Revising Tenses

Put the verbs in brackets into correct tense form.

Golden Touch!

Many years ago there (to live) (1)________ a king. His name was Midas. He (to have) (2)________ a beautiful daughter. They (to live) (3)________ in a beautiful palace with a wonderful garden around it. The king (to love) (4)________ gold more than anything else in the world. After he (to buy) (5)________ gold things he (to become) (6)______ happier.

One day when the king (to look) (7)________ at his gold things, a young man (to appear) (8)________ before him. “What you (to do) (9)________ now?” – the young man asked. “I (to look) (10)________ at my gold things now” – the king explained. “Very soon, when J (to get) (11)________ more gold things, I (to become) (12)________ the happiest man in the world!” – the king added. The young man said: “Your gold things (to be) (13)________ beautiful. You (to collect) (14)________ already a lot of gold things.” The king answered: “You are right. Every day I (to enjoy) (15)________ them. But every day I (to want) (16)________ to be richer. I (to want) (17)________ to have a golden touch.

Look! My daughter (to play) (18)________ with girlfriends now. I (to give) (19)________ her just a gold chain. The chain (to shine) (20)_________ like the sun on her neck now. She looks beautiful!” The young man (to become) (21)________ a magician not long ago. So he said: “I (to give) (22)________ you the golden touch very soon and everything (to turn) (23)________ into gold if you (to touch) (24)________ it.” After the magician (to give) (25)________ the king the golden touch Midas (to become) (26)________ very happy.

One day the king (to go) (27)________ into the garden. While he (to walk) (28)________ about the garden the king (to touch) (29)________ all the plants and flowers in it. In the long run he turned everything into gold. The king was happy. Midas (to turn) (30)________ already all roses into gold by the time his daughter (to see) (31)________ them. She (to begin) (32)________ to ciy because roses (to be) (33)________ her favourite flowers. “Don’t cry!” – the king said. With these words, the king (to touch) (34)________ his daughter’s head and (to turn) (35)________ her into a beautiful gold statue.

Key: 1. lived; 2. had; 3. lived; 4. loved; 5. had bought; 6. became; 7. was looking; 8. appeared; 9. are you doing; 10. am looking; 11. get; 12. shall become; 13. are; 14. have collected; 15. enjоу; 16. want; 17. want; 18. is playing; 19. have given; 20. is shining; 21. became; 22. shall give; 23. will turn; 24. touch; 25. had given; 26. became; 27. went; 28. was walking; 29. was touching; 30. had turned; 31. saw; 32. began; 33. were 34. touched; 35. turned

Spring of Youth

Many years ago an old woman and an old man (to live) (1)________ near a fine green wood. One day the old man (to go) (2)________ to the wood to pick some mushrooms there. But the day (to be) (3)________ hot, and while the man (to gather) (4)________ mushrooms he (to get) (5)________ very tired. Suddenly he (to see) (6)________ a spring (родник). Не (to think) (7)________: “If I (to drink) (8)________ some water, I (to feel) (9)________ well again”. He (to drink) (10)________ the water and, to his surprise, (to become) (11)________ young. He (to be) (12)________ happy!

“I just (to have) (13)__________ some water from this spring, that’s why I (to be) (14)__________ young” – he (to say) (15)__________ to himself. He (to run) (16) home and (to tell) (17)__________ his wife about the spring which (to make) (18)__________ him young. After the old woman (to hear) (19)__________ the story, she (to run) (20)__________ very quickly to the wood. Her husband (to laugh) (21)__________ at her: “She (to want) (22)___________ to become young so much! Look how quickly she (to run) (23)___________ now!”

Night (to come) (24)_________, but even by that time the woman (not to come) (25)_________ home. The man (to go) (26)_________ to look for her. But at the spring he (to see) (27)_________ a little girl who (to cry) (28)_________. “Oh, – he (to think) (29)________, – She already (to drink) (30)_________ too much water! Poor thing! Tomorrow I (to take) (31)_________ her to a magician. I hope he (to help) (32)________ her.”

Key: 1. lived; 2. went; 3. was; 4. was gathering; 5. got; 6. saw; 7. thought; 8. drink; 9. shall feel; 10. drank; 11. became; 12. was; 13. have had; 14. am; 15. said; 16. ran; 17. told; 18. had made; 19. had heard; 20. ran; 21. was laughing; 22. wants; 23. is running; 24. came; 25. had not come; 26. went; 27. saw; 28. was crying; 29. thought; 30. had drunk; 31. shall take; 32. will help