PAST: SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS, PERFECT

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

100

By the time Ragini _____ (reach) home, her kids _____  (go) to play.

REACHED - HAD GONE

200

The doctor ____________ (TAKE OFF) the plaster that he _________ (PUT ON)  six weeks before.

TOOK OFF - HAD PUT ON

300

The children _______ (collect) the chestnuts that ______(fall)  from the tree.

COLLECTED - HAD FALLEN

400

Reema  _________(watch) a horror movie last night when the doorbell  ________(ring). Sheela  ______ (be) at the door.  Reema _____ (tell) Sheela that she ______ (know) it ______(be) her.

WAS WATCHING - RANG - HAD BEEN - TOLD - KNEW - WAS

500

They _______(drive) to the airport when they suddenly _____ (remember) that they _______ (not turn off) the lights.

WERE DRIVING - REMEMBERED - HADN'T TURNED OFF

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE

100

The captain _____(score) any goals when the referee _____ (send) him off.

A- scored / sent

B- had scored / had sent

C- had scored / sent

C

200

England _____ (lose) any of their games when they  ____ (play)  in the quarter-finals.

A- hadn't lost / played

B- weren't losing / played

C- weren't losing / had played

B

300

I CLEANED/HAD CLEANED the house when I HAD GOTTEN / GOT home.I t was great.

A- CLEANED / GOT

B- HAD CLEANED / HAD GOTTEN

C- HAD CLEANED / GOT

A

400

The doctor _______ (take off) the plaster that he _____ (put on)  six weeks before.

A- taken off / put on

B - took off / had put on

C- had taken off / had put on

B

500

When she ________ (GO) out to play, she ________(do / already)  her homework.

A- had gone / had already done

B- gone / done

C- went / had already done

C

PAST PERFECT

100

He _____(not / be)  to Cape Town before 1997.

HADN'T BEEN

200

• I couldn’t get into my flat because I____________________my key.(forget)

HAD FORGOTTEN

300

_______ (he / phone)  Angie before he went to see her in London?

HAD HE PHONED

400

finished/paper/bell/rang/my/had/I/the/when/?

HAD I FINISHED THE PAPER WHEN THE PHONE RANG?

500

I ________ (REALIZE) I _______ (DRIVE) all the way to school without putting my shoes on.

REALIZED - HAD DRIVEN

RIGHT OR WRONG

100

I HAD EATEN ICE CREAM YESTERDAY.

WRONG

200

By the time the rain started, I had walked 2 miles.

RIGHT

300

Before I started high school, he always had been so nice and friendly.

TRUE

400

My mom is mad because I had ate all the ice cream.

WRONG

500

The teacher chose a student to pass out the papers. We were mad because she had chosen Sam again.

RIGHT

MISCELLANEOUS

100

We use the PAST PERFECT to talk about 2 actions happening in the past, one after the other.

TRUE

200

After Fred  _____ (to spend) his holiday in Italy he ______ (to want) to learn Italian.

HAD SPENT - WANTED

300

• I ________ (LOOK) for my mobile yesterday morning, but I couldn’t find it. I was sure I ______ (LOSE) it, because I ______ (SEE) it twenty minutes before. Then I realized that I _______ (LEAVE) it in my trouser pocket, and I ________ (PUT) it in the washing machine!

WAS LOOKING - HAD LOST - HAD SEEN - HAD LEFT - PUT

400

We use the ________ for past actions.

We use the _________ to talk about an action in progress at a specific time in the past.

We use the ___________ when we are talking about the past and we want to talk about an earlier past action. 

SIMPLE PAST - PAST CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT

500

The school children _____ (go) to the zoo last Saturday.  They_____  (spend) the day there watching birds and animals. They  _____(enjoy) themselves when the teacher ____ (tell) them to hurry up as it was time to go back.

WENT - SPENT - ENJOYED - TOLD