Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Fill in the correct verb:
1. We _______ a new car yesterday.
2. Ann _______ to her brother when I arrived.
3. Helen was tired because she _______ since morning.
4. I _______ my homework before my mum came.
5. Tom _______ home ten minutes ago.
6. Kate _______ there for 5 years before she left.
7. Pam _______ the room when the telephone rang.
8. Philip _______ my car by two o’clock yesterday.
9. I _______ computer games until 3 o’clock.
10. Ann _______ me with my homework yesterday.
11. Liz _______ lunch before her brother came.
12. He was tired. He _______ his car for 7 hours.
13. What ___ you ___ at 3 o’clock yesterday?
14. I _______ my letter before the film started.
15. Alec _______ the championship last year.
16. She _______ bracelets since she was seven.
17. Mona realized that she _______ her watch.
18. I _______ the film when you phoned me.
19. After he _______, I began cooking.
20. I _______ my keys at school yesterday.
21. My clothes were dirty because I _______ all day.
22. ___ you ___ the book by the time Leo came?
23. Tim _______ in the garden when it began to rain.
24. Where ____ you _____your holidays last year?
25. He _______ the engine all day.
26. Nick _______ his exam. He was very sad.
27. Andrew _______ to the club when I saw him.
28. The day was nice. I ______ for three hours.
29. Who _______ you at the railway station yesterday?
30. We _______ a test at 10 o’clock yesterday.
buy
speak
work
do
leave
live
tidy
repair
play
not help
not cook
drive
do
finish
win
make
lose
not watch
leave
forget
work
read
play
spend
repair
fail
go
ski
meet
write
KEY:
Fill in the correct verb:
1. We bought a new car yesterday.
buy
2. Ann was speaking to her brother when I arrived.
speak
3. Helen was tired because she had been working since
work
morning.
4. I had done my homework before my mum came.
do
5. Tom left home ten minutes ago.
leave
6. Kate had been living there for 5 years before she left. live
7. Pam was tidying the room when the telephone rang.
tidy
8. Philip had repaired my car by two o’clock yesterday.
repair
9. I had been playing computer games until 3 o’clock.
play
10. Ann didn’t help me with my homework yesterday.
not help
11. Liz hadn’t cooked lunch before her brother came.
not cook
12. He was tired. He had been driving his car for 7 hours. drive
13. What were you doing at 3 o’clock yesterday?
do
14. I had finished my letter before the film started.
finish
15. Alec won the championship last year.
win
16. She had been making bracelets since she was seven. make
17. Mona realized that she had lost her watch.
lose
18. I wasn’t watching the film when you phoned me.
not watch
19. After he had left, I began cooking.
leave
20. I forgot my keys at school yesterday.
forget
21. My clothes were dirty because I had been working
work
all day.
22. Had you read the book by the time Leo came?
read
23. Tim was playing in the garden when it began to rain. play
24. Where did you spend your holidays last year?
spend
25. He had been repairing the engine all day.
repair
26. Nick had failed his exam. He was very sad.
fail
27. Andrew was going to the club when I saw him.
go
28. The day was nice. I had been skiing for three hours. ski
29. Who met you at the railway station yesterday?
meet
30. We were writing a test at 10 o’clock yesterday.
write