English Grammar with Kudjo. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. Part 2 - страница 13
4 By the time the dragons /build/ a huge spaceship, only eleven dragons /survive/.
5 Anyway, they /fly/ to another planet, which was safe but gloomy with grey and brown scenery.
6 The dragons /live/ on that new planet free from care for ages when one day they /stumble/ across an old book with amazing pictures of the Earth.
7 A couple of dragons /read/ that book and /decide/ to fly to the Earth as they /want/ to see what /happen/ to the planet of their ancestors.
8 When they /land/ they were astonished to see a very beautiful place full of different colours, which they never /see/ before.
9 They /settle/ in one of the cosiest caves and /lay/ an egg very soon.
EXERCISE 7
Change the sentences using the tense in brackets:
For example,
He is taking a nap now. / Past Continuous/ – He was taking a nap when the smell of roast meat woke him up.
1 They have been chasing squirrels and look wet and tired./Past Perfect Continuous/
2 He has just finished his breakfast. /Past Simple/.
3 They have seen the best planet in the Universe./Past Perfect/
4 He is trying to hide his tears. /Past Continuous/
5 Who has been playing with my ball? /Past Perfect Continuous/
6 They didn’t like eating spinach when they were little./used to/
7 He doesn’t understand why the dog is barking at him. /Past Continuous/
8 He has been to many different places. /Past Perfect/
9 They are listening to a story about dragons now. /Past Perfect Continuous/
EXERCISE 8
Find and correct mistakes in 7 sentences.
1 He use to sleep with all his toys so as not to offend any of them.
2 Kudjo was sweating. He had been running after his pet.
3 Kudjo were running and jumping around a tree when I saw him.
4 The sandwich mysteriously disappeared before Kudjo returned to the room.
5 They played Monopoly when a loud knock on the door frightened them.
6 They had been knowing each other for ten months when they quarrelled for the first time.
7 Kudjo was hiding under the bed when Dradjo looked for him.
8 His paw was bleeding, he had been cutting it badly.
9 He had been waiting for an hour before Kudjo finally looked at him and said «Hello’.
EXERCISE 9
Kudjo is texting a message to Chilly. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past, present and future tenses:
1 Sorry. I