Fill in the gaps with the past simple and the
past perfect.
- Our clothes
………………………….(be) wet because it …………………………..(rain).
- The teacher
……………………(be) angry because Kate ………………………..(not
do) her homework.
- After I …………………………….(tidy)
my room, I …………………………(go) for a walk.
- When I …………………………….(get)
on the bus I discovered I ……………………………….(forget) my money.
- The school …………………………..(be)
quiet because all the students ………………………..(go) home.
Exercise 2
Fill in the
gaps with the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous
or past perfect.
- Where …………………………(Amelia
Earhart/fly) when her plane ……………………………….(disappear ) in 1938?
- Where ……………………………………(your
cousins/live)?
- Who …………………………………(she/talk)
to? I don’t know.
- After Josey
………………………………….(pass) her driving test, her dad ………………………………..(buy) her a car.
- What ………………………………..(fall)
on Sir Isaac Newton’s head while he ………………………………… (sit) under a tree?
- Next week,
we ………………………………….(travel) to London. I’m so excited.
- By the time
he …………………………..(be) ten, David ………………………………….(decide) that he wanted to be a
doctor.
- This time
last year, we …………………………………….(walk) in London.
- When Antoni
Gaudí ……………………………………..(die), what ……………………………………..(he/build)?
- ………………………………………(Matt/get
up/usually) at 7?
Exercise 3
Write a subject or object question for the underlined information:
John watched an interesting documentary about Ireland last night.
Samuel and Susan are going to Australia next year.
Mary does pilates every Tuesday.
Thomas helped Mary with her maths homework.
Answers
Exercise 1
- Were, had
rained
- Was, hadn’t
done
- Had tidied,
went
- Got, had
forgotten
- Was, had
gone
Exercise 2
- Was AE
flying, disappeared
- Do your
cousins live
- Is she
talking to
- Had passed,
bought
- Fell, was
sitting
- Are travelling
- Was, had
decided
- Were walking
- Died, was
the building?
- Does Matt
usually get up
Exercise 3
Who watched an interesting documentary about Ireland last night? John
When did John watch an interesting documentary about Ireland? last night
Who is going to Australia next year? Samuel and Susan
Where are Samuel and Susan going next year? Australia
Who does pilates every Tuesday? Mary
When does Mary do Pilates? every Tuesday
Who helped Mary with her maths homework? Thomas
Who did Thomas help with her maths homework? Mary