Минулий час в англійській

Формула Приклад Narrative Tenses Маркери часу

мові (Narrative Tenses)

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. — Вчора

Past Simple · yesterday — вчора
S + V / V-ed (V2) всі мої проблеми здавалися дуже далекими.
Використовується для Did you listen to «Yesterday» by the Beatles as a child? · last week — минулого тижня
Did + S + V? — Ти слухав Yesterday Бітлз, коли був дитиною?
послідовних, завершених дій у She didn’t visit The Beatles Museum in Liverpool in 2020 · ago — тому
S + did + not + V because of the pandemic. — Вона не відвідала Музей
минулому Бітлз у Ліверпулі в 2020 році через пандемію.
· in 2000 — у 2000 році

Past Continuous · while — поки

S + was / were + V-ing I was playing on my PlayStation when she called me. — Я грав на

Описує тривалий процес або · when — коли

своєму PlayStation, коли вона подзвонила.

Was / Were + S + V-ing? Was he watching TV while she was cooking? — Він дивився
телевізор у той час, як вона готувала?
дію, що відбувалася в певний · at that moment — у той
S + was / were + not + V-ing
We weren’t studying English at 7 p.m. yesterday. — Ми не вивчали
англійську вчора о 7 вечора.
момент у минулому. момент
· by — поки
Past Perfect He had never seen the ocean before that trip. — Я ніколи не бачив
S + had + V-ed (V3) океану до тієї подорожі. · before — до
Вказує на дію, яка відбулася Had you ever ridden a roller coaster before you turned 12? — Ти
Had + S + V-ed (V3)? коли-небудь каталася на американських гірках до того, як тобі · after — після
раніше іншої дії або виповнилося 12 років?
· already — вже
S + had + not + V-ed (V3) They hadn’t left our classroom when we arrived. — Вони не
конкретного часу в минулому. вийшли з нашого класу, коли ми прийшли.
· just — щойно
· until that moment до того
Past Perfect Continuous I had been studying English for 2 hours before she came. — Я · for — протягом
S + had been + V-ing вивчаю англійську протягом 2 годин.
Описує тривалу дію, яка Had she been attending this school since January? — Вона · since — з якогось моменту
Had + S + been + V-ing? навчається у цій школі з січня?
почалася і тривала до певного I hadn’t been exercising regularly before I joined the gym. — Я не · all day — весь день
S + had not + been + V-ing займалася спортом регулярно до того, як записалася у
· all night — усю ніч
моменту в минулому. спортзал.

