Past simple and Past participle
past simple and past perfect
vocabulary
Past simple and past continuous
Past mixed
100

Give the past participle of "go"

gone

100

The shop------------(close)yesterday after it -----------(be)  open for many weeks

closed

had been

100

What does  "get rid of" mean?

To remove something that you do not want any longer

100

Martin----------------(work) in the garden when it started to rain.

Martin was working in the garden when it started to rain.

100

Make your sentence using Past continuous and Past Simple

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200

The table had------------(cost) me $4800 in 2008

cost

200

I------------(not,eat)at that restaurant before today

I had not eaten at that restaurant before today.

200

What does "run out of" mean?

If a supply of something runs out, all of it has been used or it is completely finished

200

When Sue----------(arrive)at the theatre, her friends-----------------wait for her there

arrived,had been waiting

200

Make a sentence using Past perfect and Past simple using the verbs         Eat and ring

When you called I had eaten my lunch

300

---------------- tense is used to express an action

that was completed at some point in the past before something else happened. 

Give an example using that tense

Past Perfect

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300

A-----------------you (ever,visit) the U.S before your trip in 2006?

B.Yes,I -------------(go) to the U.S.once before.

  • A: Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in 2006?
    B: Yes, I had been to the U.S. once before.
300

Invent a sentence with "Look forward to"

Sue is looking forward to finishing her exams. She's studying a lot!

300

1. A: What----------- (you, do)  when the accident occurred?
B: I -------------(try)  to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

A.What were you doing when the accident occurred?

B.I was trying to change a change a light bulb that had burnt out.

300

She was so annoying! She -----------------(leave, always)  her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she ------------------(expect, actually)  me to do them for her.

always left,was actually expecting

400

Woken is the past participle of ---------

and borne is the past participle of----------

wake

bear

400

I ---------(try)  to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They------- (want)  me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I ---------(have)  some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I --------(end) up listing my father as a reference.

I  tried to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They  wanted me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I had had some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I  ended up listing my father as a reference.

400

Make a sentence using the verb "to remind"

Please, remind Louise to phone me when you arrive at the station. He is so forgetful!

400

It's strange that you ------(call)  because I--------------- (think, just)  about you

It's strange that you called because I was just thinking about you

400

 We --------------(drive) along the road when we-------------(see) a car which ---------------- (break) down,so we ----------(stop) to help

We were driving along the road when we  saw a car which had broken down ,so we stopped to help

500

give the Past simple and Past Participle of 

ride

shine

shake

seek

tear

rode,ridden

shone,shone

shook,shaken

sought,sought

tore,torn

500

My  eighteenth birthday -----(is) the worst day I--------     (had,ever).

I---------------(is,please) to meet George.I -------------(met) him before, even though I ----------------(met) his wife several times.

My eighteenth birthday was the worst day I had ever had.
I was pleased to meet George. I hadn’t met him before, even though I had met his wife several times.

500

Explain

1.Look back

2.Belong to

3.Come across

1.To think about something in your past

2.To be owned by somebody

3.To find something by chance

500

When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants -------------(try)  to sell their goods to naive tourists who------------ (hunt)  for souvenirs. Some young boys------ (lead)  their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home.

were trying,were hunting,were leading

500

Make a sentence of your own using all the three tenses-Past Simple,Past continuous and Past Perfect

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