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

WON / WENT

Past Continuous

100

DO

WAS/WERE DOING

200

It ______________ (not rain) when I went to bed last night.

WASN'T RAINING

300

We ___________ (SWIM) while you ___________ (PLAY) volleyball.

WERE SWIMMING/ WERE PLAYING

400

A: What ___________ you (do) at one o’clock? 

B: I ___________ sleeping.

WERE you DOING /WAS

500

It was a really cold day, but the sun __________.

was shining

Past Perfect Simple

100

FORGET

HAD FORGOTTEN

200

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

HAD BEEN

300

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

HAD RUN

400

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

had left

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

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

BOUGHT / HAD BEEN DRIVING

500

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

HAD BEEN WAITING

Past Simple/Past Continuous

100

I ________ (drive) when I saw the accident.

was driving

200

Jacob _________ (cook) when John arrived.

was cooking

300

Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)

WAS READING/ HEARD

400

Ann ________________ for me when I ________________ . (wait, arrive)

WAS WAITING/ ARRIVED

500

The house ________________  €150,000 in 2018. 

COST

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 

USED TO / WOULD

100

Susan ___________ travel a lot when she was little.

USE, WOULD OR BOTH?

BOTH

Susan used to travel a lot when she was little. 

Susan would travel a lot when she was little.

200

Did you ______ to go out when you were 15?

Did you used to go out when you were 15.

300

RIGHT OR WRONG? When I was a kid, I would play football every day.

RIGHT! *You can use WOULD and USED TO in this sentence.

400

RIGHT OR WRONG? She would have a dog when she was little.

WRONG! She USED TO have a dog when she was little.

500

USED TO or WOULD? You __________ be such a polite person. Look at you now!

USED TO