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Past Tenses

PAST TENSES
Worksheet
Study!
Look at these sentences:
I had just started driving when we had the first fantastic
night of our lives.
My friends and I loaded into the car and we went to a local
soccer tournament.
We were all wearing our T-shirts.
We watched movies while we were playing Gameboy.

We use the
Past tenses
to describe
actions and
states in the
past.

1. Identify the verb tenses by writing the verbs above under the
correct column.

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

2. Now complete the rules with the missing information.

Past Simple
Regular verbs:
verb +
_____________
Irregular verbs:
___________________

Past Continuous
was + verb +
_________

Past Perfect
_____ +
_____________

Practise!
A. Match the verb tenses to the meaning they express.
Past Simple
describes a longer action that happened in the past
Past Continuous
refers to past events or actions that happened before another past action
Past Perfect
describes facts and completed actions in the past
B. Complete this description of a teenager from the eighties with
the correct past tense of the verbs in brackets.
What _____ teens of the 80s (1)______ (do)? As a teenager from the
80s I obviously (2)________ (go) to school, (3)________ (play) sports,
(4)________ (listen) to music and (5)________ (watch) a lot of TV...
My friends and I also (6)________ (get) into trouble quite often. We
(7)________ (be) perfect little angels in our childhood before we (8)________
(grow) up into rebellious teens. We (9)________ (love) playing tricks on
others. I usually (10)________ (distract) the victim while my friends
(11)________ (prepare) the prank. Our victims (12)________ (not/like) our
tricks and our parents (13)________ (punish) us for that!
On my weekends I often (14)________ (work) in a part-time job. My
friends (15)________ (be) more fortunate: while I (16)________ (work) they
(17)________ (ride) their bicycles. I (18)________ (have) a lot of fun too but
that (19)________ (happen) before wanting to have more money to spend
on my music tapes and Super Mario video games. And I certainly
(20)________ (not/regret) earning that extra money!
Teresa Pinto de Almeida Paula M. Arajo Telma Coelho de Sousa

Go online and practise the Past tenses @

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm and
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english23351.php

Teresa Pinto de Almeida Paula M. Arajo Telma Coelho de Sousa