before перед до
 Choose the past simple or past continuous.
1. He _________________________ (sleep) when the doorbell _________________________ (ring).
2. We _________________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).
3. Yesterday I _________________________ (go) to the post office, _________________________ (buy) some
fruit at the supermarket and _________________________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.
4. We _________________________ (watch) TV when we _________________________ (hear) a loud noise.
5. Julie _________________________ (be) in the garden when Laurence _________________________
(arrive).
6. A: What _________________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I _________________________
(clean) my house. 7. Last year I _________________________ (visit) Paris and Rome.
8. They _________________________ (have) dinner when the police _________________________ (come) to
the door.
9. He _________________________ (work) in the garden when he _________________________ (find) the
money. 10. Laura _________________________ (study) at 11pm last night.
11. I _________________________ (walk) along the road when I _________________________ (meet)
an old friend.
12. It _________________________ (be) a day in December. Snow _________________________ (fall),
children _________________________ (sing) carols and people _________________________ (do) their
Christmas shopping.
13. My ex-boyfriend _________________________ (be) so annoying! He _________________________
(always / miss) the bus and _________________________ (arrive) late.
14. When I _________________________ (call) Julie, she _________________________ (work).
15. Why _________________________ (you / cry) when I _________________________ (arrive)?
16. When he _________________________ (get) home, we started to eat dinner.
17. At 10am yesterday I _________________________ (sit) on a bus.
18. I _________________________ (enjoy) my book so much that I _________________________ (not /
notice) the train had stopped.
19. David _________________________ (not / sleep) when I _________________________ (arrive), he
_________________________ (study)!
20. Mr Black _________________________ (not / work) in the garden at 10pm last night.
Past or Past Perfect Tense – Simple: Fill in the correct form.
1. Mary ___________________ (give) me Tony's address before she left.
2. When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film ___________________ (already, start).
3. Before we reached the station we saw that we ___________________ (lose) our way.
4. All the tickets ___________________ (be) sold before the concert began.
5. They took a shower after they ___________________ (finish) the game.
6. I asked Mr Green how many books he ___________________ (read)
7. Mum asked me why I ___________________ (not tidy) up my room.
8. Bob was sorry that he ___________________ (told) me the story.
9. Alan watched TV after he ___________________ (have) lunch.
10. The sun ___________________ (shine) yesterday after it ___________________ (be) cold for many weeks.
11. Uncle David ___________________ (go) to the doctor after he ___________________ (be) ill for a month.
12. Before the police ___________________ (catch) the thief, he ___________________ (steal) two more watches.
13. Mum once ___________________ (paint) a picture although she ___________________ (never, learn) it.
14. I ___________________ (not tell) my teacher that my mum ___________________ (help) me with my homework.
15. I ___________________ (be) very angry when I ___________________ (see) that my brother ___________________
(eat) my apple. 16. The bike ___________________ (be) much more expensive than he ___________________ (think)
at first.
17. Dad ___________________ (drive) me home after I ___________________ (fall) into the water.
18. Marion ___________________ (ask) me what ___________________ (happen) to me last week.
19. We ___________________ (eat) two Big Macs before we ___________________ (go) home.
20. Paul ___________________ (not say) that he ___________________ (take) Albert's watch.
21. The days ___________________ (become) colder after it ___________________ (snow).
22. Martin ___________________ (tell) me that he ___________________ (be) in London.
23. I ___________________ (feel) great after I ___________________ (pass) the exam.
24. It ___________________ (be) Freddy who ___________________ (clean) the room.
25. When I ___________________ (get) off the bike I ___________________ (see) that one of those tires ___________________
(lose) air.
26. I ___________________ (be) sorry that I ___________________ (not be) nicer to him.
27. Nobody ___________________ (come) to the meeting because Angela ___________________ (forget) to tell them about
it.
28. I know that I ___________________ (see) her somewhere before.
29. Because she ___________________ (not check) the oil for so long, the car ___________________ (break) down.
30. She couldn't find the book that I ___________________ (lend) her.
31. They never ___________________ (never find) where he ___________________ (hide) the money.
32. It was a firm that I ___________________ (never hear) of.
33. When she ___________________ (come ) in we all knew where she ___________________ (be)
34. The lesson ___________________ (already start) when I ___________________ (arrive).
35. When I ___________________ (get) to the park I found out that I ___________________ (lose) my keys.
36. She told me that she ___________________ (work) in Germany.
37. When he ___________________ (paint) the kitchen he ___________________ (decide) to have a rest.
38. After I ___________________ (finish) the report, I saw that it ___________________ (be) too late.
Past simple and past perfect
Complete the story with the words in brackets.
Lost in Dublin
It .................................... (be) 11 o'clock. Carol Parker ........................................
(arrive) at the Shaw Hotel five minutes before. She ................................. (try) to
find the hotel several times. Carol ............................... (never be) to Dublin, but
she .............................................................. (always want) to visit this unique Irish
city. She ........................... (have) a detailed map in her hanbag, but she
....................... (cannot) read it. She .......................... (call) the reception and
............................ (ask) about the way, but it .................................. (not help) her.
Finally, Carol .............................. (find) the hotel. She was dying for a cup of tea
and a hot shower. She ................................... (get lost) a couple of times before,
but she ....................................... (never feel) so miserable. It ...............................
(not be) a good start of her holiday in Ireland.
Past Perfect and Past Simple
Choose the past perfect or the past simple.
1. We had already eaten when John ________________________________ (come) home.
2. Last year Juan ________________________________ (pass) all his exams.
3. When I ________________________________ (get) to the airport, I discovered I had forgotten
my passport.
4. I went to the library, then I ________________________________ (buy) some milk and went
home.
5. I opened my handbag to find that I ________________________________ (forgot) my credit
card.
6. When we ________________________________ (arrive) at the station, the train had already
left. 7. We got home to find that someone ________________________________ (break) into the
house.
8. I opened the fridge to find someone ______________________________ (eat) all my chocolate.
9. I had known my husband for three years when we ________________________________ (get)
married.
10. Julie was very pleased to see that John ________________________________ (clean) the
kitchen.
11. It ________________________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the grass was completely dead.
12. When he ________________________________ (arrive) at the party, Julie had just left.
13. After arriving home, I realised I ________________________________ (not / buy) any milk.
14. The laundry was wet. It ________________________________ (rain) while I was out.
15. William felt ill last night because he ________________________________ (eat) too many cakes. 16.
Keiko ________________________________ (meet) William last September.
Past perfect simple & continuous Exercise 1 (Intermediate level) Put the verbs in brackets into their
correct forms.

