Past Simple/Continuous or Past Perfect
Past Simple/Continuous or Past Perfect
Vocab & Spelling (adj)
Injuries
100

Laura _____ her glasses because her brother _____ them (repair/break).

Laura repaired her glasses because her brother had broken them.

100

They __________ to the beach, when the police ___________ them. (drive/stop)

They were driving to the beach, when the police stopped them. 

100

very angry

furious

100

He fell off his bike and ended up with a bite / a bruise / a sunburn on his knee.

bruise

200

She_________ where she __________her bag.              (not know/lost)

She didn't know where she had lost her bag.

200

When we________at the cinema, the film______________.  (arrive / already start)


When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started.

200

very funny

hilarious

200

I accidentally stepped on a splinter / blister / an infection and had to remove it from my foot.

splinter

300

She ________ up all night because she ________ bad news (stay/receive).

She stayed up all night because she had received bad news.

300

Before the students _____to do the test, the teacher _____ their mobile phones (start/collect).

Before the students started to do the test, the teacher had collected their mobile phones.

300

very dirty

filthy

300

Spending a few hours at the beach gave me a nice suntan / sunburn / sprain.

suntan

400

I___________ (walk) in the park, it_____________ (start) raining and I _________(realize) that I______________ (forget) to bring my umbrella at home"

I was walking in the park when it started raining, and I realized that I had forgotten to bring my umbrella at home

400

When her phone ________(ring), she_______ (study) but she _________(finish) her homework.



When her phone rang, she was studying, but she had finished her homework.

400

very happy

ecstatic

400

I fainted / slipped / tripped over a cable and almost crashed into / fell down / fell into  the stairs.

tripped over / fell down

500

She suddenly _____(remember) that she _____(leave) her wallet at school when she ______ (shower).

She suddenly remembered that she had left her wallet at school when she was showering.

500

 While my roommate _______(play) video games, I  __________(study)for the exam. But by the time I _______(finish), he ________(already go) to bed

While my roommate was playing video games, I was studying for the exam. But by the time I finished, he had already gone to bed

500

very surprised

astonished

500

= to cut the skin in a wide, but shallow area, often caused by falling on a hard surface

to graze