Past Simple, Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous

Past Simple, Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous

PAST SIMPLE

To talk about an event that happened in the past.

Multiple Choice

I ______ to the mall after school

• goed

• gone

• went

Multiple Choice

My brother ____ an accident yesterday.

• seen

• saw

• sees

Multiple Choice

_____ Mike visit his grandmother last night?

• Did

• Are

• Does

Multiple Choice

Sorry, I ______ hear you at the door.

• wasn't

• am not

• didn't

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

- An action or situation that finished before a particular time in the past

- An action that happened before another action in the past

-Formula: had + past participle

Multiple Choice

We arrived at 8.05, but the train ____ already left.

• had

• have

• has

Multiple Choice

Sarah thought she ____ _____ to the zoo before.

• has been

• had been

• had be

Multiple Choice

The storm destroyed the building that we ____ ____ again.

• was build

• had build

• has build

Multiple Choice

When you went out to play, she ________ her homework.

• have already finished

• has already done

• had already finished

In Past Perfect tense, we could see that one past event occurred earlier than another past event.

(the later event is usually in PAST SIMPLE)

Multiple Choice

Which is the later event in the sentence?

When I got home, the children had already went to bed.

• I got home

• Children had already went to bed

Multiple Choice

Which is the earlier event in the sentence?

When I turned on the television, my favorite program had nearly finished.

• I turned on the television

• My favorite program had nearly finished

Multiple Choice

Which is the earlier event in the sentence?

The film had already started when we arrived at the cinema.

• We arrived at the cinema

• The film had already started

Multiple Choice

Which is the later event in the sentence?

The council decided to put speed cameras along the road because there had been seven fatal accidents in the past year.

• The council decided to put speed cameras

• There had been seven fatal accidents in the past year.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

- An action that started in the past and was still in progress when another action started or when something happened (still in the past)

- Formula: had + been + verb-ing

Multiple Choice

Joan's granfather was upset. He ________ for an hour.

• had been waited

• had been waiting

• had waited

Multiple Choice

I finally reached my teacher. I _______ her all day.

• had been calling

• has been calling

• had called

Multiple Choice

Mandy was exhausted by the time she went on holiday because she _____ over 55 hours a week.

• worked

• had worked

• had been working

Multiple Choice

We ______ for nearly 100 kilometres before we finally found a service station we could stop at.

• had being driving

• had been driving

• had been driven

Past Perfect Continuous related the timing of two past activities:

1. Background activity that was ongoing (main activity)

2. Interrupting activity (focus activity) - usually in PAST SIMPLE

Multiple Choice

Which is the background activity in the sentence?

When we met, you had been working at that company for six years.

• when we met

• you had been working at that company for six years.

Multiple Choice

Which is the background activity in the sentence?

We had been going out for three years when we got married.

• We had been going out for three years

• when we got married

Multiple Choice

Which is the focus activity in the sentence?

We had only been walking for about ten minutes before it started to rain.

• We had only been walking for about ten minutes

• it started to rain

Multiple Choice

Which is the focus activity in the sentence?

When we moved to Park Street, the Johnsons had been living there for ages.

• When we moved to Park Street

• the Johnsons had been living there for ages