Past Tenses Test (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past P. Continuous) | consolidation of knowledge
Past Simple/Past Continuous/Past Perfect/Past Perfect Continuous.
We ____ for a convenient place for a settlement for half a day before we found a shaded cove, where we put brushwood.
Mrs. Gorhild died in her sleep. Her doctor ___ me that she _____ from a weak heart for some time, but it never _____.
The Bricks ____ in a large countryside house when their children ___ at home, but they ___ to a small three-room apartment after the children ____ and left home.
Two boys came home late. Both of them had black eyes, and their collars were torn, blood ____ from the scars. They ____. The moms ____.
We ____ Paul at the airport. He ____ for his sister and was nervous all the time, looking at watch and brushing off his jacket.
When he ___ single he ___ to Spain every winter, but now he has to go to France with his wife and children.
Hardly ___ the door when the phone ___. It ___ as unexpected as the broken hinge on the door profile.
He was put behind bars because he ___ the police officer.
First, he ___ the message. Then, he ___ his boss to inform him about the accident. The boss ___ around with this mishap all night.
1 He ___ when he ___ a banana skin.
2 Clark Gable ___ in a number of successful films.
3 Mike ___ into the office, beaming with joy. He ___ an important contract.
4 Students ___ and I ___ either.
5 When we entered the hall - the main focus of the editorial office, some secretaries ___ something quickly, some ___, others ___ their hands and ___ documents.
1 Jane's friend (__ constantly complain__), so Zach didn't like her and shunned all the years of lyceum studies.
2 Linda (___ hope___) for a celebration in a narrow circle, but Houston insisted on a total purchase and a magnificent deed.
3 They (___ wonder__) if knowledgeable people could help them.
4 While I (___ edit___) the report, the cord burned out and the computer went off.
We ____ for an hour when we suddenly realised that we ___ in the wrong direction.
– Your eyes were red when I last saw you. What had happened?
– Don't worry, I ___ – just a little overfatigue.
Rearrange the words in the correct tense of verbs in brackets.
(Eat)/(join)/when/us/John/already/we
The hot idle afternoon of spring ___1 doubt that this is the right time for the swirling of the rising currents of the storm. The clouds dangled menacingly and shook with dry dusty air, everything was in a submissive and vigilant calm. Suddenly, the wind ___2 the grass on the plain, and clouds of smoke ___3 from the southeast. A cloud formed a funnel and (begin/twist)4. The funnel moved faster and faster. Tornadoes always moved in a northeastern direction. They __ never last5 ___ longer than eight hours. Nothing could stop tornadoes from destroying in their path.
When we use PAST SIMPLE (choose all the correct statements)?
When we use PAST CONTINUOUS (choose all the correct statements)?
When we use PAST PERFECT (choose all the correct statements)?
When we use PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS (choose all the correct statements)?
1 She was soaking wet. She ___ in the rain.
2 While I ___ (Past Continuous) to remain calm, my colleague ____ (Past Perfect Continuous) at me.
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