Past Tenses
Verb-Noun Collocations
Adjective-Noun Collocations
Verbs of Change
100

Last week, we __________ (have) school because it _______ (be) a local holiday.

DIDN'T HAVE...WAS

Past simple, specific time in past, did not repeat

100

Noel doesn't like talking about zombies so he decided to ____________ and discuss medieval history.

CHANGE THE SUBJECT

100

The war between Hamas and Isreal has brought about ___________ to both countries and to the world.

dramatic/sudden/considerable changes


100

After the pandemic, American Land _________ several small classrooms into bigger classrooms so that there would be more space.

TRANSFORMED

200

Olivia _________ (always tell) super bad jokes during our C1 class. How annoying!!!

WAS ALWAYS TELLING

Past continuous, criticism in the past, repeated action

200

Rafa used to be addicted to watching cute cat videos on YouTube, but since then, he ____________ and is a better person now.

HAS CHANGED HIS WAYS
200

Playing jeopardy instead of doing more exercises was a _________ for the C1 students.

pleasant, welcome, refreshing change

200

It can be difficult for some students to _________ to the C1 level because there is a significant change from B2 to C1.

ADJUST

300

As soon as the film _________ (start), I realised that I __________ before (see).

STARTED...HAD SEEN

Past simple +past perfect, shows two events and the order in which they happened

300

Alejandro used to love the Sevilla football team, but recently he __________ and is a hardcore Betis fan.

CHANGED SIDES

300

After the pandemic, many countries suffered and saw little _________ , leading to a global financial depression.

economic change

300

In 2015, Cambridge _______ all of their exams and restructured different parts in order to foster student success.

MODIFIED

400

We _______(just practise) writing part two and it _____ (be) so incredibly interesting.

HAVE JUST PRACTISED...WAS


Present perfect, recent past event that is relevant to the present


400

If you are driving and you want to go faster you must________.

CHANGE GEARS

400

The invention of the internet has caused ___________ internationally, due to the fact that life without it seems impossible nowadays.

far-reaching, sweeping, significant change

400

Silvia didn't have a partner, so DarĂ­o _________ seats so that they could sit together.

SWITCHED

500

Juan _________ (study) for weeks now!

HAS BEEN STUDYING


Present perfect continuous, emphasis on duration of activity.


500

Silvia used to say English was the worst subject ever, but then she had Olivia as a teacher and she_________.

CHANGED HER TUNE


500

After the summer elections, __________ is imminent in Spain and it is not clear what will happen.

political change
500

Student success on the C1 exam can ________ depending on whether or not they put in significant effort during the course.

VARY