Past Tenses
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) Yuri … (work) on his computer for two hours before it … (break) down.
2) I … (mop) the floor while my brother … (cut) the grass.
3) … (you / sleep) when the earthquake … (start)?
4) Sarah … (clean) the house by the time her parents … (come) back.
5) Mike … (have) lunch and then … (do) the washing up.
Past Tenses
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) Marion … (not / go) shopping because she … (spend) the morning with her little brother that day.
2) James waited for a while and then … (open) the door to see who … (make) that strange noise.
3) Sarah’s clothes … (be) wet because she … (walk) in the rain.
4) He got into the car, … (start) the engine and … (drive) away.
5) Ted … (read) a book while Mary … (watch) TV at 4 o’clock yeasterday afternoon.
Past Tenses
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) Sam … (be) really happy because he … (pass) all his exams.
2) Julia … (sleep) when a loud noise … (wake) her up.
3) How long … (you / try) to call Tom before he finally … (answer) the phone?
4) Yesterday I … (see) a car crash into a tree. – … (you / call) the ploice?
5) While Anna … (vacuum) the carpets, Alice … (clean) the windows.
Past Tenses
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) By the time Graham … (arrive) at the train station, the train … (already / leave).
2) Alan … (have) a headache because he … (play) computer games all afternoon.
3) I … (cycle) to work when I … (fall) off my bike.
4) … (you / know) that our dads … (go) to the same school when they were young?
5) As Tony … (play) computer games, his sister … (listen) to music.
Past Tenses
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) Yuri … (work) on his computer for two hours before it … (break) down.
2) I … (mop) the floor while my brother … (cut) the grass.
3) … (you / sleep) when the earthquake … (start)?
4) Sarah … (clean) the house by the time her parents … (come) back.
5) Mike … (have) lunch and then … (do) the washing up.
Past Tenses
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) Marion … (not / go) shopping because she … (spend) the morning with her little brother that day.
2) James waited for a while and then … (open) the door to see who … (make) that strange noise.
3) Sarah’s clothes … (be) wet because she … (walk) in the rain.
4) He got into the car, … (start) the engine and … (drive) away.
5) Ted … (read) a book while Mary … (watch) TV at 4 o’clock yeasterday afternoon.
Past Tenses
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) Sam … (be) really happy because he … (pass) all his exams.
2) Julia … (sleep) when a loud noise … (wake) her up.
3) How long … (you / try) to call Tom before he finally … (answer) the phone?
4) Yesterday I … (see) a car crash into a tree. – … (you / call) the ploice?
5) While Anna … (vacuum) the carpets, Alice … (clean) the windows.
Past Tenses
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.
1) By the time Graham … (arrive) at the train station, the train … (already / leave).
2) Alan … (have) a headache because he … (play) computer games all afternoon.
3) I … (cycle) to work when I … (fall) off my bike.
4) … (you / know) that our dads … (go) to the same school when they were young?
5) As Tony … (play) computer games, his sister … (listen) to music.