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Tense Review
Tense Review
2. Completa las frases con pasado simple o continuo: (Complete the sentences using past simple or
continuous) 1. Paul ________ (go) to Madrid last week. 2. The boys ________________ (play) football
yesterday afternoon. 3. While my mum _______________ (wash) the dishes, the telephone ________
(ring) 4. While my mum _______________ (wash) the dishes, I _______________ (tidy) my room. 5.
We __________ (want) to go to Buenos Aires last week, but we _____________ (not go). 6. I
_____________ (do) sport when I ________ (see) you. 7. The baby ______________ (cry) when
Tom ___________ (arrive). 8. James ___________ (slip) while he _______________ (walk) down
the street. 9. James _______________ (walk) down the street when he ___________ (slip). 10. I
________________ (watch) TV while he _________________ (listen) to music.
3. Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets in past simple or present perfect.
1. She loves Paris. She ..................... (be) there many times.
2. Bill ....................... (work) in that company for 3 years. (He still works there).
3. They ....................... (go) to London on holiday last summer.
4. I ....................... (read) that book. It´s good.
5. His parents ....................... (be) here yesterday.
6. They ....................... (go) to Germany when he ....................... (be) only 4.
7. ........... you ......... (watch) a film last night?
8. I ....................... (have) some toast when I got up.
9. He ....................... (live) in Rome since he was a teenager.
10. The house looks different. .......... you .............. (paint) it?
11. I ....................... (not see) you in class last Friday.
12. Shakespeare ....................... (write) over one hundred sonnets.
4. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Perfect of the verbs in brackets.
1.- My aunt flew to Paris last year. She __________ (never / go) on a plane before that.
2.- We didn’t need to queue because my wife __________ (already / buy) the tickets
3.- The thieves had already spent the money when the police _________ (catch) them.
4.- Helen ________ (split up) with John before she met Paul.
5.- We ________ (know) her address because she _______ (tell) us.
6.- The children _________ (not eat) for days so they ___________ (be) extremely hungry.
7.- Everyone ___________ (hug) each other after they __________ (finish) their exams.
8.- She didn’t want to go to the cinema because she ___________ (already / see) the film.
9.- I ________ (just / buy) a dress when a thief _______ (steal) my bag.
10.- My niece _________ (go) to London three times by the time she _________ (be) sixteen.