Excercices

Past simple

100

¿What is the formula of the past simple?

Subject+verb+complemets

200

turn this sentences into negative  

I (to have)_____ ______ any money when I was a teenager.

didn’t have.

300

We use the past simple to:

Describe finished actions or situations in the past

400

Our dog _________ (chew) on the remote control.

chewed.

500

Your boyfriend/meet/your parents/?

Did your boyfriend meet your parents?

Past continous

100

The reporter ____________ (ask) questions about the company.

was asking.

200

Lola/not waiting/at the bus stop/?

Wasn’t Lola waiting at the bus stop?

300

Turn this sentence into a question

He was studying. → ____________________?

Was he studying?

400

Turn this sentences into negative 

They were playing basketball.

They were not playing basketball.

500

¿What is the formula of past continuous?

S+was/were+v-ing

Past perfect simple

100

Turn this sentences into interrogative 

He watched TV.

Had he studied English?

200

We __________ (see) that movie before.

We had seen that movie before.

300

I __________ (finish) the project on time.

I had finished the project on time

400

¿What is the formula of past perfect simple?

S+had+past participle+complement

500

Turn this sententences into negative

She had eaten breakfast.  ____________________

She hadn't eaten breakfast.

Past perfect continous

100

¿What is the formula of past perfect continuous?

S+had+been+v-ing

200

My dogs ___________ (live) on the streets before I decided to adopt them.

had been living.

300

My aunt _________ (insist) that we bought this house.

hadn’t been insisting.

400

Blanca / not teach / in the school in her hometown

Hadn’t Blanca been teaching in the school in her hometown?

500

1. The student population was evacuated because the fire __________ (advance) towards the school.
2. The animals are stressed because she __________ (pay) attention to them.
3. The constructors / work / on the house

 

1. had been advancing.
2. hadn’t been paying.
3. Had the constructors been working on the house?

Past habits and states

100

Turn this sentence into interrogative

He used to swim every day

Did he use to swim every day?

200

Turn the sentence in negative

She used to play piano

She didn’t use to play piano.

300

¿What is the formula of the past habits?

S+used to+verb+complement

400

Complete the sentences using would/ used to 

My grandmother __________ (tell) me stories before bed.

My grandmother would tell me stories before bed.

500

Complete the sentences using would/ used to 

Dad __________ (cook) pancakes every Sunday.

Dad used to cook pancakes every Sunday.