Past Tenses - 1

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Past Tenses

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect
Present Perfect

Exercise 1

Choose the correct option

Exercise 2

Put the verb (werkwoord) in the correct form of the past tense.

Type the whole sentence.

Do not use ' (didn't, wasn't, etc.)

1. By the time we (get) to the theatre, the play (already, start).

2. Last night I (dream) about going to the Moon.

3. When Ginny (see) me yesterday, I (cross) the street.

4. My dad (finish) painting the living room before my brother (come) to help him.

5. Nora (lie) in a hammock while Phil (weed) the garden.

6. Before the Smiths (buy) their new house, they
(look) for a suitable one for a year.

7. Laura (send) us a postcard from her holiday in Italy yesterday.

8. As Claire (dust) the furniture, she (break) a vase.

9. My sister (never, be) to the circus before last week.

10. Pam and I (study) for the history exam when
the lights (go) off.

11. The alarm clock (not, ring) yesterday morning so I (be) late for work.

12. Mr. Roberts (work) in the company for six years before it (go) bankrupt.

13. You (not, sleep) when I (return)
last night.

14. When (they, visit) you last time?

15. Yesterday at this time, Karen (write) a letter of application to the manager of L’Oréal.