TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Complete the Question

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, writing, This communicative past tense review activity helps students
listening and speaking practice forming and answering conversation questions in the past
activity, pair work simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, and past perfect
continuous tense.

Focus Procedure
Past tenses: past simple,
Divide the class into two equal groups (A and B).
past continuous, past
perfect simple, and past
Give each student a corresponding worksheet.
perfect continuous
Working alone or together, students complete the questions on
the worksheet in the past simple, past continuous, past perfect
Aim
simple or past perfect continuous, using the verbs in brackets.
To practice forming and
answering conversation When the students have finished, check the questions with each
questions in the past group.
simple, past continuous,
past perfect simple, and Answer key (some questions may vary)
past perfect continuous
tense. Student A Student B

1. Did you do 1. Had you studied

Preparation 2. were you doing 2. were you talking
3. had you been 3. did you spend
Make one copy of the two
4. did you eat 4. were you doing
worksheets for each pair
5. were you thinking 5. had you been living
of students.
6. had you been sitting 6. did you get
7. Were you wearing 7. were you hoping
Level 8. were you living 8. did you go
9. had you read 9. were you thinking
Intermediate (B1) 10. Did you go 10. did you drink
11. Had you been learning 11. had you been expecting
12. did you go 12. were you wearing
Time 13. was wearing 13. did you speak
35 minutes 14. did you come 14. Did you have
15. Were you listening 15. had you missed
16. did you wake up 16. were you sitting

Next, students pair up with a member of the other group.

Students then take it in turns to ask and answer the past tense
conversation questions with their partner.

Remind the students to answer their partner's questions in the

same tense in which it was asked. Also, encourage the students
to give as much information as they can.

Afterwards, students share what they found out about their

partner with the class.

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 PAST TENSE REVIEW

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Complete the Question

Student A

A. Complete the questions in either the past simple, past continuous, past perfect
simple or past perfect continuous tense, using the verbs in brackets.

1. ........................................... (do) anything interesting last weekend?

2. What ........................................... (do) at 9 p.m. last night?

3. How long ........................................... (be) studying English before you joined this class?

4. What ........................................... (eat) for dinner last night?

5. What ........................................... (think) about during the last English lesson?

6. How long ........................................... (sit) in the classroom before the lesson started?

7. ........................................... (wear) any jewellery yesterday?

8. Where ........................................... (live) when you were in kindergarten?

9. How many English books ........................................... (read) before joining this class?

10. ........................................... (go) abroad last summer?

11. ........................................... (learn) any other languages before you studied English?

12. What time ........................................... (go) to bed last night?

13. Can you remember what the teacher ........................................... (wear) yesterday?

14. How ........................................... (come) to school today?

15. ........................................... (listen) carefully while the teacher gave instructions?

16. What time ........................................... (wake up) on Sunday morning?

B. Now, take it in turns to ask and answer the questions with your partner.

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 PAST TENSE REVIEW

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Complete the Question

Student B

A. Complete the questions in either the past simple, past continuous, past perfect
simple or past perfect continuous tense, using the verbs in brackets.

1. ........................................... (study) English anywhere else besides this school?

2. Who ........................................... (talk) to while you ate lunch yesterday?

3. How much money ........................................... (spend) yesterday?

4. What ........................................... (do) at 7 a.m. this morning?

5. How long ........................................... (live) at your previous address before moving?

6. What presents ........................................... (get) for your last birthday?

7. What language skill ........................................... (hope) to improve this semester?

8. Where ........................................... (go) for your last holiday?

9. What ........................................... (think) about on the way to school today?

10. How many glasses of water ........................................... (drink) yesterday?

11. What ........................................... (expect) to learn before you arrived at class today?

12. What colour socks ........................................... (wear) yesterday?

13. How many people ........................................... (speak) to on the telephone yesterday?

14. ........................................... (have) a good weekend?

15. How many classes ........................................... (miss) up until yesterday?

16. Who ........................................... (sit) next to during the last English lesson?

B. Now, take it in turns to ask and answer the questions with your partner.

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