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Past Tenses Worksheet

1. The document provides examples of using past tenses including past simple, past continuous, and past perfect. It contains 8 sentences describing various past events involving people walking, seeing, crying, moving, deciding, feeling, preparing, waiting, meeting, having, driving, buying, losing control of a car and hitting a tree. 2. The sentences use a variety of verbs in different past tenses to concisely tell short stories or describe a sequence of past events, such as a girl losing her parents and crying, a man trying to mug a boy but getting bitten by his dog, and a man driving too fast and crashing his new car into a tree after hitting something on the road.

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Past Tenses Worksheet

1. The document provides examples of using past tenses including past simple, past continuous, and past perfect. It contains 8 sentences describing various past events involving people walking, seeing, crying, moving, deciding, feeling, preparing, waiting, meeting, having, driving, buying, losing control of a car and hitting a tree. 2. The sentences use a variety of verbs in different past tenses to concisely tell short stories or describe a sequence of past events, such as a girl losing her parents and crying, a man trying to mug a boy but getting bitten by his dog, and a man driving too fast and crashing his new car into a tree after hitting something on the road.

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Past tenses

Complete the gaps with the verbs from the brackets in Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

1. I __________ (walk) down the street yesterday, when I __________ (saw) a girl who
__________ (cry). When I __________ (ask) her why she __________ (cry), she
__________ (tell) me that she __________ (lose) her parents and that she __________ (be)
very afraid.
2. Mary __________ (move) out of her parents’ house three years before her father
__________ (decide) to sell it. However, when she __________ (learn) about her father’s
decision, she __________ (feel) sad. Nevertheless, she understood that her parents
__________ (get) older and that they __________ (not/need) such a big house anymore.
3. It __________ (be) 11 pm and John Bishop __________ (sit) in the bushes outside the
Browns’ residence. He __________ (prepare) his plan two days earlier. When he __________
(see) Mr and Mrs Brown leaving the house, he __________ (jump) out of the bushes and
__________ (run) to the door. He __________ (pick) the lock and __________ (go) inside.
Unfortunately for him, an angry pit bull __________ (wait) in the hall.
4. My dad always __________ (hate) my boyfriend, Jim. However, when we __________
(decide) to move in together, he __________ (call) me and __________ (say) that he
__________ (never/like) him, but he __________ (trust) my judgement. It’s funny, because
when he __________ (call) me, Jim and I __________ (argue).
5. Daniel is a very nice person now, but he __________ (be) different several years ago. He
__________ (spend) time with a gang of rough boys, __________ (steal) radios from parked
cars, and __________ (get) into fights very often. However, one day when he __________
(walk) home, he __________ (meet) a beautiful girl from a Catholic school. After he
__________ (meet) her, he __________ (change) for her completely.
6. When I __________ (be) a little boy, I __________ (have) a dog, which I __________ (find)
on the street. We __________ (go) for long walks every day. Once, when we __________
(walk) back home, a man __________ (approached) me and __________ (try) to mug me.
My dog __________ (bite) him in the bottom and the man __________ (start) running away.
As he __________ (run), my dog __________ (bark) at him.
7. Jenny and Ken __________ (meet) at a party in 2007. At that time Ken __________ (have) a
girlfriend, but Jenny __________ (have/never) a boyfriend before. It __________ (be) love
at first sight. When Ken __________ (see) Jenny, he __________ (ask) her to dance with
him. As they __________ (dance), Ken’s girlfriend __________ (come) to the party. She
__________ (start) shouting at Ken and __________ (remind) him that he __________
(promise) to never leave her for another girl.
8. Randy __________ (drive) his new Porsche to visit his parents. He __________ (buy) the car
only two days earlier. It __________ (be) late at night and it __________ (rain) earlier, so
the road __________ (be) slippery. However, he __________ (want) to get to his destination
as soon as possible, so he __________ (drive) very fast. Suddenly, when he __________
(go) through a forest, something __________ (jump) on the road. In order not to hit it,
Randy __________ (step) on the breaks. He __________ (lose) control of the car and
__________ (hit) a tree.

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