PAST TENSES REVIEW

PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS/ PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

AND CONTINUOUS
Sally Porter__________________________(walk) home late
one night. She ____________________(be) to a dinner party
at her friends house. The city streets _______________(be)
empty and it___________________________(rain) slightly.
She__________________________________(look forward)
to getting safely home to bed because at dinner her
friends_________________________________(talk) about
a dangerous murderer who__________________(escape)
from prison the week before. Her friend Mark
___________(offer) to walk home with her but, as
she___________________(live) only a mile away,
she______________(tell) him that she would be OK. She was
about halfway home when she_________ (hear) footsteps
behind her. She__________________(stop)
and_____________(turn) round, but she couldnt see anyone
and the footsteps ________(stop) as well. When she continued
on her way the footsteps ___________________(start) again.
She____________(begin) to feel afraid. She started to run.
The footsteps _______________________(get) closer.
Suddenly she _____________(feel) a hand on her shoulder and
she_________________(scream) in terror. Sally! Sally! its
me, Mark. He tried to explain that he_______________(be)

FILL IN WITH PAST PERPECT / PAST PERFECT

CONTINUOUS
When I entered the house something smelt awful.
Someone___________________________(cook)
and___________________________(burn) the meal.
I________________________________(visit) the
house once before and_______________(meet) the family
but I didnt know what_____________________(happen)
since then. The house was a mess.
The children______________________________(play)
in the living room and_______________________(leave)
the toys all over the floor. Someone_____________(leave)
the windows open. It_________________________(rain)
for hours and the curtains____________________(get)
wet and dirty. I asked the children where their parents
were. They said their mother_________________(be) in
hospital for the past two weeks and that their
father___________________________(look alter) them
since then. Obviously he_______________________(do)
his best, but he couldnt do any better since he worked all
morning and had to leave them alone most of the day.
I had to do something to help them.

worried about her and_________________(decide) to follow

her home. But Sally_______________(can/not) hear a word
because she__________________________(already/faint).
PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT PAST FORM.
I remember when I ___________(go) on Holiday abroad for the first time. I _____________________(just/leave) school.
I ______________________________(study) very hard for my final exams and I _______________(feel) that I needed
a Holiday. A fiend of mine _________________(want) to come as well so we________________(look) at some brochures
from the travel agents. We_______________________(read) for about an hour when my friend _______________(find)
the perfect Holiday- two weeks in Hawaii. We____________________(be) very excited about it.
Finally the day of our holiday __________________(arrive).We __________________________(just/leave) the house
when the phone______________(ring). I____________(run) back into the house, but the phone_________________(stop)
by the time I _______________(reach) it. When we ______________(arrive) at the airport we __________________(go)
into the cafeteria. The airline_____________________________(just/make) an announcement. Our flight was delayed for
eight hours. We____________________________________(get up) very early and rushed to the airport, all for nothing.