Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 3

Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 3
Revision of Past Tenses

Name _______________________________________ Date __________

1. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d
1. I _____ some money into my bank account yesterday.

a. was paying b. have paid c. paid d. am paying


2. I now _____ that online banking is the future!

a. believe b. am believing c. have believed d. believing


3. I never _____ that it would be possible to buy things on the internet.

a. was thinking b. thought c. think d. have thought


4. I was surprised to see Tamer today, because he _____ me that he was going to travel to America.

a. was telling b. has told c. tells d. had told


5. Finally, my mom _____ how to use the internet.

a. learnt b. had learnt c. has learnt d. was learning


6. I didn’t hear you call yesterday morning because I _____.

a. was sleeping b. slept c. had slept d. have slept


7. I _____ about the party even before you told me about it.

a. was hearing b. had heard c. hear d. heard


8. By the time Maryam was 26, she _____ married for three years.

a. has b. had been c. has been d. was




2. Rewrite using the words in brackets to give the same meaning.
1. I prefer travelling by car. (would rather)

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2. The last time I paid for something online was in June. (since)

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3. My brother’s friends came at 6 pm. He had finished his dinner. (by the time)

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4. I would rather e-mail my friends. (prefer)

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5. When I saw Alex, he was playing on the internet. (as)

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3. Find the mistakes and correct them.

The ways that people buy and sell goods over the years have changed. In the past, people have used salt or rice as money. The Chinese had invented coins in 700 BC. However coins were heavy and easy to steal, and so paper money was invented, also by the Chinese. Currently, since credit cards and the internet had been invented, there are even more ways of buying and selling goods. It now has been possible to buy electronic equipment from your home, with the click of your mouse. Times really changed since the times when salt and rice were used as money!


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4. Read the paragraph. Underline the correct word in parentheses.
Peter works very hard as a civil engineer. He (was not marrying – has not married – didn’t marry) and he lives alone. One day last year, Peter (had decided - decided – has decided) that he could save time shopping by buying all his food on the internet. Peter went to an online supermarket and clicked on all the food items that he wanted to buy for the following week. He (has paid - paid – was paying) for the food online by using his credit card. Then he waited for the food to arrive. The food (was taking – had taken – took) a long time to come, and when it finally arrived, Peter (had been waiting – had waited – waited) for five hours. The cold food was warm and the packaging was broken. Peter (had never bought - has never bought – never bought) any food online since then.

Secondary 2 - Grammar - Unit 3
Revision of Past Tenses
ANSWERS


1.1 - c 2 - a 3 - b 4 - d
5 - c 6 - a 7 - b 8 - b

2.1. I would rather travel by car.
2. I haven’t paid for anything online since June.
3. By the time my brother’s friends came at 6 pm, he had finished his dinner.
4. I prefer to e-mail my friends. OR I prefer e-mailing my friends.
5. I saw Alex as he was playing on the internet.

3. The ways that people buy and sell goods over the years have changed. In the past, people used salt or rice as money. The Chinese invented coins in 700 BC. However coins were heavy and easy to steal, and so paper money was invented, also by the Chinese. Currently, since credit cards and the internet were invented, there are even more ways of buying and selling goods. It now is possible to buy electronic equipment from your home, with the click of your mouse. Times have really changed since the times when salt and rice were used as money!
4. Peter works very hard as a civil engineer. He has not married and he lives alone. One day last year, Peter decided that he could save time shopping by buying all his food on the internet. Peter went to an online supermarket and clicked on all the food items that he wanted to buy for the following week. He paid for the food online by using his credit card. Then he waited for the food to arrive. The food took a long time to come, and when it finally arrived, Peter had been waiting for five hours. The cold food was warm and the packaging was broken. Peter has never bought any food online since then.