Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past perfect form of the verbs given. Use used…

1 Complete the sentences with the Past simple form of the verbs in the box
be ,carry ,clean,
come, do, give, learn,
take, travel ,write.
1. We ____ in town yesterday
morning.
2 She ______ the kitchen.
3 I ____ three emails last night.
4 He ______ the books for me.
5 Mum _____ me five euros
yesterday.
6 They ___ lots of photos.
7 You____ to France by train.
8 He _____ all his homework.
9 We _____ home late last night.
10 We _____ about the Fire of
London in history.
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Complete the sentences using the Past Simple, the Past Perfect or the Past Continuous.

1) A lot of interesting people

(be) present at the meeting yesterday.

2) What

(you/have) for breakfast on Sunday?

3) My father

(post) a letter. He’s waiting for a reply.

4) What

(you/do) at 6.00 on Saturday?

5) I opened my laptop and saw that I

(miss) some letters.

6) They

(enter) the room quietly because the child was sleeping.

(not/ride) a horse before that day.

7) He (not/ride) a horse before that day.

Complete the sentences with the past simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. All the verbs are regular. > 1 The train to Birmingham (stop) at Oxford. 2 My friends (work) very hard for their exams. 3 We (try) some interesting dishes at the Lebanese restaurant. 4 Last night, (plan) my summer holiday. 5 You (seem) very upset yesterday. 61 (chat) with my cousin for hours last night. . 7 My uncle (marry) his next-door neighbour. 8 The (move) house three times last year.​

Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets
in the past simple active or passive.
Everyone was given a present. (give)
Charlie fell
off his bike. (fall)
1 Linda and Amy____to leave by the teacher. (ask)
2 That tower_____300 years ago. (first/build)
3 We_____by the police. (not/stop)
4 I_____anything about it.(not/tell)
5 Ted______20 minutes ago (arrive)
6 The bag_____behind the tree. (hide)
7 These tables_____here.(not/make)
8 All the letters_____a week ago (definitely/post)
9 It______yesterday. (not/deliver)
10 Computers_____200 years ago.(not/exist)
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Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous

We . (plan) to go to the cinema, but we stayed home instead.

Sam . (take) notes during the lesson.

The students . (work) hard because they wanted a good mark in the exam.

What . (you/do) last night?

He . (play) with his brothers all day on Saturday.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
1. My mum _____ (prepare) lunch while my brother and I ____ (do) the homework.
2. My grandma ______ (break) her leg last week.
3. We ______ (go) to the cinema last weekend.
4. I _______ (not watch) the match on TV at 9 o’clock.
5. What ____ you ____ (read) this time last Friday?​

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Put the verbs in the brackets into the past perfect or past simple. Choose the correct answer.

1) I was watching the news when I (start) ____ feeling ill.

had started

started

have started

had start

2) The exercises were very difficult, nobody (know) ____ what to do with them.

knew

had known

had knew

known

3) I bought a new car because some thieves (steal) ____ my old one.

had stolen

stole

had stealed

stealed

4) What were you doing when your father (come) ____?

came

had come

have come

comed

5) I paid for the window because my son (break) ____ it.

have broken

had broken

had braken

broke

6) Before he came to Warsaw he (live) ____ in Prague.

had liven

lived

had lived

have lived

7) When I saw her I knew we (never meet) ____ before.

have never met

never met

had never met

never had met

When she (hear) ____ the noise she turned to see what it was.

have heard

had heard

heard

has heard

2)Write the verb forms into each sentence. Choose the past simple or past continuous.

1. Kate______when she fell on the floor. (dance)

2. Steve_____in the school choir many years ago. (sing)

3. Sue_____an accident yesterday. (have)

past perfect and past simple
2 Complete the sentences. Use the past
perfect and the past simple in each
sentence.
I’d seen (see) the film before, but I watched (watch) it
again yesterday.
1 Alice — (tell) me that she — (not have) many
hobbies when she was a child.
2 When her neighbours — (get) a TV, she —
(go) round to watch it. She (not seen) one
before.
3 They (not invent) computers when Alice
(be) young
4 By the time he (be) eighteen, he leave)
school and (find) a job.
5 The band — (not start) playing when we —
(arrive).
6 In the 1950s, people (want) to enjoy
themselves because they — (have) a hard time
during the war.​

Put the verbs into Past Simple Tense,

make negative and interrogative sentences

1.

He a letter two days ago. (write)

He

a letter two days ago.

he

a letter two days ago?

2. She me to the cinema yesterday. (take)

She

me to the cinema yesterday.

she me to the cinema yesterday?

3. They very well last night. (sleep)

They

very well last night.

they very well last night?

4. We our teacher in the park yesterday. (meet)

We

our teacher in the park yesterday.

our teacher in the park yesterday?

5. They a very good house last year. (have)

They

a very good house last

year.

they. a very good house last year?

6. The cat all the fish from the table. (eat)

The cat

all the fish from the table.

the cat all the fish from the table?

7. You a very good book last week. (buy)

You

a very good book last week.

you

a very good book last week?

we

Present/Past/Future Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect 1. Sam just (to have) breakfast. He (not to have) it yesterday because he (to have) no time. 2. What you (to do) now? I (to write) a letter. I (to send) it tomorrow.3. They (to travel) every year but they (not to go) anywhere last year. 4. Look! The puppy (to sleep).5. Have you ever (to be) to London? Yes, 6. The weather (to be) terrible yesterday. I hope it (to be) better tomorrow. And What the weather (to be) today? It (to be) cloudy.7. We (not to have) the lesson yesterday because the teacher (to be) late. 8. My cousin (to do) morning exercises every day. You (to do) morning exercises? No, 9. Kate and her brother (not to go) to school by bus. Kate (to go) by taxi and Mike (to go) by tram.10. What you usually (to do) after school? 11. He (not to finish) his homework yet. 12. When Tom (to come) home yesterday? He (to come) at 9.13. Who (to watch) TV every day? I, 14. Children (to love) chocolate. 15. He (to build) this house many years ago. 16. Why Sam (to play) football now? He (to take) part in a football match in a day.Ask questions to the underline words 1. Betty went to the cinema with her best friend yesterday. 2. Sam usually gets bad marks because he is very lazy. 3. The boys are watching cartoons. 4. Mr. Smith will come here at 7 tomorrow. 5. Chris has just opened the window.