Do you need some PRACTICE on the past tenses in English?
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The following is for the morning group only.
KEY to the exercises on page 4 of the photocopies about PAST TENSES:
1 Rewrite the sentences using the words given in
brackets
- He came into the
house when she was having a nap
- First, Mary
got up (and) then she called Mark
- Dave was
excited because he had never travelled before
- I didn’t know
(that)you had already arrived
- I was watching
the news while Tom was making dinner
2
Complete the sentences for situations in the past. Use (past simple, past continuous or past perfect)
a.
A
plumber CAME to
our house yesterday.
b.
He WANTED
to repair our washing machine that HAD
BROKEN a few days before.
c.
Before
he RANG at
my door, he HAD LOOKED for a parking space for about ten minutes.
d.
While
the plumber WAS REPAIRING the
washing machine, I WATCHED/WAS WATCHING the news.
e.
Suddenly,
I REALIZED
that they WERE SHOWING our street on TV.
f.
The
reporter SAID that a car HAD CRASHED into a stop sign just before reaching the
crossroads.
g.
While
I WAS LISTENING
carefully to what HAD HAPPENED someone KNOCKED at my door.
h.
I OPENED the door and SAW a police officer standing there.
i.
He ASKED for the plumber.
j.
As
it TURNED
out, it WAS our
plumber’s car that WAS ROLLING down the street.
k.
In his haste, the plumber HAD FORGOTTEN to put the handbrake on.
3 Complete the
sentences. Decide if you need to use the simple past or
the past perfect.
a) Yesterday, Mandy WENT to a café after work.
b) She SAT down at a table outside the
café and LOOKED at the menu.
c) When the waiter CAME
to take
her order, she WAS surprised.
d) It WAS James, an old friend from school.
e) They HADN’T SEEN each other for at least five years.
f) So they TOLD each other what HAD HAPPENED in the past five years.
FURTHER PRACTICE HERE
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