Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS/PAST
SIMPLE/PAST CONTINUOUS 
Exercise 46. Complete the conversations. Put the verb in brackets in the 
correct form.
Example: Terry: Were you going (go) shopping when I saw you yester-
day morning?
Joice: No, I was (be) on my way to the bank. 
Terry: I go (go) to the bank every Friday, before the weekend. 
Joice: Me, too, usually. But this week I didn’t have (not/have) time, so I 
went (go) yesterday.
A. Mum: Oh no! My favourite cup. What ___________ (happen)? 
Kitty: I ___________ (be) sorry, Mum. I ___________ (break) it when I 
___________ (wash) it.
Mum: How?
Kitty: My hands ___________ (be) wet, and I ___________(drop) it on 
the floor
B. Clark: ___________ you __________ (see) that science programme on 
TV last night?
Barry: No, I never ___________ (watch) TV.
Clark: It ___________ (be) wonderful. It ___________ (show) a new 
way of repairing a heart. 
Barry: Oh.
C. Jessica: Why ___________ you ___________(look) at me?
David: Because you ___________ (wear) a new dress and you 
___________ (look) very good in it.
Jessica: Thank you. I ___________ (buy) it yesterday.
D. Dan: What ___________Nancy ___________ (do) this morning?
Bob: She’s at the doctor’s at the moment. 
Dan: Oh dear. What ___________ (happen)?
Bob: She ___________ (fall) and ___________ (hurt) her leg yesterday 
when she ___________(run) for a bus.
E. Alice: ___________ Eddie ___________ (work) at half past six last 
night?
Tina: No, he ___________ (help) me with the dinner. He often 
___________ (help) in the kitchen.

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Alice: When ___________ he ___________ (go) out?
Tina: He didn’t. He ___________ (stay) at home all evening.
F. Joan: I ___________ (phone) you at 10 o’clock yesterday evening but 
you ___________ (not/be) at home.
Hank: 10 o’clock? I __________ (sit) in a bar. I __________ (drink) beer.
Joan: ___________Dana with you?
Hank: No, she ___________ (work) in the library.
Joan: Where ___________you___________ (go) after the bar?
Hank: I ___________ (go) home.