”
34. New York _ (be) one of the largest cities of the world.
35. This house _ (cost) 350.000 pounds in 1980.
36. While Tom _ (play) tennis, An_ (take) a shower.
37. Mike _ (play) chess. How long _ (play)?
38. “_ you _ (speak) English?” she was asked.
39. When they _ (work) in the garden, the phone _(ring).
40. After they _ (have) their breakfast, they_ (go) shopping yesterday.

the british press. the british press consists of several kinds of newspapers. the national papers are the ones sold all over the country, with a large circulation, giving general news. there are two main types of national paper - the "popular" papers and the "quality" papers. the popular papers are smaller in size (they are tabloid size), with lots of pictures, big headlines and short articles. they are easy to read and often contain little real information. they give much space to opinions. they usually have "human interest" stories - stories about ordinary people and events. examples of this type of newspapers are "the daily mail". "the sun", etc. "quality" papers appeal to the more serious reader, who wants to read about politics and foreign affairs. these papers such as "the daily telegraph", "the guardian" are bigger in size (they are called "broad-sheets"), with longer articles and a wider coverage of events. they have different pages for home news, foreign affairs, features articles, fashion, business, sport and so on. people in britain buy more papers on sunday than on weekdays. the sunday papers have a higher circulation than the dailies. as with the dailies, there are both popular and quality sunday newspapers. the quality ones have different sections and a colour magazine (usually full of advertisements)

1.i was sitting in front of the fire when they called out to me

2.i was getting the tea ready when there was a knock at the door

3.she was dusting the carpet when her cat knocked a vase off the table

4.we were finishing our tea  when  my mother came home from work.

5.they were going down the garden path when  she stopped and waved

i like wearing different kinds of clothes, but certainly clothes should suit the occasion. when i plan what i’m going to wear i usually think what kind of meeting i have. at school we weren’t allowed to wear sport or bright clothes, we had to wear clothes of formal style. usually i wore a jacket, a blouse and trousers or a skirt. but i didn’t like being dressed that way, as many other students. really i prefer smart clothes to formal. besides i enjoy wearing sport clothes, because i feel comfortable in it. also on my list of likes there are jeans. one of my favourite colours is white, so i like white sweaters, tops and skirts. i usually wear high heeled shoes even if it’s not always comfortable or thick-soled boots. when i go out i always dress up, because i feel better that way. but when i have an official meeting i try to wear formal clothes.

go=went

meet=met

be=was

ski=skied

skate=skated

want=want