Past tenses grade 8

Michael Jackson ...(write) a lot of songs, while Justin Bieber ...(write) much less.

• Wrote, wrote

• Wrote, has written

• Has written, wrote

• Has written, has written

... you ever ... (be) to Africa? - Yes, I ... (go) there last summer.

• Did be, went

• were going, was going

• Have been, was

• Have been, have been

What ... you (do) when I ... (come) home last night?

• Did do, came

• Were doing, was coming

• Were doing, came

• have done, came

Tom... just (break) his leg.

• Broke

• Has broken

• Was breaking

• Has been breaking

I haven’t seen him... ages.

• For

• Since

• Until

I haven’t seen him ... 1998.

• For

• Since

• Already

• Just

We ... (study) physics for two years. (We still do)

• Are studying

• were studying

• Have been studying

• Studied

I ... (lose) my key. I can’t open the door now.

• Lost

• Have lost

• Was losing

• Have been losing

I ... (graduate) from high school in 2009. I ... (travel) since then.

• Graduated, travelled

• Have graduated, have travelled

• Graduated, have been travelling

• Graduated, travel