1. After I _____________________ the letter, I _____________________ that I ________________ the

wrong address on it. (post, realise, write)
2. John asked me where I _____________________ the day before. (be)
3. At this time yesterday, we ___________________________ for 6 km. (already walk)
4. When I _____________________ through the streets of Madrid, I _____________________ about
the magnificent time I _____________________ there as a student. (walk, think, spend)
5. It was the first time that she _____________________ me to dinner. (invite)
6. As soon as the maid _____________________ scrubbing the kitchen floor, she _______________
working in the garden. (finish, start)
7. We started to worry about Jimmy because we _____________________ him all afternoon. (call)
8. They _____________________ their way out of town before the sun __________________.
(already make, rise)
9. We _____________________ for two hours when we finally got to our hotel. (drive)
10. When I _____________________ home, I saw that the children _______________________.
(arrive, leave)
11. While I _____________________ in the garden it __________________ me that I
____________ off the oven. (work, strike, not turn)
12. I _____________________ my best friend to the party, but he couldn't come because
he _____________________ other plans. (invite, already make)
13. I _____________________ out of the window because I _____________________ I
_____________________ some noises. (look, think, hear)
14. We _____________________ TV when we saw that a devastating earthquake
________________ California. (watch, hit)
15. The police told me that someone __________________ into our neighbour's house.
(break)
16. When I finally _____________________ at the airport, he told me that he
_____________________ for half an hour. (arrive, wait)
Answers Exercise 1
1. After I had posted the letter, I realised that I had written the wrong address on it
2. John asked me where I had been the day before.
3. At this time yesterday, we had already been walking for 6 km
4. When I was walking through the streets of Madrid, I thought about the magnificent time I had
spent there as a student.
5. It was the first time that she had invited me to dinner.
6. As soon as the maid had finished scrubbing the kitchen floor, she started working in the
garden.
7. We started to worry about Jimmy because we had been calling him all afternoon.
8. They had already made their way out of town before the sun rose.
9. We had been driving for two hours when we finally got to our hotel.
10. When I arrived home, I saw that the children had already left.
11. While I was working in the garden it struck me that I hadn't turned off the oven.
12. I invited my best friend to the party, but he couldn't come because he had already made other
plans.
13. I looked out of the window because I thought I had heard some noises.
14. We were watching TV when we saw that a devastating earthquake had hit California.
15. The police told me that someone had broken into our neighbour's house.
16. When I finally arrived at the airport, he told me that he had been waiting for half an hour.
I had to have a break. I ............................................................ so long. (drive)
Before we parked our car we .................................................. the ticket. (collect)
I arrived on Sunday. I ........................................... at home for two days. (not be)
The roads were blocked in the morning. It ................................................. all night.
(snow)
They got to the beach after they ..................................................... for hours. (walk)
She called the police when she .......................................... the light in the hall.
(see)
His English was perfect. He ............................................... it since he started school.
(study)
I was really hungry. I .................................................... anything since the morning.
(not eat)
She didn't go to work because she ............................................. her leg. (break) As
soon as Betty .............................................. the door, the burglar alarm went off.
(open)
I had to have a break. I had been driving so long.
Before we parked our car we had collected the ticket. I arrived on Sunday. I
had not been at home for two days. The roads were blocked in the morning.
It had been snowing all night. They got to the beach after they had been
walking for hours. She called the police when she had seen the light in the
hall. His English was perfect. He had been studying it since he started
school. I was really hungry. I had not eaten anything since the morning. She
didn't go to work because she had broken her leg. As soon as Betty had
opened the door, the burglar alarm went off.