1 How long had you been living here before you met me?
2 Where had I been before you found me?
3 What was I doing when you saw me the first time?
4 What did you do when you found my egg?
5 Had you had a pet before you met me?
6 What did you think when you saw me in the fridge?
7 How did you find yourself in that cave?
8 What else did you find in the cave?
9 Had you wanted to have a pet before I appeared?
EXERCISE 5
Finish the sentences using different past tenses:
1 Kudjo was sleeping fast while Dradjo …..
2 Kudjo was licking his paws because …..
3 Dradjo didn’t want to eat anything because …..
4 Kudjo and Dradjo were quarrelling because…..
5 They had gone to bed by the time ….
6 When they looked into the cave they …..
7 While Kudjo was hiding some treats, his pet …..
8 When they left home in the morning …..
9 Before they came back, …..
EXERCISE 6
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past perfect and Past Continuous Tenses:
1 4 billion years ago there /exist/ only dragons on our planet.There were dragon animals, dragon birds and dragon fish.
2 They /live/ happily for ages until one day a terrible bang /shake/ the planet and /spread/ a very strong and aggressive virus all over the planet.
3 That virus /kill/ most dragons before they /decide/ to leave the planet for another one.
4 By the time the dragons /build/ a huge spaceship, only eleven dragons /survive/.
5 Anyway, they /fly/ to another planet, which was safe but gloomy with grey and brown scenery.
6 The dragons /live/ on that new planet free from care for ages when one day they /stumble/ across an old book with amazing pictures of the Earth.
7 A couple of dragons /read/ that book and /decide/ to fly to the Earth as they /want/ to see what /happen/ to the planet of their ancestors.
8 When they /land/ they were astonished to see a very beautiful place full of different colours, which they never /see/ before.
9 They /settle/ in one of the cosiest caves and /lay/ an egg very soon.
EXERCISE 7
Change the sentences using the tense in brackets:
For example,
He is taking a nap now. / Past Continuous/ – He was taking a nap when the smell of roast meat woke him up.
1 They have been chasing squirrels and look wet and tired./Past Perfect Continuous/
2 He has just finished his breakfast. /Past Simple/.
3 They have seen the best planet in the Universe./Past Perfect/
4 He is trying to hide his tears. /Past Continuous/
5 Who has been playing with my ball? /Past Perfect Continuous/
6 They didn’t like eating spinach when they were little./used to/
7 He doesn’t understand why the dog is barking at him. /Past Continuous/
8 He has been to many different places. /Past Perfect/
9 They are listening to a story about dragons now. /Past Perfect Continuous/
EXERCISE 8
Find and correct mistakes in 7 sentences.
1 He use to sleep with all his toys so as not to offend any of them.
2 Kudjo was sweating. He had been running after his pet.
3 Kudjo were running and jumping around a tree when I saw him.
4 The sandwich mysteriously disappeared before Kudjo returned to the room.
5 They played Monopoly when a loud knock on the door frightened them.
6 They had been knowing each other for ten months when they quarrelled for the first time.
7 Kudjo was hiding under the bed when Dradjo looked for him.
8 His paw was bleeding, he had been cutting it badly.
9 He had been waiting for an hour before Kudjo finally looked at him and said «Hello’.
EXERCISE 9
Kudjo is texting a message to Chilly. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past, present and future tenses:
1 Sorry. I /not be/ in touch for long. I /not be/ busy. I /feel/ upset.
2 Dradjo /take/ the final decision. He /leave/ me soon.
3 I /understand/ him. He /want/ to live with his real mum and dad on the planet with other dragons.
4 I hope one day I /visit/ him there.
5 Yesterday when we /talk/ about it, he /begin/ crying but /pretend/ that he /get/ something in his eye.
6 At that moment I /have/ something in my eye too and /regret/ that we /go/ to that cave and /find/ that spaceship.
7 All evening I /try/ to find any arguments to get him to stay here until I /realise/ that it was wrong.
8 Today I /not think/ so.
9 We /prepare/ for his departure since this morning and we still /have/ a lot to do. I /text/ you later.
EXERCISE 10
Choose the correct option:
1 They ***** together for over a year.
a have been
b were
c are
2 They ***** around when suddenly I ***** that it was their last day together.
a had kidded/realised
b were kidding/were realising
c were kidding/realised
