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WorksheetsPast (Simple/Continuous/Perfect) Solutions intermediate Unit 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
didn’t know,
didn’t tell
didn’t know,
hadn’t told
didn’t know,
didn’t told
hadn’t known,
hadn’t told
Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:
Sorry! _________ (you / sleep) when I _________ (ring)?
Were you sleeping,
rung
Were you sleeping,
rang
Were you sleep,
rang
Were you sleeping,
had rung
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
felt,
hadn’t eaten
was feeling,
hadn’t eaten
felt,
hadn’t ate
felt,
weren't eating
Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:
Danny _______ (live) in America when he _______ (get) engaged
had lived,
got
lived,
had got
was living,
had got
was living,
got
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.
weren’t talking,
came
didn’t talk,
came
weren’t talking,
had came
hadn’t talked,
came
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
Sarah and Chi-Hung met and got engaged when they
had both lived in Shanghai.
were both living in Shanghai.
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences.
Lucy and Johan decided to start a family soon after
they’d got married.
they were getting married.
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
What were you doing
when I’d come home?
when I came home?
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
I was born in Bangkok while
my parents were living in Thailand.
my parents had lived in Thailand.
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
Robbie met his future wife when
they were sitting on a train.
they’d sat on a train.
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
Grandad started painting
when he was retiring.
when he’d retired.
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
Danny went for a walk when
he was finishing his homework.
he’d finished his homework
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
Our football team weren’t happy after
they’d lost the match.
they were losing the match.
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
We saw you in the street yesterday when
you were riding a bike along Lanyon Road.
you had ridden a bike along Lanyon Road.
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.
retired,
had worked
had retired,
worked
was retiring,
had worked
retired,
worked
Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:
Sam watched the film and then
he went to bed.
he was going to bed.
Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:
Carrie ______ (watch) TV when we ______ (come) home
watched,
had come
was watching,
came
watched,
came
was watching,
was coming
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.
didn’t know,
didn’t check
didn’t know,
hadn’t checked
didn’t know,
wasn't checking
hadn’t known,
hadn’t checked
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.
was walking,
found
was walking,
had found
walked,
was found
had walked,
had found
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.
didn't visit,
emigrated
wasn't visiting,
emigrated
hadn’t visited,
emigrated
didn't visit,
had emigrated
