Spotlight 9. Lesson 3c. Grammar. Past Tenses

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). She ... (lose) her keys last week.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). They ... (play) tennis for about half an hour when it started to rain heavily.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). lt ... (rain) when we went out.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). It was cold, so I ... (put on) my coat.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). Laura ... (pass) her exam because she had studied very hard.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). I hurt my back while I ... (work) in the garden.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). When I came home, my mother ... (cook) for 20 minutes.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). It ... (stop) raining for a while, but now it's raining again.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). He didn't tell me that he ... (receive) a telegram from her.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). Kate ... (leave) the party before I came.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). Kate ... (get) home when I phoned.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). At 8 o'clock yesterday evening I ... (have) dinner.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). They ... (go) to school yesterday.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). I was very tired when I got home. I ... (work) hard all day.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). When I saw Ann, she ... (look) at the flowers.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). Mozart ... (write) more than 600 pieces of music.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). I ... (walk) along the road when I saw Dan.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). At last the bus came. I ... (wait) for 20 minutes.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). When we got home last night, we found that somebody ... (break) into the flat.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous). It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours ... (have) a party.