4 Describe your memorable event. Use Past Simple and Past Continuous.

5 Why were you doing this?

6 Choose the past perfect, or the past simple:

1. We had already eaten when John ________________________________

(come) home.

2. Last year Juan ________________________________ (pass) all his exams.

3. When I ________________________________ (get) to the airport I

discovered I had forgotten my passport.

4. I went to the library, then I ________________________________ (buy)

some milk and went home.

5. I opened my handbag to find that I ________________________________

(forgot) my credit card.

6. When we ________________________________ (arrive) at the station,

the train had already left.

7. We got home to find that someone ________________________________

(break) into the house.

8. I opened the fridge to find someone

________________________________ (eat) all my chocolate.

9. I had known my husband for three years when we

________________________________ (get) married.

10. Julie was very pleased to see that John

________________________________ (clean) the kitchen.

7 Choose the past perfect, or the past perfect continuous

1. When we arrived the film ________________________________ (start).

2. She ________________________________ (work) in that company for

twenty years when she was made redundant.

3. I felt ill because I ________________________________ (drink) six cups of

coffee.

4. I ________________________________ (study) all day, so I was tired.

5. How long ________________________________ (you / live) in London

when your daughter was born?

6. When I arrived at the airport I realised I

________________________________ (forget) my passport.

7. I ________________________________ (break) my ankle, so I couldn’t go

skiing last year.

8. She ________________________________ (study) English for three years

when she took the exam.

9. I ________________________________ (run), so I was hot and tired.

10. I didn’t go to the class because I ________________________________ (not /

do) my homework.

Extra practice

Past Continuous

1 What were you doing at the following times? Write one sentence as in the examples. The past continuous is not always necessary (see the second example).

1. (at 8 o'clock yesterday evening)

I was having dinner with some friends.

2. (at 5 o'clock last Saturday)

_______________________________________

3. (at 10.15 yesterday morning)

4. (at 4.30 this morning)

_______________________________________

5. (at 7.45 yesterday evening)

_______________________________________

6. (half an hour ago)

_______________________________________

2 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use the past continuous.

1. Tom burnt his hand while he was cooking the dinner.

2. The doorbell rang while I ____________________________________

3. We saw an accident while we ________________________________

4. Mary fell asleep while she___________________________________

5. The television was on but nobody _____________________________

3 Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1. I saw (see) Sue in town yesterday but she ______________ (look) the other way.

2. I ________ (meet) Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. They _______ (go) to Berlin and I ________ (go) to Madrid. We ____ (have) a chat while we _______ (wait) for our flights.

3. I ____________ (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man ___________ (step) out into the road in front of me. I _________(go) quite fast but luckily I ________ (manage) to stop in time and __________ (not/hit) him.

4 Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1. Jane was waiting (wait) for me when I arrived (arrive).

2. 'What ___________(you/do) this time yesterday?' 'I was asleep.'

3. '_________ (you/go) out last night?' 'No, I was too tired.'

4. 'Was Carol at the party last night?' 'Yes, she ___________ (wear) a really nice dress.'

5. How fast ___________ (you/drive) when the accident _________ (happen)?

6. John ________ (take) a photograph of me while I ___________ (not/look).

7. We were in a very difficult position. We __________ (not/know) what to do.

8. I haven't seen Alan for ages. When I last ___________(see) him, he ________(try) to find a Job in London.

9. I ________ (walk) along the street when suddenly I _____ (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ________ (follow) me. I was frightened and I _________ (start) to run.

10. When I was young, I _________ (want) to be a bus driver.

Past Perfect