Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
Mixed
100

Last year, I _______ (travel) to Japan.  

traveled

100

I ______ (meet) him before he became famous.

I´d met

100

We ____(cook) dinner when the electricity suddenly went off. 

were cooking

100

Phill and his wife ________ (meet) when they ________ (study) Medicine in College.

met; were studying

200

The bus ________ (come) as soon as I got to the bus stop.

came

200

We ______ (see)the movie before, so we watched a comedy show instead.

We´d seen

200

As I spoke, the children _______(laugh) at my cleverness

were laughing

200

Their car ___________ (break down) as they _________(drive) home.

broke down; were driving

300

They ____(sit) at the beach all day

sat

300

When I opened the document, I saw that I ________ (forget) to save yesterday’s work!

I´d forgotten

300

When we got to the ski resort, it _____(snow) so heavily that we couldn´t ski. 

was snowing

300

As soon as I ______ (close) the door, I realized that I ________ (not take) my keys with me.

closed; hadn't taken

400

I ________ (not come) swimming because Sheila hadn’t told me about it.

didn´t come

400

He ______ (live) here for three years by the time we met. 

had lived

400

We____(not sit) in the garden  when you called; we were in the kitchen. 

weren´t sitting

400

When I ______ (arrive) at the mall Matt was angry. He _____ (get) there over an hour ago.

arrived; had gotten

500

How do you ask someone if they had dinner last night?



Did you have dinner last night?

500

By the time Doris got to the party, everyone ______ (go)home. 

had gone

500

What _______(you/ do) at 8 o'clock last night? 

were you doing

500

While I ________ (do) the housework, the children ________ (play) in the backyard.

was doing; were playing

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