Past tenses: simple, continuous, perfect

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Danny _______ (live) in America when he _______ (get) engaged

• had lived,

  got

• lived,

  had got

• was living,

  had got

• was living,

  got

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

No, we _______ (not talk) about you when you _______ (come) in.

• weren’t talking,

  came

• didn’t talk,

  came

• weren’t talking,

  had came

• hadn’t talked,

  came

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Danny went for a walk when

• he was finishing his homework.

• he’d finished his homework

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:

Grandad ______ (retire) after he ______ (work) as a bus driver for thirty years.

• retired,

  had worked

• had retired,

  worked

• was retiring,

  had worked

• retired,

  worked

Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences:

Sam watched the film and then

• he went to bed.

• he was going to bed.

When the teacher collected the exam papers he saw that Robbie ...

• cheated

• had cheated

Mike had an accident as we ... to work.

• cycled

• was cycling

I left work early because I ... to watch the match.

• wanted

• was wanting

There was a lot of traffic, and when we arrived, the match ...

• already started

• had already started

My son got injured while he ... basketball last Saturday.

• played

• was playing