UNIT 1 Grammar practice

Past simple & past continuous

Past simple, used to & would

Choose the correct options.

The students did / were doing an exam at ten oclock
yesterday morning.
1 This time last week, I walked / was walking along the
Great Wall of China!
2 While we waited / were waiting for our bus in Delhi,
we saw / were seeing three cows walking past us.
3 Did Mark break / Was Mark breaking his arm while
he skied / was skiing?
4 My mobile phone rang / was ringing when we
watched / were watching the film.
5 When I last spoke / was speaking to Lisa, she
travelled / was travelling around Europe.
6 I didnt hear / wasnt hearing the doorbell because I
listened / was listening to loud music.

live / Mario / Lanzarote? / use / Did / to / in

Did Mario use to live in Lanzarote?
1 every / school / football / day. / after / We / play /
would
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
2 a bakery. / work / in / Sandra / used / to
......................................................................................
3 guitar? / use / play / Did / to / you / the
......................................................................................
4 iPads / 1990s. / didnt / the / They / use / have / to / in
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
5 ten miles / walk / He / day. / would / to / every / school
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
6 uncle. / with / used / Rafael Nadal / to / train / his
......................................................................................
7 live / these / Did / caves? / people / use / in / to
......................................................................................
8 much / get / We / use / homework. / didnt / to
......................................................................................

Past simple & present perfect simple

2

Match 15 with AF.

Pedro started
1 Jason has started
2 Have you eaten
3 Did you eat
4 I havent seen
5 I didnt see

Tom since last summer.

your lunch yesterday?
Ella last Tuesday.
his homework and hell
be finished soon.
E university in 2010.
F anything since breakfast?

A
B
C
D

Past simple & past perfect simple

3

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

bungee jumpedhad already lefthad been
had checkedhadnt studiedhad overslept
Had you seenpassedwaswentwere
woke up
By the time we woke up, he had already left the house.
1 Before he .............................................. off the bridge,
Leo .............................................. the ropes were
secure.
2 He .............................................. late for school
because he .............................................. .
3 .............................................. the film before you
.............................................. to the cinema?
4 He .............................................. his exam even
though he .............................................. at all!
5 In 2010, a group of 33 Chilean miners
.............................................. underground for 69 days
before they .............................................. rescued.

Order the words to form sentences.

Past tense review

5

Choose A, B or C to complete the text.

Earlier today, hiker Mary Owen B rescued from Mount
Hood in Oregon after she (1) ...... stranded on the
mountain alone for six days. She (2) ...... to the top of the
mountain when she (3) ...... lost and (4) ...... , injuring her
leg. She (5) ...... by eating cereal bars and drinking melted
snow. She is now recovering in hospital, and she (6) ......
a lot of messages from people around the world.
1
2
3
4

A
A
A
A
A

has been
has been
was climbing
had got
slipped

A survived

A had received

B
B
B
B
B

was
used to be
used to climb
has got
was slipping

B had been
surviving
B has received

PHOTOCOPIABLE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

C
C
C
C
C

had been
had been
would climb
got
had been
slipping
C used to
survive
C had been
receiving