Past simple
Last Sunday, Mark and his friends (play) football for three hours.
Last Sunday, Mark and his friends played football for three hours
Last week, I (complete) my application for a job.
Last week I was completing an application for a job.
When I was at school, I (study) hard for my exams.
When I was at school, I had studied hard for my exams.
I (study) English for 2 years when I went to London.
I had been studying English for 2 years when I went to London.
The builders (chose) an unusual time for the new road to be (build).
I (eat) a full English breakfast this morning.
I ate a full English breakfast this morning.
They (read) Charles Dickens in English class yesterday.
They were reading Charles Dickens in English Class yesterday.
The pupil (read) three books over the school holidays.
The pupil had read three books over the school holidays.
We (argue) for days when Elizabeth found a resolution.
We’d been arguing for days when Elizabeth found a resolution.
I (break) my foot when we (play) football
I broke my foot when we were playing football.
You (take) way too long to finish that puzzle.
You took way too long to finish that puzzle.
These seats are very uncomfortable. I wish (travel) first class.
These seats are very uncomfortable. I wish we were travelling in first class.
Last Tuesday, my mother (write) a letter of complaint to the BBC.
Last Tuesday, my mother had written a letter of complaint to the BBC.
Jane said she (garden) all afternoon.
Jane said she had been gardening all afternoon.
As soon as I (kneel) down, my knees (start) hurting
As soon as I knelt down, my knees started hurting.
When we (go) to art class, I (draw) a self-portrait.
When we went to art class, I drew a self-portrait.
My brother (do) his homework when I (get) home.
My brother was doing his homework when I got home.
Last Christmas, my grandma (bring) up a controversial subject at the dinner table.
Last Christmas, my grandma had brought up a controversial subject at the dinner table.
They (be) angry because they (wait) for me for hours.
They were angry because they’d been waiting for me for hours.
She (cut) her finger badly when (cook).
He cut his finger badly when she had been cooking.
I (seek) shelter under a tree, as soon as it (begin) to rain.
I sought shelter under a tree, as soon as it began to rain.
Lucy (lose) her phone, when she (explore) in the woods.
Lucy lost her phone when she was exploring in the woods.
Through not covering his tracks, the criminal's fingerprints (find) at the crime scene.
Through not covering his tracks, the criminal's fingerprints had been found at the crime scene.
It (rain) hard for several hours and the streets (begin) to flood.
It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were beginning to flood.
If (be - negative) so careless, I (see) the pothole in the road.
If I had not been so careless, I would have seen the pothole in the road.