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Past Simple

100

COMPLETE:

Yesterday, at the end of the city tour, the bus ________ (bring) us back to the hotel.

Yesterday, at the end of the city tour, the bus BROUGHT us back to the hotel.

200

COMPLETE:

She had already eaten three pieces of cake so she ________ (not want) more.

She had already eaten three pieces of cake so she DIDN'T WANT more.

300

TURN INTO A QUESTION:

I watched a movie yesterday?

Did you watch a movie yesterday?

400

USE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A QUESTION:

where / you / go / on holiday / last summer /?

Where did you go on holiday last summer?

500

Talk about what you did yesterday.

Yesterday I ....

Past Continuous

100

COMPLETE:

Yesterday at 6 p.m. she ________ (play) videogames.

Yesterday at 6 p.m. she WAS PLAYING videogames.

200

TURN INTO THE NEGATIVE:

They were fighting when I came in.

They weren't fighting when I came in.

300

TURN INTO A QUESTION:

He was travelling to work at that time.

Was he travelling to work at that time?

400

USE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A QUESTION:

what / they / eat / ?

What were they eating?

500

TTalk about what you were doing yesterday at 4 p.m.

Yesterday at 4 p.m. I ...

Past Perfect

100

COMPLETE:

I ________ (forget) the keys on the desk, so I couldn't enter the house. 

I had forgotten the keys on the desk, so I couldn't enter the house.

200

COMPLETE:

I ________ (not be) to Tokyo before going to Australia.

I HADN'T BEEN to Tokyo before going to Australia.

300

TURN INTO A QUESTION:

She had left before you arrived.

Had she left before I arrived?

400

USE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A QUESTION:

you / log out / before / you / close / the webpage / ?

Had you logged out before you closed the webpage?

500

Tell about an action you did before another past action.

I had ... 

Mix

100

I ________ (walk) down the street yesterday, when I ________ (see) a just like you.

I WAS WALKING down the street yesterday, when I SAW a just like you.

200

Mary ________ (move) out of her parents’ house three years before her father ________ (decide) to sell it.

Mary HAD MOVED out of her parents’ house three years before her father DECIDED to sell it.

300

When you ________ (phone) yesterday, I ________ (take) a nap.

When you phoned yesterday, I was taking a nap.

400

While the children ________ (sleep), I ________ (read) a book.

While the children were sleeping, I was reading a book.

500

Meg ________ (park)  her car when she ________ (realise) that she ________ (forgot) the tickets.

Meg was parking  her car when she realised that she had forgotten the tickets.