Past Simple and Past Continuous
Put the verbs in the right tense:
I (drop) my phone when I (run) and now it doesn't work.
I dropped my phone when I was running and now it doesn't work.
Choose the correct form of can, could, be able to:
Can you read this for me? I couldn't/can't/'m not able to see without my glasses.
Can you read this for me? I can't see without my glasses.
Rewrite the sentence into first or second conditional:
I feel so tired because I don't sleep well.
I ... so tired if I slept well.
I wouldn't feel so tired if I slept well.
Choose the right option:
The girls ... their lunch yet.
a. did not eat
b. haven't ate
c. haven't eaten
c. haven't eaten
Complete the sentence:
When I (get) to the airport I (discover) I (forget) my passport.
When I got to the airport I discovered I had forgotten my passport.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets:
The ball rolled across the road. The car hit it. (when)
When the ball was rolling across the road, the car hit it.
Choose TWO correct options:
___ lend me a pen, please?
a. Can you...
b. Could you...
c. Are you able to...
a. and b.
Complete the conditional sentences with the correct words.
If we stop killing endangered species, they ... not die out.
If we stop killing endangered species, they will/might not die out.
Put the sentence in the right tense.
They (clean) the car. it looks new again.
They've cleaned the car. it looks new again.
Choose the right option:
Julie was very pleased to see that John cleaned/had cleaned the kitchen.
Julie was very pleased to see that John cleaned/had cleaned the kitchen.
Find and correct the mistake:
It was stopping raining just before I left the house.
It stopped raining just before I left the house.
Choose can, could or be able to:
I haven't ... sleep very well lately.
I haven't been able to sleep very well lately.
Find and correct the mistake in the sentence:
The planet wouldn’t survive if we keep producing so much pollution.
The planet won't survive if we keep producing so much pollution.
Fill in the present perfect simple or the past simple.
I (see) a great film yesterday.
I saw a great film yesterday.
Complete the sentence with Past Simple or Past Perfect.
Everyone said they (love) the party even though we (not put up) many decorations.
Everyone said they loved the party even though we hadn't put up many decorations.
Make the past simple or past continuous sentence:
We (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).
We were eating dinner at 8pm last night.
Choose the right option:
He didn't want to come, but finally we could/were able to persuade him.
He didn't want to come, but finally we were able to persuade him.
Choose the right option:
I won't come to your party ... you help me clean up the beach tomorrow.
a. if
b. unless
Complete with the missing word:
The accident happened 10 years ... .
The accident happened 10 years ago.
Complete the text with the correct tense:
The concert was planned to start on Saturday but it (rain) heavily for the previous three days and the venue was flooded.
The concert was planned to start on Saturday but it had rained heavily for the previous three days and the venue was flooded.
Choose the correct sentence:
a. What did you do when the dog ran into the room? - I jumped out of the window.
b. What were you doing when the dog ran into the room? - I was jumping out of the window.
a. What did you do when the dog ran into the room? - I jumped out of the window.
Can, Could or Be able to?
If you tell him your problem he might ... help you.
If you tell him your problem he might be able to help you.
First or Second conditional?
If we (use) only renewable energy, we (reduce) climate change.
If we used only renewable energy, we would reduce climate change.
Complete with Present Perfect or Past Simple:
We (be) together since we (be) teenagers.
We've been together since we were teenagers.
Complete the sentence:
When we arrived home last night, we discovered that somebody (break) the window.
When we arrived home last night, we discovered that somebody had broken the window.