Past Tenses — Exercise 1
Choose Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, or Past Perfect Continuous to fill in the gaps.
- 1.Wea video game when our friends came.were playing
- 2.After Imy lunch, I went back to the office.had eaten
- 3.Matthewhome late at night when the accident happened.was driving
- 4.The gueststhe party before I reached the restaurant.had left
- 5.Emmaher favorite program for two hours before her mother turned off the TV.had been watching
- 6.When I saw my school friend in the street yesterday, I didn’t recognize him because hea lot.had changed
- 7.They were reading a book when somebodyat the door.knocked
- 8.I noticed that Audreyfor some time because her eyes were red.had been crying
- 9.Ito music at 7 pm yesterday.was listening
- 10.Theyto the theater last night.went
Try this exercise as a worksheet