past simple
I ____ a book at 8 p.m. yesterday. (read)
I read a book at 8 p.m. yesterday.
I ____ football with my friends. (play)
I was playing football with my friends.
Before we parked our car in the parking lot, we ____ the ticket from the ticket machine (collect)
Before we parked our car in the parking lot, we had collected the ticket from the ticket machine
After swimming all day they were hungry
They were hungry because they _____ all day
They were hungry because they had been swimming all day
Put these words in the correct order: (shoes / running / small).
Small running shoes
She ____ her grandparents house yesterday. (go to)
She went to her grandparents house yesterday.
He ____ all afternoon for this exam (study)
He was studying all afternoon for this exam
We ____ the contract with the technology solutions company before the meeting ended (sign)
We had signed the contract with the technology solutions company before the meeting ended
Sarah thought about going to America. She decided to study there
Sarah decided to study in America after she ______ about going there for a while
Sarah decided to study in America after she had been thinking about going there for a while
Put these words in the correct order: (jacket / leather / black).
Black leather jacket
He ____ his homework before dinner. (complete)
He completed his homework before dinner.
While I ____ TV, my brother ____ a new video game. (watch / play)
While I was watching TV, my brother was playing a new video game.
Give an example of a past perfect simple phase in negative form
subjet + had + ed
Is this sentence correct?
They had been played tennis
No, They had been playing tennis
Put these words in the correct order: (mirror / antique / large / round).
Large round antique mirror
What is the structure of a negative sentence in the Past Simple?
Subject + did not (didn’t) + base verb + complement
What is the structure of an affirmative sentence in Past Continuous?
Subject + was/were + verb (-ing) + complement
What is the main differences on the structure between the past perfect simple vs past perfect continuous
P.P. Simple: subjet + had+ ed
P.P.continuous: subjet + had + been
Should we use the past perfect continuous to talk about how many times something happened before another moment (also the past)
No, for that we used the present perfect simple
Put these words in the correct order: (vase / blue / ancient / Chinese / small).
Small ancient blue Chinese vase
Name three common time expressions used with Past Simple.
Yesterday, at (specific time), ago
Name three situations when we use Past Continuous.
1. Action in progress at a specific time in the past
2. Two actions happening at the same time in the past
3. Background action for a short action in Past Simple
How is it called the verb form we used in the past perfect simple after had?
past participle (ed)
How would the past perfect continuous tense structure in the interrogative way?
Had + subjet + been +ing
Put these words in the correct order: (sleeping bag / new / beautiful / cotton / long).
Beautiful long new cotton sleeping bag