Past tenses

Past Simple tense can be used to talk about:

• finished actions in the past with no definite time

• finished actions in the past with a definite time

• sequence of short actions in the past

• sequence of long actions in the past

While Kate 1 ..... (do) her homework, her brothers 2 .... (play) basketball.

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She 1 ..... (see) a lot of places since she 2 .... (leave) her hometown.

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Mark the sentences where Past Perfect could be used:

• While he _____ (wait) for the lesson to begin, his phone rang.

• When I heard about their plans, they _____ (choose) the destination for their trip.

• The tourists ____ (visit) many sights before they came back to their hotel.

• In her novels we can see that she _____ (always/love) this town, even when it wasn't so lively and vibrant.

They 1 (a)   (board) the plane, 2 ... (find) their seats and 3 ... (get) ready to take off.

Present Perfect tense CANNOT be used when talking about:

• recently finished actions

• unfinished actions

• progress at a certain time in the past

• result in the past

Mark the sentences where Past Continuous can be used:

• She ____ (read) a book when it started raining.

• I had been to Paris twice when they ____ (invite) me to come for a weekend.

• The weather ___ (be) very nice last week.

• They ___ (watch) TV at 2 o‘clock yesterday.

1 .... (she, feel) sad because she 2 .... (lose) her passport and couldn't travel?

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Create a sentence using Past Simple and Past Continuous.

They 1 (a)   (plan) a trip when somebody 2 ... (suggest) going to a seaside resort.