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WorksheetsEnglish 9 past tenses
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
A shorter past action that interrupted a longer one.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
An uncompleted action that took place before a second past action.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
An activity completed at a specific time in the past.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
A description of the first of two past actions to take place.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
An action that was in progress when another shorter one happened.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
A past action that was in progress over a long period of time in the past.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
Tick which event happened or was happening first.
I had breakfast.
I had had a shower.
Tick which event happened or was happening first.
We'd been eating dinner.
John arrived.
Tick which event happened or was happening first.
Frank phoned his best friend, John.
He had heard John's news.
Tick which event happened or was happening first.
We played tennis.
It had been raining.
Tick which event happened or was happening first.
My sister went to work for a newspaper.
She had studied English at university.
Tick which event happened or was happening first.
The teacher had been taking the register.
The head teacher entered the classroom.
We (a) (study) when my mobile rang.
We ... (have) an accident when I'd been driving for a long time without stopping.
(a)
I saw Julia when I ... (shop).
(a)
I saw the film of the book last night. I ... (read) the book last year.
(a)
When we left the house, the sun ... (shine) and the birds were singing.
(a)
Sara ... (get) up at 6 o'clock and then she went for a run.
(a)
We finally ... (see) the top of the mountain after we had been climbing for two days.
(a)
My mum and dad ... (meet) each other when they were working at the same hospital.
(a)
We ... (climb) all day when we decided it was time to stop and rest for the night. We
(a)
We were all hungry because we ... (not eat) since breakfast.
(a)
Kevin took out the camping stove and the matches and then ... (cook) dinner.
(a)
He ... (give) everyone a plate of food and we ate in silence.
(a)
We ... (eat) when suddenly we heard a strange noise.
(a)
We all ... (look) at each other.
(a)
... (be) it the wind?
(a)
Time passed, but then there ... (be) another strange noise.
(a)
It was exactly the same as the one we ... (hear) earlier.
(a)
We had never heard a noise like that before and we ... (be) all very frightened!
(a)
