Exercise 4. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple, present perfect or future passive form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The winning film at the festival last year ____________________ (direct) by James Cameron.

2. The results ____________________ (not send) to the students’ homes yet.

3. The book ____________________ (publish) by Oxford University Press next month.

4. We ____________________ (invite) to Tom and Gina’s wedding next April. I’m very excited!

5. The students ____________________ (tell) to read the book last week.

6. Thousands of copies of his biography ____________________ (sell) when it comes out next month.

7. They ____________________ (not give) the correct time for the meeting, so they arrived late.

Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Joe _________ (live) in London between 2009 and 2012.

2 'Emeli Sandé _________ (just/bring out) a new record. _________ (you/hear) it yet?'

'Yes, I _________ (download) it last night.'

3 'Sorry I'm late! _________ (you/be) here long?'

'No, I _________ (just/arrive).'

4 _________ (you/ever/visit) the USA?' 'Yes, I _________ (go) there last summer.’

5 _________ (you/eat) before you _________ (leave) home?'

'Yes, I _______

6 I _________ (have) this MP3 player for a year.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past Perfect Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

 We were tired because we ………………………………….. (drive) for two hours.

Anna ………………………………….. (not stop) studying all day. She didn’t even have one break.

………………………………………….. (the archaeologists / discover) the tomb before they found the treasure?

I ………………………………….. (analyse) the document for hours. That’s why I needed a rest.

Complete the article above with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

                                                Barbie boy

Jian Yang is in his thirties and collects dolls. So far, he ¹___________ (spend) twenty years and over £250,000 on his collection, which includes 6,000 Barbie dolls. The young

man from Singapore ²___________(start) collecting Barbie dolls when he ³___________ (be) just thirteen. The first doll he ⁴___________ (buy) was the 'Great Shape' model in a gym outfit and leg warmers. Jian buys dolls when he travels for work and ⁵___________ (purchase) 65 dolls on his last trip to New York. A while ago, a girlfriend ⁶___________ (walk out) on him because of his hobby. Apparently, she ⁷___________ (feel) threatened by his collection. Jian ⁸___________(find) that worrying, but now he accepts it.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: the past simple or the past perfect tense.

Before he (wake up)     , his mother (prepare)    breakfast.
We (go)      to London last month.
By the time the doctor (arrive)    , the patient (die)    .
Before that day we (never/ think)    of traveling to Japan.
I (know)     him a long time before I (meet)     his family.
It (be)     cloudy for days before it (begin)     to rain.
The car (break)     down last Sunday.
Martha (turn)     off the light and (go)     to bed.
He (buy)     a new car last month, but he doesn't really like it.
The robbers (attack)    him 20 minutes ago.

Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, past continuous or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1. We ____________ (move) house a lot while I____________ (grow up).

2. After Joe ____________ (learn) to drive, he___________ (buy) a car.

3. George ____________ (leave) school, ____________ (go) to university and____________ (study) engineering.

4. My parents ____________ (get) engaged in 1990.

5. They ____________ (fall) in love two years before, while they ____________ (work) in London.

Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 My uncle and aunt _________ (already/get engaged) before they _________(emigrate) to Australia.

2 I _________(not/can) buy anything because I _________(forget) my wallet.

3 Robert _________(be) upset because he _________ (split up) with his girlfriend.

4 Kelly _________(start) her first business before she_________(leave) university.

5 As soon as Sara _________(inherit) the money from her grandmother, she _________(buy) a car.

6 By the time Joe _________(retire), he_________(become) a grandfather.

7 After Fred _________ (settle down) in London, he _________(decide) to have a change of career.

8 We _________ (spend) the weekend moving house, so we _________ (go) to bed very early on Sunday.