1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 .When it _______________________ (stop) raining, we _______________________ (go out) and _______________________ (put) the kayak in the water.
2. While I _______________________ (wait) at the bus stop, I _______________________ (see) an accident.
3 .Suddenly, the man _______________________ (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and _______________________ (run off).
4 .At 5 p.m. yesterday, I _______________________ (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister _______________________ (watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
5. I _______________________ (relax) in the sun when a cloud _______________________ (appear) in the sky.
6. When the sailor _______________________ (open) the box, he _______________________ (find) an old map inside.
7. While everyone _______________________ (argue), I _______________________ (realise) it was a good time to go.
8. As I _______________________ (leave) the party, I finally _______________________ (remember) the man’s name.
9. The man _______________________ (wear) a raincoat and _______________________ (carry) a big suitcase.
10. The girl _______________________ (run) through the forest when she _______________________ (slip) over.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.
2 It's a s_ _ _ _ climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.
3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world.
4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d_ _ _ _ _ can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below 0°C.
5 The beautiful White C_ _ _ _s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.
6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_ _ _ _ _ _ , but it’s quite deep in the middle.
7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _ waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
8 You can collect seashells from the s_ _ _ _ in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.
Complete the following sentences.Use the past simple and present perfect form of the verbs in brackets:
1.It ( start)…………started………………..raining an hour ago.
2.I ( know )……have known…………………….Lan for some months.
3.When…………did……………..Nam and Hoa first ( meet)………met…………………..?
4.We ( not see )………………haven't seen…………………Nga since Sunday.
5.Lan ( be )…………………has been………………………in the USA for 2 years.
6.I ( go)…………………went…………………to bed at 11 o’clock last night.
7.They ( move)………………moved……………….to London in 2003
8.They ( live)…………have lived…………… in Ho Chi Minh City since January.
9.That’s a very old bike. He ( have)…………has had………………………it for a long time
10.I ( buy)…………………bought……………….the motorbike 5 years ago.
11.Peter ( be)…………has been………………………..ill for aweek.
12. They ( buy) ……have bought…………..that car since last week
4. haven't saw
5. has
6. went
7. moved
8. have lived
9. had
10. bought
11 was
12. have bought