Past Tenses 3F

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

PAST SIMPLE:
Which sentence uses the Past Simple?

1. I have lived in Utrecht for 13 years.
2. I was living in Utrecht.
3. I lived in Utrecht in 2010
4. I am living in Utrecht.

PAST CONTINUOUS:
Which sentence uses the Past Continuous?

1. I was waiting for the bus.
2. I has waited for the bus?
3. I am waiting for the bus.
4. I waited for the bus.

PAST PERFECT:
Which sentence uses the Past Perfect?

1. I was waiting for hours before he came.
2. I have waited for hours before he came.
3. I had waited for hours before he came.
4. I waited for hours before he came.

Match the tenses to the sentences

An action that happened in the past before another event. 

An action that happened in the past and you know when.

An action already going on at a certain time in the past.

Past perfect

Past simple

Past Continuous

I failed my test because I ............... for it at all.

1. studied
2. haven't studied
3. hadn't studied
4. wasn't studying

What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night?
I ...................... .

1. studied
2. had studied
3. have studied
4. was studying

I ........... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

I .... (buy) this iPod last week.

1. buyed
2. have bought
3. was buying
4. bought

How ... it ... ? (happen)

1. has ... happened
2. was ... happening
3. did ... happen
4. did ... happened

Well, I ... (jog), when it suddenly made a funny noise.

1. had jogged
2. was jogging
3. jogged
4. has jogged

While he................(leave) his flat, he slipped on a banana peel and fell.

Sam played basketball when he ..... (be) at university.

I didn't go with you yesterday because I ............. (see) the film already.

Luckily, I.................(save) all my work on the computer before it crashed.

Jenny ....................(wait) for me when I arrived at the station yesterday.

While she was preparing lunch, the phone..............(ring)

Present simple: I walk to school.
Past Simple:
Past Continuous:
Past Perfect:

Present continuous: They are listening.
Past Simple:
Past Continuous:
Past Perfect:

Can you use past tenses correctly?

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