II. Open the brackets using the verbs in Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect tenses: 1. By eight o’clock yesterday I (to finish) my work and at eight I (to play) the piano. 2. When I (to meet) Tom, he (to eat) an ice-cream which he (to buy) at the corner of the street. 3. Yesterday we (to cook) the mushrooms which we (to gather) in the wood. 4. When I (to see) Ann, she (to look) at the flowers which she (to pick) in the field. 5. When I (to come) home yesterday, I (to see) that my little brother (to break) my pen and (to play) with its pieces. 6. By nine o’clock yesterday grandmother (to wash) the dishes and at nine she (to watch) TV. 7. When I (to open) the door of the classroom, I (to see) that the teacher already (to come) and the students (to write) a test. 8. When I (to come) home my sister (to read) a book which she (to bring) from the library. 9. When mother (to come) home, the children (to eat) the soup which she (to cook) in the morning. 10. When I (to ring) up Mike, he still (to learn) the poem which he (to begin) learning at school. 11. By six o’clock father (to come) home and at six he (to have) dinner. 12. When I (to look) out of the window, the children (to play) with the ball which Pete (to bring) from home.

Перевод задания: Раскройте скобки, используя времена Past Simple, Past Continuous или Past Perfect.

1. By eight o’clock yesterday I had finished my work and at eight I was playing the piano. (К восьми часам вчера я закончил(а) работу, а в восемь играл(а) на пианино.)
2. When I met Tom, he was eating an ice-cream which he had bought at the corner of the street. (Когда я встретил(а) Тома, он ел мороженое, которое купил на углу улицы.)
3. Yesterday we cooked the mushrooms which we had gathered in the wood. (Вчера мы приготовили грибы, которые собрали в лесу.)
4. When I saw Ann, she was looking at the flowers which she had picked in the field. (Когда я увидел(а) Анну, она рассматривала цветы, которые сорвала в поле.)
5. When I came home yesterday, I saw that my little brother had broken my pen and was playing with its pieces. (Когда я вчера пришёл/пришла домой, я увидел(а), что мой младший брат сломал ручку и играл её обломками.)
6. By nine o’clock yesterday grandmother had washed the dishes and at nine she was watching TV. (К девяти часам вчера бабушка вымыла посуду, а в девять смотрела телевизор.)
7. When I opened the door of the classroom, I saw that the teacher had already come and the students were writing a test. (Когда я открыл(а) дверь класса, я увидел(а), что учитель уже пришёл, а ученики писали контрольную.)
8. When I came home my sister was reading a book which she had brought from the library. (Когда я пришёл/пришла домой, сестра читала книгу, которую принесла из библиотеки.)
9. When mother came home, the children were eating the soup which she had cooked in the morning. (Когда мама пришла домой, дети ели суп, который она приготовила утром.)
10. When I rang up Mike, he was still learning the poem which he had begun learning at school. (Когда я позвонил(а) Майку, он всё ещё учил стихотворение, которое начал учить в школе.)
11. By six o’clock father had come home and at six he was having dinner. (К шести часам папа пришёл домой, а в шесть ужинал.)
12. When I looked out of the window, the children were playing with the ball which Pete had brought from home. (Когда я посмотрел(а) в окно, дети играли в мяч, который Пит принёс из дома.)

Past Perfect обозначает действие, завершившееся до другого момента в прошлом; Past Continuous — действие в процессе; Past Simple — основное завершённое событие.