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past tenses: revision test
past
past
tenses:

0 Write the simple past forms.

arrive arr%ved become begin break bring
buy change
buy change c r y develop f e e l
buy
go h o p e leave l i k e p a y start
stay s t o p watch write w o r k

© Circle the correct forms.
ho

e/pho
e/pho
ho

didn't

didn't
Why
didn't
you('
you('
you('

s/phoned
Why
!Why didn't you('!ho"e/pho"#s/phoned ?
s/phoned
?
Why
!
"#
"
! !
1 In the afternoon the rain stoped /stopped.
/stopped.
In
1 1
stoped
stoped
2 2
u

Yo
me
me
2 You never visited/visitted me in hospital.
in
3 3 When
3 When I arrived she was makeing/making coffee.
f
/
e
t
l
mother
mother
didn't
feel
feel
4 My mother didn't feel /felt well yesterday.
when

speak/spoke

family
family
5 5
5 We usually speak/spoke French in my family when I was a child.
W
a
a
child.
a
was
usually
e
was
usually
6 Henry didn't told /tell the police anything.
told
6 6 Henry told /tell
7 Did you like/liked the film?
Did

7 7
I
8 I didn't saw/seen/seethe accident.
8 8
/
/
phoned
was
9 9 John phoned / was phoning just when I went / was going out.
9 John phoned / was phoning just when I went / was going out.
was
/
/
went
went
going
going
was
was
just
just
phoning
phoning
I
I
when
when
a
10 10 I was playing a lot was at
10 I played / was playing football a lot when I was at school.
was
was
© Put in simple past or past progressive verbs.
!He toLd his wife that he was pLa chess at midnight. (tell; play)

He
wife
)
y
l
(tell;
(tell;
his
! !
p
his
at
midnight.
a
at
a translator for two years. (work)
translator
1 I
f
1 1 a s a a translator f o r r r two
o
f
o
translator
I
she
(work;
translator
translator
Jenny
meet)
R

(work;
2 Jenny a s a a translator when she R o o g g e e r r . . (work; meet)
a translator when she
2 2
3 Liz
3 3 Liz h e r purse while she ( l o s e ; shop)
t
(listen
(listen
4 WeJ o h n all evening. (listen to) )
o
5 While l
(dean;
talk to me. (dean; stop)
5 5 While m y car, Ellie t o talk to (dean; stop)
talk
6 1
k
o
c
6 6 1 m y hand while I . (burn; cook) )
(burn;
(burn;
o
7 7 Rick h e n Emmah o m e . (read; come)
7 Rickw
8 8 My mother i i n n Dublin all her life. (live)
8 My mother
her
mother
life.

her
(study;
While
9 9
9 While she i n Chicago she i l l . (study; get)

(study;
get)
10 10 The h i m while he o u t of the bank. (catch; run)
10 The police
0 Each sentence has one or two mistakes. Correct them.
ra
ra
! I looked out of the window, and I was seeing that it rained, saw was ra"wi!L,

wi
I
was
seeing
was
"
! !
"
"
1 1
esterday
Y
1 Yesterday we were driving from London to Bristol and back.
university
university
was
2 2
I
studied
2 At university I was studied engineering.
was
At
3 3

3 Why you were crying when 1 came in?
Why
so
I
was
so
was
was
4 I was begin ing to get tired, so I was going home.
was
begin

going
5 We payed the bill and leaved the restaurant.
5 5 W e
shoping,

1
While
b
was
c
was
i
was
1
was
y
c

was
stealing
was
6 While 1 was shoping, somebody was stealing my bicycle. .
my
somebody
e
my
6 6
l
somebody
7 7
was
was
The

7 The doorbell ringed while I was cleaning the flat.
cleaning
warm
8 8
so
was
a
was
a
a
so
8 It was a warm day, so we opening all the windows.
It
we
9 9
What
9 What time you was got up this morning?
was
was
got
keys

somewhere
keys
keys
I
10 10
10 I did lost my keys somewhere when I walked home this evening.

my
my

(for
example
(for
n
n
some
56 PAST TENSES I I In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full
r
a
m
r
m
a
y
y
both
l
l
l
l
o
not)
(for
do
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.

do
N
example
o
(for

N