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English Past Tense Exercises

The document provides information on the past simple and past perfect simple tenses in English. It includes: 1) The basic structure of the past simple (was/were, played, didn't play) and past perfect simple (had bought, hadn't bought, had she bought). 2) Examples of how each tense is used, including with time expressions like yesterday or before. 3) An exercise for learners to practice forming the past simple and past perfect simple by filling in verbs in brackets in sentences.

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English Past Tense Exercises

The document provides information on the past simple and past perfect simple tenses in English. It includes: 1) The basic structure of the past simple (was/were, played, didn't play) and past perfect simple (had bought, hadn't bought, had she bought). 2) Examples of how each tense is used, including with time expressions like yesterday or before. 3) An exercise for learners to practice forming the past simple and past perfect simple by filling in verbs in brackets in sentences.

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Past Simple: Past Perfect Simple:


A: S+verb(II/ed): I played/ I brought. A: S+had+verb(III/ed): She had bought flowers.
N: S+didn`t+verb-inf.: I didn`t play. N: S+hadn`t+verb(III/ed): She hadn`t bought
I: did+S+verb-inf...?: Did I play? flowers.
-adverbs: yesterday, two days ago, last week/ year, I:Had+S+verb(III/ed): Had she bought flowers?
in 1985; -adverbs: after, before
to be  acțiune din trecut înaintea altei actiuni din
A: S+was/were trecut: I went home after I had bought
N: S+wasn`t/weren`t flowers.
I: was/were+S
 acțiuni încheiate în trecut: I watched TV
last night.

Past Perfect Past Present

Write the correct past tense forms of the verbs in brackets:


1. She (not do) her essay yesterday because she (be) sick.
2. While I (wait) for her, she (call) to cancel our meeting.
3. By the time he (find out) the truth, the police (arrest) her.
4. It (rain) for an hour when I (decide) to buy an umbrella.
5. What book (you, read) when the phone (ring)?
6. No sooner (she, recover) from her illness than she (break) her leg.
7. Hardly (he, close) his eyes when someone (steal) his briefcase.
8. How many pages (you, write) by the end of the week?
9. Last month I (buy) a new car but it (not be) expensive.
10. When the dog finally (show up), I (look for) it for 2 days.
11. He (solve) that problem yesterday because it (not be) difficult.
12. He (ring) to cancel our meeting while I (get) dressed.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past perfect simple:

1. Jason ……………….. (return) home before the storm broke out.


2. …………………………… (Lucy / pack) her suitcase by the time you called her?
3. The children …………………….. (finish) doing their homework by nine o’clock.
4. …………………….. (Julie / type) the letters by the time her boss came to the office?
5. The boys played outside after they ___________________ (to clean) their rooms.
6. Susan couldn’t sleep, because she ___________________ (to drink) three cups of
coffee.
7. He _____ already ____________ (to finish) the project by the time we arrived.

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