Past Tenses Verb Review

Past Simple/ Past Continuous

100

I ________ (drive) when I saw the accident.

 was driving

200

I ________ (break) my leg when I was playing soccer last year. It was really painful.

 broke

300

We use past simple/ past continuous for the action that was happening in the past and past simple/ past continuous for the action that interrupts the other one.

We use past continuous for the action that was happening in the past and past simple for the action that that interrupts the other one.

400

Jacob _________ (cook) when John __________(arrive).

 was cooking, arrived

500

I _____________(dream) about my favourite band when the alarm clock ________(go) off.

was dreaming, went

Past Simple/ Present Perfect

100

I _______ (see) the movie yesterday. It was stunning.

 saw

200

Which sentence is correct?

a) I lived here since 2002

b) I have lived here since 2002.

b

300

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

 moved

400

The manager _________ (work) at the company since 2015.

 has worked

500

We use past simple/ present perfect for actions that have recently finished.

present perfect

Past simple/ Past Perfect

100

They (show) _____________me the pictures they (take) ______________during their holidays.

showed/ had taken

200

When the people________(arrive)at the cinema the film____________(already start).

arrived, had already started

300

When he (wake up) _______ , his mother (already / prepare)_________ breakfast.

woke up/ had already prepared

400

Before the students ________(start) to write, the teacher _________(collect) their mobile phones.

started, had collected

500

We use past simple/ past perfect for the action that happened FIRST and past simple/ past perfect simple for the action that happened SECOND.

We use past perfect for the action that happened FIRST and past simple for the action that happened SECOND.

random

100

The robber _____________ (wear) black clothes when I saw him.

 was wearing

200

They got to the beach after they _________ (walk) for hours.

had been walking

300

While my brother ___________(play) computer games, I _________(do) my homework.

was playing, was doing

400

We use past perfect/ past perfect continuous To emphasize the DURATION of an action that happened in the past and had already been completed before a specific point in time or an another action that happened afterwards. 

past perfect continuous

500

After the guests_______(leave), the kids ________ (clean)the house.

had left, cleaned