PAST TENSES REVISION

Multiple Choice

Yesterday I ______ to my grandma's house.

• went

• go

• goed

• gone

Multiple Choice

Did you travel to Paris last month?

• No, I did.

• Yes, did I.

• Yes, I did.

• No, you didn`t.

Match

Match the following

• Write

• Get

• Have

• Walk

• Take

Wrote

Got

Had

Walked

Took

• Wrote

• Got

• Had

• Walked

• Took

Match

Match the following

• Buy

• Fall

• Sell

• Teach

• Throw

Bought

Fell

Sold

Taught

Threw

• Bought

• Fell

• Sold

• Taught

• Threw

Multiple Choice

Joe ___ the ball to Sue, who ___ it.

• throws-catches

• threw-catch

• throw-caught

• threw-caught

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Where

• did

• you

• go?

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Reorder the following

• How

• did

• you

• go there?

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Reorder the following

• How long

• did

• it

• to go there?

• take you

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Did

• you

• go to

• the Grand Canyon?

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Put this sentence in order

• The cars

• were

• moving

• extremely

• slowly.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

The people behind us at the cinema _____ throughout the film.

• was talking

• did talked

• were talking

• did talking

Multiple Choice

While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.

• was reading / was watching
• read / watched
• was reading / were watching
• read / was watching

Multiple Choice

While I (drive), I (have) an accident.

• drived/had
• was driving/ had
• drove / was having
• drove/ had

Multiple Choice

While we (clean) the house, we (break) some glasses.

• were cleaning/ breaked
• cleaned/ broken
• were cleaning/ broke
• was cleaning/ was breaking

Multiple Choice

Which one is the correct word you can use for past simple?

Multiple Choice

When we  .............. ( see) Ken and Alex, they ............... (play ) tennis.

• were seeing,  were playing
• saw, were playing
• were seeing, played
• see, play

Multiple Choice

While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.

• was reading / was watching
• read / watched
• was reading / were watching
• read / was watching

Multiple Choice

Susie  (watch) a film when she  (hear) the noise.

• watched / was hearing
• was watching / heard

Multiple Choice

She ... to Michael before because she was too shy to start a conversation

• hadn't spoken
• hadn't spoke
• hadnot spoken
• hadn't speak

Multiple Choice

Do you wish you ... all those nasty words to her?

• hadn't said
• hadn't say
• hadn't sayed
• had said

Multiple Choice

Before she had dinner, she ...... in the garden.

• had worked
• worked
• was working
• has worked

Multiple Choice

That was the first time I ... a salsa in a night club.

• had danced
• had dance
• danced
• didn't dance

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Past perfect continuous emphasises the..... of an action in the past.

• result

• duration

Multiple Choice

Emma _____ money for long before she bought a second-hand car.

• hadn't saved

• hadn't been saving

Multiple Choice

How long ___ for an apartment before you came across this place?

• had you been looking

• had looked

Multiple Choice

It is used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past.

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

Also used to describe an action that happened before another action in the past but the continuous tense focuses on the length of time.

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice

What action happened first in the following sentence:

- When I got home I realized I had lost my keys.

• I got home

• had lost my keys

Multiple Choice

I burned my finger while I ................ breakfast.

• cooked

• was cooking

• had cooked

• had been cooking

Multiple Choice

I ................ you yesterday because my telephone was out of order.

• didn't call

• hadn't called

• wasn't calling

• hadn't been calling

Multiple Choice

I saw that my son ..............., so I decided not to wake him up.

• slept

• was sleeping

• had slept

• had been sleeping

Multiple Choice

Christopher Columbus .................... America in 1492.

• discovered

• was discovering

• had discovered

• had been discovering

Multiple Choice

Which action describes past events in chronological order?

"The earnings of the corporation _______ to decline, and therefore, the Executive Team ______ a marketing consultant."

• had started / hired

• started / hired

• have started / hired

• started / was hiring

Multiple Choice

"I had sold six tickets by the time she came." is an example for:

• An experience that is not finished and can be repeated in the future.

• Events in chronological order.

• Background action.

• A repeated experience that lasted until some point in the past.

Multiple Choice

I was studying for my exams all last week.

• an action that was in progress at a stated time in the past

• an action which happened at a stated time in the past

• an action in progress in the past emphasising duration interrupted by another past action

• an action that happened before another action in the past

Multiple Choice

I was working in the garden when it started to rain.

• an action which happened at a stated time in the past

• an action that was in progress at a stated time in the past

• an action in progress in the past emphasising duration interrupted by another past action

• an action that happened before another action in the past

Multiple Choice

He … the grass for an hour when suddenly the lawn-mower broke down.

• was cutting

• had been cutting

• had cut

• cut

Multiple Choice

I went to bed after I.....off the television.

• switched

• has switched

• had switched

• have switching

Multiple Choice

Once Sally saw me , I .......for 3 hours.

• had gardened
• had been gardening