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Past (Simple/Continuous/Perfect) Solutions intermediate Unit 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Megan _____ (not know) about Rob and Mary’s party because they _____ (not tell) her.

a)

didn’t know,

didn’t tell

b)

didn’t know,

hadn’t told

c)

didn’t know,

didn’t told

d)

hadn’t known,

hadn’t told

2.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Sorry! _________ (you / sleep) when I _________ (ring)?

a)

Were you sleeping,

rung

b)

Were you sleeping,

rang

c)

Were you sleep,

rang

d)

Were you sleeping,

had rung

3.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

We _______ (feel) very hungry because we ______ (not eat) eaten anything all day

a)

felt,

hadn’t eaten

b)

was feeling,

hadn’t eaten

c)

felt,

hadn’t ate

d)

felt,

weren't eating

4.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Danny _______ (live) in America when he _______ (get) engaged

a)

had lived,

got

b)

lived,

had got

c)

was living,

had got

d)

was living,

got

5.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

No, we _______ (not talk) about you when you _______ (come) in.

a)

weren’t talking,

came

b)

didn’t talk,

came

c)

weren’t talking,

had came

d)

hadn’t talked,

came

6.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Sarah and Chi-Hung met and got engaged when they

a)

had both lived in Shanghai.

b)

were both living in Shanghai.

7.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences.

Lucy and Johan decided to start a family soon after

a)

they’d got married.

b)

they were getting married.

8.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

What were you doing

a)

when I’d come home?

b)

when I came home?

9.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

I was born in Bangkok while

a)

my parents were living in Thailand.

b)

my parents had lived in Thailand.

10.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Robbie met his future wife when

a)

they were sitting on a train.

b)

they’d sat on a train.

11.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Grandad started painting

a)

when he was retiring.

b)

when he’d retired.

12.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Danny went for a walk when

a)

he was finishing his homework.

b)

he’d finished his homework

13.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Our football team weren’t happy after

a)

they’d lost the match.

b)

they were losing the match.

14.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

We saw you in the street yesterday when

a)

you were riding a bike along Lanyon Road.

b)

you had ridden a bike along Lanyon Road.

15.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Grandad ______ (retire) after he ______ (work) as a bus driver for thirty years.

a)

retired,

had worked

b)

had retired,

worked

c)

was retiring,

had worked

d)

retired,

worked

16.

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Sam watched the film and then

a)

he went to bed.

b)

he was going to bed.

17.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Carrie ______ (watch) TV when we ______ (come) home

a)

watched,

had come

b)

was watching,

came

c)

watched,

came

d)

was watching,

was coming

18.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

I _____ (not know) about the school art competition because I _____ (not check) the noticeboard.

a)

didn’t know,

didn’t check

b)

didn’t know,

hadn’t checked

c)

didn’t know,

wasn't checking

d)

hadn’t known,

hadn’t checked

19.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Lucy ______ (walk) on the beach when she ______ (find) some money.

a)

was walking,

found

b)

was walking,

had found

c)

walked,

was found

d)

had walked,

had found

20.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Peter and Jess ______ (not visit) America before their family _____ (emigrate) there last year.

a)

didn't visit,

emigrated

b)

wasn't visiting,

emigrated

c)

hadn’t visited,

emigrated

d)

didn't visit,

had emigrated