PAST SIMPLE;PAST CONTINUOUS; PAST PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS; USED TO AND WOULD

Past Simple

100

HEAR

HEARD

200

She ________ (move) to the United States 3 years ago.

MOVED

300

Florence ________ (eat) two sandwiches and ________ (drink) two glasses of lemonade at lunch.

ATE/DRANK

400

We ________ (go) on a cruise holiday last June. It ________ (be) really fantastic.

WENT/ WAS

500

LIAM ______ A LOT OF MONEY ON THE LOTTERY AND ______ TO LIVE IN AUSTRALIA.

WON / WENT

Past Perfect Simple

100

FORGET

HAD FORGOTTEN

200

The car stopped because we __________ (run) out of petrol.

HAD RUN

300

I couldn't pay for the pizzas because I ________ (leave) my money at home.

HAD LEFT

400

Mr Smith ________ (be) a primary school teacher for 20 years.

HAD BEEN

500

She didn’t want to go to the cinema because she ___________  the film.

HAD (ALREADY) SEEN

Past Perfect Continuous

100

READ

HAD BEEN READING

200

COMPLETE: By the time they finished the surgery, they __________________ (operate) for four hours.

HAD BEEN OPERATING

300

RIGHT or WRONG? When the doorbell rang, I had been sleep for 10 hours.

HAD BEEN SLEEPING

400

By the time the pizza arrived, we______________ for nearly an hour.

HAD BEEN WAITING

500

COMPLETE: Before she _______ (buy) a van last year, Lara ________ (drive) a Mini.

BOUGHT / HAD BEEN DRIVING

Past Perfect Simple /Past simple

100

My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food before he went / had gone to that restaurant

hadn't tried/ went

200

Mr.Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved there.

hadn't spoken/ moved

300

He __________ (feel) very ill because he __________ (not sleep) well.

FELT/ HADN'T SLEPT

400

_____________ (see) a musical before you went to see Mamma Mia in the theatre last week?

HAD YOU SEEN (or HAD YOU EVER SEEN)

500

I __________ so excited on my last holiday because I _______ _________ _________ on a Safari before.

WAS / HAD NEVER BEEN