Past Simple or Continuous?
At 4 pm last Tuesday I __________ (work) in the office.
was working
rang/ while/ the doorbell/ a shower/ taking/ was/ I
The doorbell rang while I was taking a shower.
They took a shower after they ___________________ (finish) the game.
They took a shower after they had finished the game.
Past perfect simple emphasises the completion of the activity before another activity in the past.
We ___ already _____ (eat) when John ______ (come) home.
We had already eaten when John came home.
We use the ___________ to talk about one thing or a sequence of things that took place in the past and are finished.
past simple
Bonus
+200
sports / else / already. / had / he / everyone / ground / for / the / When / left / arrived,
When he ARRIVED, everyone else HAD Already LEFT for the sports ground
bomb
-200
When I ______(get) to the airport I discovered that I ________ (forget) my passport.
When I got to the airport I discovered I had forgotten my passport.
We use the _____________ for actions in progress that took place in the past and are finished.
Past continuous
The children ______ (forget) their lunch at home every day last week.
forgot
Bonus
+300
Nobody came to the meeting because Angela __________________ (forget) to tell them about it.
Nobody came to the meeting because Angela had forgotten to tell them about it.
I _______ (open) my handbag to find that I _________ (forget) my credit card.
I opened my handbag to find that I had forgotten my credit card.
We use the _____________ to show that an event or action in the past was still continuing from one point in the past to another point in the past.
past perfect continuous
He______ (drink) beer when he ______ (start) feeling sick.
was drinking/ started
his/ dog/ ran after/ girlfriend/ Neil's/ yesterday
Yesterday, Neal's dog ran after his girlfriend.
We __________ (try) to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.
had been trying
The Past Perfect Continuous talks about an action that continued for a period of time before another action or situation in the past took place.
Bomb
-400
We often use the _________ and ___________ together when one action interrupts another in the past.
past simple and past continuous
Every time I ________ (see) her I ______ (love) her more and more.
saw / loved
my / found / teacher / angry. / hurt / that / was / foot, / not / When / the / had / she / I / very / out
When the teacher FOUND out that I HAD NOT HURT my foot, she was very angry.
They _________ (to paint) the room for nearly an hour when they realized they __________(to use) the wrong colour.
had been painting - had been using
The Past Perfect Continuous talks about an action that continued for a period of time before another action or situation in the past took place.
By the time I ___________(arrive) at the station, the train _______________ (leave)
By the time I arrived at the station, the train had left.
We use the _________with the _________ together in a sentence to describe something that happened before something else in the past.
past perfect / past simple