ENGLISH TUITION FOR LIFE LLM-I JAVIER ZARATE AGUILAR SIX PAST TENSES REVIEW 2020

Past perfect continuous (progressive)

(verb) = asked tense
Verb = past simple
-RV = Regular Verb
1. Where Santi (play) soccer after he do his homework?
He (play) soccer in the park for several hours.
2. She (not drink) her strawberry *“atole” during our English class?
Yes, she ____. No, she ____.
*both negative question forms.
*hot cornflour drink (Am. Eng.) / cornstarch drink (Br. Eng.) = atole
3. How long Jocelyn (read) some her favorite novel? She (read) her favorite novel since September.
4. Brenda (not paint) her boyfriend’s tables for hours.

Past perfect simple

(verb) = asked tense
Verb = past simple
-RV = Regular Verb
1. By the time I get home, my sister (just hang) the clothes under the sun.
2. Cinthya (not have) some spaghetti before she do her English homework? Yes, she ____.
*both negative question forms.
3. Why Marijo (draw) several pandas last weekend? It be because she (make up) a story for her English
class.
4. Alma (not budget) the fees and expenses for our socioecological school project by the end of the last
month? Yes, she ____.

Present perfect continuous (progressive)

(verb) = asked tense
Verb = past simple
-RV = Regular Verb
1. Lucy (not dance) ballet for twenty minutes? No, she ____.
*both negative question forms.
2. Why she (sing) Chente Aguilar’s songs since she leave her sweetie?
She (sing) his songs because she feels happy.
3. Mariana (kick) Luis for hours because he break her laptop.
4. Joshua (go) to the gym since 2018.

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Present perfect simple

(verb) = asked tense
Verb = past simple
-RV = Regular Verb
1. Wendy (yet be) to the USA.
2. Itzel (not many times review) her listening exercises? Yes, she ____.
*both negative question forms
3. Esaú (recently buy not) many “guajolotes”?
4. You (not write still) your pen pal letter.
5. She (understand already) the mathematics class? No, ___ _____.
6. Believe it or not! My great grandmother (do already) an awesome trick on my skateboard.
7. It is the third time that Alma (interrupt) me when I am doing my homework? Yes, ___ ___.

Past continuous (progressive)

1. My best friend and I (not have) a party while our parents (see) a movie at the cinema.
2. The local soccer team fans (not shout) as Johnny (score) a goal? Yes, they ___.
*both negative question forms
3. Carla (write) her written assignment when her mom pick her up from the class.
4. Why Alma (study) economy while we (enjoy) our English class? It (be) because she (get) ready for her
final term tests at college.

Past simple
1. Carla and Marijo (not be) really glad when they (get) their candy skulls? Yes, they ____.
*both negative question forms
2. Why Peter (seek) a present for his girl last weekend? It (be) because he (want) to make up with her girl
after they (quarrel) over each other’s ex’s.
3. Nelly and I (be) in love when we (be) at high school.
4. When Lucy (be) a little girl, she (play) with her pony toys? Yes, she ___.
5. Peter (not buy) some candies for us in November? Yes, he ___.
*both negative question forms
6. Brenda (not find) the right words to express herself when she (run into) Chayanne at “Chava’s Invita
Canteen”.
7. Teacher: You (learn) by heart your verbs lists?
Students: No, we ____.
8. Where Thomas and Jenny (be) two days ago? They (be) on a paradisiac beach in Cancun.
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9. Mom: You (do) your homework yesterday evening?
Son: No, I ___.
10. Why it (be) cold and cloudy yesterday? It (be) because the fall has started.

Match the tense to its correct use.

a. Simultaneous actions in the past.
1. Present perfect continuous (progressive) ___
b. A complete action in the past when the time is
___ not mentioned.
2. Past simple ___ c. Interrupted actions in the past.
d. Habits from the past.
___
e. Complete action in the past before another
___ action or stated time in the past.
3. Present perfect simple ___ f. Personal experiences.
g. Complete action at a stated time in the past.
___ h. Period of time in the past, something that
___ started in the past up to another action or time
in the past
___ i. Recently completed actions
4. Past perfect simple ___ j. Period of time from the past up to the present.
___ k. Cause for a result in the past
l. Number of times something has been done.
___
m. Background description in a story.
5. Past continuous (progressive) ___ n. Cause___for a result in the present.
___
___
6. Past perfect continuous (progressive) ___
___