Question

Put the words in the Past Simple and Past Perfect.

Jane … (phone) Mom at work before she … (leave) for her journey.

When Christina … (arrive), the film … already …( begin).

He … (play) guitar before he … (sing) a song.

Pupil … (be) very tired because he … (study) too much.

Children … (ride) their bicycles before they … (met) friends.

Before the woman … (come) home, she … (feed) the dog.

Task 2.

Put the words in Past Continuous

She (wash) the floor in our flat the whole morning.

He (not/play) football from 6 till 7 last week.

We (cook) the whole morning, so we weren’t ready for the party.

We (ski) the whole day yesterday.

When they met Pete, they (walk) in the park the day before yesterday.

The children (look after) by a granny the whole holidays last summer.



Task 3.

Translate the words and word combinations.

Foggy

Space travel

To damage

Achievement

disaster

спутник

космический полет

вселенная

решать проблему

разрушать




Task 4. Translate the sentences.

It’s raining.

It’s awful.

It’s time to finish your control work.

It’s early.

It’s stormy and windy.

Task 5.

Fill in the words from the box



homeless hurricanes damaged flood



(5)______ often bring massive floods. The Hurricane Agnes, that happened in the United States in 1972, was not a strong one, but it brought rainfalls that caused floods and the deaths of 122 people. A more awful (6)___________ happened in China in 1998. It was caused by heavy rainfall. Nearly 4000 people were killed. The flood destroyed houses and

left millions of people (7) __________, a lot of farmland was (8)___________.

Answer 1

Jane had phoned Mom at work before she left for her journey

When Christina arrived the film had already begun

He had played guitar before he sang a song.

Pupil was very tired because he had studied too much

Children had ridden their bicycles before they met friends

Before the woman came home, she had fed the dog

2

was washing

He wasn't playing

were cooking

were skiing

were walking

were being looked after

3

туманный

космический полет

повреждать

достижение

горе, катастрофа

satellite

space travel

universe

to solve a problem

to destroy

4

Идет дождь.

Ужасно.

Пора заканчивать нашу контрольную работу.

Рано

Сейчас шторм и ветер.

5

5 hurricanes 6 flood 7 homeless 8 damaged