Present &
Past Tenses
Past Tenses
I .................... (study) with my friends every day.
I STUDY with my friends every day.
I ................ never ............... (participate) in Earth Day, but I will next year.
I HAVE never PARTICIPATED in Earth Day, but I will next year.
Yesterday’s demonstration ............. (become) violent. Luckily, I ......... already ............... (leave) by then.
Yesterday’s demonstration BECAME violent. Luckily, I HAD already LEFT by then.
Cars ............ (fly) in 2489.
Cars WILL FLY in 2489.
My mum took a trip to India by ..........
HERSELF
She ................. (listen) to music in her bedroom right now.
She IS LISTENING to music in her bedroom right now.
Sarah .......... (volunteer) at the park clean-up last week.
Sarah VOLUNTEERED at the park clean-up last week.
Last week, my grandmother ............... (talk) about her wartime experiences, which she .......... never ........ (tell) me about before.
Last week, my grandmother TALKED about her wartime experiences, which she HAD never TOLD me about before.
We ............... (go) to the cinema this afternoon. I've already bought the tickets.
We ARE GOING to the cinema this afternoon.
Why don’t we paint the house ................ ?
OURSELVES
They ................... (see) a ghost in a haunted house last month.
They SAW a ghost in a haunted house last month.
She began to study the effects of deforestation 15 years ago. Since then, she .................... (become) a world expert.
She began to study the effects of deforestation 15 years ago. Since then, she HAS BECOME a world expert.
When I ...............(see) her, I ................... (realise) I ................ (forget) her name.
When I SAW her, I REALISED I HAD FORGOTTEN her name.
A: "Someone is knocking on the door"
B: "I .......... (get) it."
"I WILL GET it"
It’s nobody else’s fault. I can only blame ...........
My friend ............... (call) me while I ................. (sleep)
My friend CALLED me while I WAS SLEEPING.
When ............... dinosaurs ................. (disappear)?
When DID dinosaurs DISAPPEAR?
By 1950, / Detroit / become / well known / as the Motor City
By 1950, Detroit had become well known as the Motor City.
I ............... (study) abroad next year.
I AM GOING TO STUDY abroad next year.
This door doesn’t lock by ............ . You have to lock it with the key.
ITSELF
Use USED TO: She ....................... (not play) with her siblings.
She DIDN'T USE TO PLAY with her siblings.
We ................ (raise) £1,000 for Save the Oceans so far.
We HAVE RAISED £1,000 for Save the Oceans so far.
The election results / be / surprising, / because few people / expect / such a young candidate / to win
The election results were surprising, because few people had expected such a young candidate to win.
She .............(travel) tomorrow at 5.
She WILL BE TRAVELLING tomorrow at 5.
My friends always help .............. to snacks when they hang out at my flat.
THEMSELVES