PAST TENSE EXERCISES: 1 I (see) my first baseball game when I (live) in New York.

2 How many pints of beer (he/drink) before he .(leave) the pub? 3 It ..(rain) so we .(decide) to stay at home all afternoon. 4 By the time I ..(leave) university I .(be) to France fifteen times. 5 What ..(you/do) at the time the murder was committed? 6 When we (get) home we saw that someone ..(break) in to steal the DVD recorder. 7 He ..(send) to prison four times before he ..(decide) that it would be better to go straight. 8 I didn't realise I (lose) my credit cards until I ..(try) to pay for dinner at the restaurant. 9 I (write) an email to my sister when she .(ring) me. 10 She was so upset by the news that she (drop) her tea and(start) crying. Fill in each blank by putting the verb in (brackets) into the correct past tense 1.Why are you out of breath? (EXERCISE) Because Ifor the last hour.

2. Your light was on when I walked past last night. (CHAT) Yes, I ..online to my cousin in Australia. 3. Youve really improved on the flute. (PRACTISE) Well, I hope so because I . a lot lately. 4. Youre not jealous of my other friends, are you? (SEE) of them recently. 5. I didnt wake you up, did I? (SLEEP) No, I .. No, but you .. quite a lot

6. Did you quit your job in the end? (THINK) I of doing so for a long time, but then I decided not to. 7. Why is your street such a mess? (DIG) should finish this weekend. Oh, the council . up the roads, but they

Complete the second sentence, using the word in brackets, so that s has similar meaning to the first sentence I started working at 8 and I was still working at 6 in the evening, when you called. (BEEN) When you called ten hours. We often went to the seaside with our grandparents as children. (USED) Our grandparents .. to the seaside as children. 3. Its about 7 years since Laura started to learn Russian. (LEARNING) years. Laura . 7

Being with the older children soon stopped being frightening when I went to secondary school. (USED) I . the older children when I went to secondary school 5. Every night for the past week I have had the same dream. ( HAVING) I .. for a week now. 6. I always disliked karate lessons but now Im starting to enjoy them. (USED) I . Karate lessons, but now Im staring to. For each sentence, choose the correct tense of the verb. I .. (take) a shower when you called. was taking b) took c) was taken My brother . (have) never been to Europe until he went there last year. has b) had c) hadn't Diane (feel) very sick but she decided to go out anyway. was feeling b) has been feeling c) has felt He (call) her all night. has called b) call c) was calling I . (want) to go swimming but the water was too cold. have wanted b) wanted c) am want I (be) able to sleep well for a week now. didn't was b) was not c) haven't been

When I first saw her, she .. (stand) on the balcony. was standing b) has stood c) has been standing Really? You moved to a new apartment? How long . (live) there? have you been living b) did you live c) did you living Every time I see that movie, it (make) me cry. has made b) made c) makes I . (stop) smoking three years ago. have stopped b) have been stopping c) stopped For each sentence, choose the correct tense of the verb. I .. (take) a shower when you called. was taking b) took c) was taken My brother . (have) never been to Europe until he went there last year. has b) had c) hadn't Diane (feel) very sick but she decided to go out anyway. was feeling b) has been feeling c) has felt He (call) her all night. has called b) call c) was calling I . (want) to go swimming but the water was too cold. have wanted b) wanted c) am want I (be) able to sleep well for a week now. didn't was b) was not c) haven't been When I first saw her, she .. (stand) on the balcony. was standing b) has stood c) has been standing Really? You moved to a new apartment? How long . (live) there? have you been living b) did you live c) did you living Every time I see that movie, it (make) me cry. has made b) made c) makes