Past simple
past simple or continuous
past simple or past perfect
mixed past tenses
mixed tenses (present past and future tenses)
100

Yesterday I ________ (break) my phone. I ________ (drop) it. 

broke / dropped 

100

They _______(play) football while it _________ (rain)

were playing / was raining

100

Sue _____ (already study) before she _____ (meet) up with her best friend Kate. 

had already studied / met 

100

I _____ (go) to the shop and then I _____ (meet) Lisa for lunch. 

went / met

100

Oh no, you ____ (lose) your keys? AGAIN? 

have lost

200

Last month, Lisa ___ (hurt) her back, because she _____ (slip) on the wet floor. 

hurt / slipped 

200

She _______ (not listen) when the teacher _______ (explain) it. 

wasn‘t / listening

200

I ____ (never see) that movie before last Saturday! It ___ (is) really good! 

had never seen / was

200

I ____ (never want) anything more than a dog when I was 6 years old. 

had never wanted

200

I _____ (never try) sushi before but I ____ (want) to try it soon. 

have never tried / want 
300

He ___ (take) the wrong bus and ____ (get) home late. 

took / got 

300

We _____ (walk) to school when the accident ______ (happen). 

were walking / happened

300

He ___ (break) his arm last year, but he ___ (never break) a bone before. 

broke / had never broken

300

Before she ______ (take) her profile picture yesterday, she ______ (spend) hours in front of the mirror. 

took / had spent

300

I ___ (see) that movie three times, but I _____ (watch) it again tonight. 

have seen / will watch OR going to watch

400

Liam ____ (arrive) early to his grandma’s birthday party, but he ___ (leave) before dinner. 

arrived / left

400

While I _______ (listen) to music, Emma and Jane ______ (play) Mario Kart. 

was listening / were playing

400

By the time he ____ (arrive), we ____ (already start) the game. 

arrived / had already started

400

After they ____ (finish) their project, they ______ (celebrate). 

had finished / celebrated

400

Look! It _____ (snow)! It _____ (not snow) last winter at all! 

is snowing / didn‘t snow 

500

I ___ (think) the shop was open but it ____ (is) closed. 

thought / was

500

By the time the telephone _____ (ring), I ______ (do) the laundry. 

rang / was doing

500

She ___ (can find) her book because she ___ (lose) it! 

couldn‘t find / had lost
500

I ______ (walk) home when I realized I _____ (forget) my keys. 

was walking/ had forgotten

500

We ___ (be) to New York twice already. So hopefully, we ___ (go) somewhere else next year. 

have been / will go