Talking About The Past

I was watching...

100

We ______ eating lunch when the plane flew by.

were

200

The cadet was _________ (sleep) while on duty.

sleeping

300

While I ______  _________ (cook) the potatoes, my brother ate the dessert.

was cooking

400

During the pandemic, some radio stations _______  ________ (say) it was the apocolypse.

were saying

500

The crew ______  _______ (announce) the landing when an unidentified object _______ (fly) into range.

was announcing, flew

Simple past!

100

Before I came to EMAVI, I ________ (study) engineering.

studied

200

I ________ (do) the exam on the laptop.

did

300

They _______  ________ (negative for "pass") the physical test.

didn't pass

400

Q: How far ____ you ____ (run) yesterday?

A: I ____ (run) about 80 kilometers!

did, run, ran

500

_____ you in Bogotá last month? You _______ (negative) visit us!

Were, didn't

I had gone to...

100

By the time the alarm sounded, I had ________ (go) to bed.

gone

200

Before the movie at 11:00 pm, we had _________ (see) two in the same theater already.

seen

300

By 9 am, the class _____  ________ (start).

had started

400

I had ________ (know) my classmate for 3 years before, because we were in the same class. So we had ________ (have) a few adventures together.

known, had

500

They ______  ________ (negative for "meet") before the party.

hadn't met

I had been eating...

100

Before the match, the soccer players _______ been warming up for about 15 minutes.

had

200

Before I could read music, I had _______ learning to play the guitar by ear.

been

300

The engineers had _______  _________ (prepare) the plane for 2 hours before take-off.

been preparing

400

How long ______ you _______  ________ working in aeronautics before you moved to Cali?

had, been, working

500

I _______  ________  _______ (negative for "show") my friend the farm for very long before my grandfather ________ (come) home.

hadn't been showing, came

MISCELLANEOUS!

100

Q: When ______ (the verb to be) you in Medellín?

A: Two weeks ago.

were

200

The flight ________ (leave) an hour ago.

left

300

Where _____ you go on vacation in December?

did

400

While she ________________ (use) ChatGPT, the instructor caught her and _________ (ask) her to say the buttons' functions from memory, and she didn't ________ (know) them!

was using, asked, know

500

Say the past of: 

try      eat      play      drive      plan      begin  

tried, ate, played, drove, planned, began