Past simple past continuous past perfect exercises pdf

Use verbs in past perfect tense in affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences. Arrange the words in the proper order to form good sentence structure.

Past perfect tense is used When we mention two events happened sometime in the past, one before the other. The earlier action is in the past perfect tense form while the later action is in simple past. Example: They had ordered for fresh, cheezy pizzas, even before the others finished their shopping. In both the above sentences, there are two distinct actions taking place, both in the past — ordering the pizza and walking through the mall happened before finishing shopping and feeling exhausted.

So, actions that took place first — are in the past perfect tense and the actions that took place later are in simple past tense. When there is a mention of an action completed in the past. Example: Last weekend, Madhavi and her friends had been to the newly opened mall. In both these examples, there is a mention of some action that took place some time in the past — words like last weekend, before are an indication of completion of the action.

Pawan left at P age 6 How to use the time tenses log This example is to show you how to use the time tenses log form. Below is a guide for the first 6 past tenses and how to demonstrate its use.

Start from the right hand side of the log form and run your finger across it to the left side of the log see above table. Example of how to fill out the tenses log using the first tense. He worked all day. Verbs are action words. For irregular verbs, use the past form.

Irregular verb examples: Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle eat ate eaten give gave given ring rang rung Examples of past simple in use regular verbs : He visited his parents last Tuesday. Signal words are words that you commonly find I watched the film at the cinema on Saturday. Simon painted his first picture in Signal words for Past simple Examples of past simple in use irregular verbs : yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in , the other day last Friday, etc.

He came in, took off his coat and sat down. When I was having breakfast, the phone rang. Last week I gave my friend a present.

All time tenses are either in a statement, question or answer form. Each of the three parts is either positive or negative. Verbally complete each sentence and then write down a different example in the tenses log: Statement — Positive: He worked Negative: He did not work Negative: Did you not?

Answer — Positive: Yes, I did Negative: No I did not P age 8 Simple Past Exercise 1 Put the verbs into the correct form simple past. Exercise 2 Put the sentences into simple past. We move house. They catch the ball. He crosses the street. They do not sell furniture. Does she practise her English? Form a question in the second column. Ask your partner the question and record their answer in the past simple.

You Question Your partner I went to Where did you go? Some are regular, some irregular. Last year I spent my holiday in Ireland. It was great. I travelled around by car with two friends and we visited lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually went to a pub. We were very lucky with the weather. It did not rain a lot. But we saw some beautiful rainbows. Where did you spend your last holiday?

We moved house. They caught the ball. He crossed the street 4. They did not sell furniture. Did she practise her English? I was you were he was she was studying it was we were they were Signal words for past continuous Examples of past continuous in use: When, while, as long as etc. He was painting when the door bell rang.

They were dancing when the lights went out. Statement — Positive: He was working We were working Negative: He was not working They were not working Question — Positive: Was she dancing?

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