Past Simple
Luis ___________ pizza last week.
ate
Robert _______ pasta when I got home.
was making
Our daughter _________ lipstick since she was sixteen.
What is the past simple tense of the verb "go"?
went
The children _______ tennis last week.
played
Jane _______ TV when I arrived yesterday.
was watching
I _____________ care of the baby all morning.
have been taking
a) They went to the beach every summer.
b) She was studying when the phone rang.
She was studying when the phone rang.
Lola _______ her homework last week.
did
When I saw Lisa at ESL Institute, she ___________ English.
was studying
They __________ English for two years.
have been studying
What is the present perfect continuous tense of the verb "work"?
(have/has) been working
They _____ to Canada last Sunday.
went
The children _____________ soccer in the park yesterday morning.
were playing
The baby __________ milk for an hour.
has been drinking
What is the past simple used for?
It is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now.
We _______ soda all day long yesterday.
drank
Judy _____________ the newspaper when I called her this morning.
was reading
I'm worn out. I ________ my Christmas tree with ornaments all day.
have been decorating
What is the past continuous used for?
We generally use the past continuous to talk about actions and states in progress (happening) around a particular time in the past.