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Simple Past
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
100
I ____ my parents yesterday (visit)
visited
100
I _____ ______ on the phone when you arrived (talk)
was talking
100
She ______ __________ me all of this, but then I saw it for myself. (to tell)
had told
100
I ____ ____ ________ when the earthquake hit. (work)
had been working
200
He ______ the movie 3 times last week! (to see)
saw
200
He _______ __________ sad, so I took him to the cinema (look)
was looking
200
I ____ ________ the emails before 6pm. (to write)
had written
200
He ____ ____ __________ on clothes for hours when the shop assistant kicked us out (try - on )
had been trying
300
We ______ games every Christmas when I was a child (to play)
played
300
We ____ ________ on that project all last week (work)
were working
300
I ___ ______ sushi before it was popular. (to try)
had tried
300
We ____ ____ ________ cakes all afternoon before the party (to bake)
had been baking
400
I ______ all of my money on chocolate! (to spend)
spent
400
They _____ ________ at new cars yesterday afternoon. (look)
were looking
400
We _____ _________ reviewing the details but then we had to go. (to begin)
had begun
400
We ____ ____ _________ for hours when we realised we forgot our camera. (to travel)
had been travelling
500
I ________ a manager 3 years ago (become)
became
500
I _____ _____________ a nap at 4 yesterday (was taking)
was taking
500
They _____ __________ the meal before they went to the movies (to finish)
had finished
500
They _____ _____ _________ many psychologists until they found the right one.
had been seeing