 PAST SIMPLE  PAST CONTINUOUS  PRESENT PERFECT 

PUT the verbs in brackets into correct tenses!

1. Richard ........................................... (teach) at the university when he ........................................... (meet)

his wife.
2. We .................... just .................... (arrive).
3. My younger sister ........................................... (read) many books so far. She’s keen on reading.
4. Somebody ........................................... (knock) on my door when I .......................................... (read) the
newspapers.
5. They ........................................... (move) to France when Alice ........................................... (be) seven
years old.
6. My uncle .......................................... (save) a lot of money to buy a new car two years ago.
7. While John ........................................... (repair) his motorbike, his dad .......................................... (wash)
his car.
8. She .............................. never ............................... (break) her arm or leg.
9. When I ........................................... (see) Jack, he .......................................... (go) to the shopping centre.
10. Mark ........................................... (forget) to buy bread yesterday.
11. Philip and Ann ........................................... (run) to catch the train at 8 in the morning yesterday.
12. Angela ........................................... (wear) a new pair of jeans at the party.
13. They ........................................... (be) there recently.
14. ............................... he ............................... (send) those mails?
15. After I ............................... (come) home late at night, I ............................... (go) to bed
and ............................... (fall) asleep immediately.

Yesterday afternoon ........................................... (be) fine and I ........................................... (sit) by the

opened window. I ........................................... (read) a novel. My kids ........................................... (play) in
the garden and my older daughter ........................................... (talk) on the phone. After a  while
it ........................................... (become) cool so my husband who ........................................... (watch)
a movie on TV ........................................... (ask) me to close the window. I ...........................................
(draw) the curtains when I ........................................... (see) the plane. It ........................................... (fly)
low and smoke ........................................... (come) from an engine. Soon the
wheels ........................................... (catch) the tops of some trees and it ........................................... (plunge)
down.
 © PaedDr. Mária Konečná

 PAST SIMPLE  PAST CONTINUOUS  PRESENT PERFECT 

PUT the verbs in brackets into correct tenses!

KEY:
1. was teaching, met 9. saw, was going
2. have just arrived 10. forgot
3. has read 11. were running
4. knocked, was reading 12. was wearing
5. moved, was 13. have been
6. saved 14. has he sent
7. was repairing, was washing 15. came, went, fell
8. has never broken

Yesterday afternoon ..............WAS............... (be) fine and I ........WAS SITTING.......... (sit) by the opened
window. I ....WAS READING...... (read) a novel. My kids ...WERE PLAYING.... (play) in the garden and my
older daughter ....WAS TALKING..... (talk) on the phone. After a while it ........BECAME........ (become) cool
so my husband who .....WAS WATCHING...... (watch) a movie on TV ........ASKED.......... (ask) me to close the
window. I ...WAS DRAWING... (draw) the curtains when I ......SAW...... (see) the plane. It ......WAS
FLYING...... (fly) low and smoke ....WAS COMING.... (come) from an engine. Soon the
wheels ....CAUGHT....... (catch) the tops of some trees and it .........PLUNGED...... (plunge) down.