Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Simple-Past Perfect
Past Simple-Past Continuous 3
100

Yesterday, Asqar's dog____(run) after his girlfriend.

Yesterday, Asqar's dog ran after his girlfriend.

100
When you_____(tell) that scary story, I_____(sleep) on the couch.
When you were telling that scary story, I was sleeping on the couch.
100

I ____(go) home before the show started.

I had gone home before the show started.

100

By the time the professor ____ (win) the prize, she ___ (make) several important discoveries.

By the time the professor won the prize, she had made several important discoveries.

100

What ____ (you/do) when I _____ (call) you last night?

What were you doing when I called last night?

200
Jane ____(teach) Vanessa how to cook a pie, but she____(spoil) two yesterday.
Jane taught Vanessa how to cook a pie, but she spoiled two yesterday.
200
I don't care what you_____(do), I want to know why she_____(steal) my makeup.
I don't care what you were doing, I want to know why she was stealing my makeup.
200

Mr. and Mrs. Davis ______ (get) married before 2000.

Mr. and Mrs. David had got married before 2000.

200

I ____ (interview) her after she ___ (finish) her report.

I interviewed her after she had finished her report.

200

I ____ (sit) in a café when you ____ (call).

I was sitting in a café when you called.

300
Sun _____ (go) to Busan last month. She _____ (cut) her foot on the beach and _____ (have) to get stitches.
Sun went to Busan last month. She cut her foot on the beach and had to get stitches.
300

His dog_____(bark) while he_____(whistle) a song.

His dog was barking while he was whistling a song.

300

Joseph_____(drive) too fast before the accident happened.

Joseph had driven too fast before the accident.

300

After thousands of people ___ (watch) my documentary, they ___ (give) me an award for journalism.

After thousands of people had watched my documentary, they gave me an award for journalism.

300

We ____ (play) tennis when John ____ (hurt) his ankle.

We were playing tennis when John hurt his ankle.

400

Manijeh____ (feel) bad yesterday because she didn't ____ (teach) well.

Manijeh felt bad yesterday because she didn't teach well.

400
While Sara ______ (read), Kristen _____ (watch) TV.
While Sarah was reading, Kristen was watching TV.
400

I _____ (make) several friends before the second day of the summer camp.

I had made several friends before the second day of the summer camp.

400

When I ___(finish) my documentary, I __(realise) she ___ (not speak) to any of the others. I was the only one!

When I finished my documentary, I realised she hadn't spoken to any of the others.

400

When I _____ (leave) the house, it _____ (snow).

When I left the house, it was snowing.

500

Last night, my soccer team _____ (lose) the game by 1 point. Because I was sad, I ______ (go) to bed soon.

Last night, my soccer team lost the game by 1 point. Because I was sad, I went to bed soon.

500
_____ you _____ (listen) while he ______ (talk)?
Were you listening while he was talking?
500

My sister ____ (rip) her pants by the time she got to the party.

My sister had ripped her pants before the got to the party.

500

Watson and Crick ___(win) the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962. Sadly, Rosalind Franklin ___ (die) four years before.

Watson and Crick won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962. Sadly, Rosalind Franklin had died four years before.

500

When I _____ (walk) into the room, everyone ______ (work).

When I walked into the room, everyone was working.

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