Mata Kuliah : Bahasa Inggris

Tingkat/Semester : III/VI
Praktek : Menulis
Lesson :2
Topic : Past Tenses

Practice 1. Put the correct Verb.

1. She ___________ college last year. (Leave)

2. Our team___________ them yesterday.(defeat)

3. I ____________ TV when dad arrived. (watch)

4. After she _________ her breakfast, she went to work.

5. She ___________ here yesterday. (come)

6. He ____________ home late when the accident occurred. (drive)

7. The guests _____________ before I reached home. (leave)

8. I didn’t ______ well last night. (sleep)

9. She ____________ when she heard the news. (cry)

10. They______the lesson when the bell rang. (explain)

Practice 2. Change the sentences into correct Past tenses

1. Simple : My father and my brother jogged yesterday morning.
Cont : __________________________________________
Perfect : ___________________________________________
Pefect cont. : ____________________________________________

2. Simple : ____________________________________________
Cont. : We were discussing about English tenses while they were discussing
about hospital.
Perfect : _____________________________________________
Perfect cont. : _____________________________________________
3. Simple : ____________________________________________
Cont. : ____________________________________________
Perfect : They had talked about Tenses several times
Perfect Cont. : ______________________________________________

4. Simple : _______________________________________________
Cont : _________________________________________________
Perfect : ________________________________________________
Perfect cont. : My sister had been studying English for 5 years.

5. Simple : my mother and I visited the orphan house last month

Cont :_________________________________________
Perfect : _________________________________________
Perfect Cont :__________________________________________

Practice 3. Choose the corect verb.

1. Sylvia _____________ when she ___________ the DVDs.
A. was running / dropped
B. ran / dropped
C. was running / was dropping
D. ran / was dropping

2. While Steve ___________ a documentary, he __________ asleep.

A. was watched / fell
B. was watching / fell
C. watched / was falling
D. was watching / felt

3. They _________ when you _________ for remote control.

A. aren't listening / were asking
B. weren't listening / were asking
C. weren't listening / asked
D. listened / asked
4. ______ you __________ anything when I ______ you?
A. Are / doing / called
B. Were / doing / calling
C. Did / do / was calling
D. Were / doing / called

5. ________ you ____________ my friends while you ______________ to school?

A. Are / see / went
B. Did / see / were going
C. Did / saw / were going
D. Were / see / went

6. We _____________ home when the accident ___________.

A. were driving / happened
B. drove / happened
C. drove / was happening
D. were drive / happened

7. I _______________ a novel while my mother ___________.

A. was read / was cooking
B. read / cooked
C. was reading / was cooking
D. was reading / cooks

8. I ___________ out of the window when the accident happened.

A. was looked
B. looked
C. looking
D. was looking

9. You ___________ while I ____________.

A. played / study
B. were playing / studying
C. were playing / was studying
 D. were played / was studying

10. He _____________ when his father came home.

A. were doing
B. was doing
C. did
D. did do
11. My dad ________ smoking in the garage.
A. has
B. had
C. had been
12. The printer ________ working well.
A. had not been
B. hadn't
C. had not
13. . Our pool pump ________ running properly before the storm.
A. had not have
B. hadn't been
C. hadn't being
14. My sister’s roommate was upset. She _____ been waiting for an hour.
A. had
B. has
C. have
15. We really(enjoy) the game last Sunday.
A. enjoyed
B. enjoying
C. were enjoying
16. The kids _______ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
A. played
B. were playing
C. playing
17. They___________very well yesterday. They lost the match.
A. weren't playing
B. not play
C. didn't play
D. wasn't playing
18. ___________ the golf competition?
A. Did Marco win
B. Was Marco winning
C. Win Marco
19. Jon and Bill were washing the car when they _______ their friend Alex
A. were seeing
B. saw
C. did see
20. Last night I (read) in the bed when I suddenly (hear) a scream.
A. read, heard
B. was reading, heard
C. read, was hearing
D. was reading, was hearing

Good Luck