CORRECTION (past tense)

Exercises

Pages 6 and 7

a) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct past tense.

 1) The film started late last night

 2) My dad was having a shower when the telephone rang

 3) When the police came, the burglar had already left

 4) After she had finished her assignment, she went to bed

 5) The second world war started in 1939, and ended in 1945

 6) He didn't understand the lesson because while the teacher was explaining, he was playing with his cell phone.

 7) She sat down on a chair and began checking the necklace that her mum had given her for her birthday.

b) Choose the correct answer.

 1) She was writing a message when the pc got stuck

 2) After he had finished his work, he retired in his home village

 3) The train left at two o'clock

 4) We moved to this town in 1990

 5) I was listening to the news when the light went out.