12405 past tenses in contextreview

  PAST TENSES REVIEW
PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS/ PAST PERFECT SIMPLE AND 
CONTINUOUS
Sally Porter__________________________(walk) home late

FILL IN WITH PAST PERPECT / PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

one night. She ____________________(be) to a dinner party

When I entered the house something smelt awful.

at her friend’s house. The city streets _______________(be)

Someone___________________________(cook)

empty and it___________________________(rain) slightly.

and___________________________(burn) the meal.

She__________________________________(look forward)

I________________________________(visit) the house

to getting safely home to bed because at dinner her

once before and_______________(meet) the family but I

friends_________________________________(talk) about a

didn’t know what_____________________(happen) since

dangerous murderer who__________________(escape) from

then. The house was a mess.

prison the week before. Her friend Mark ___________(offer)

The children______________________________(play) in

to walk home with her but, as she___________________(live)

the living room and_______________________(leave) the

only a mile away, she______________(tell) him that she would

toys all over the floor. Someone_____________(leave) the

be OK. She was about halfway home when she_________ (hear)

windows open. It_________________________(rain) for

footsteps behind her. She__________________(stop)

hours and the curtains____________________(get) wet

and_____________(turn) round, but she couldn’t see anyone and

and dirty. I asked the children where their parents were.

the footsteps ________(stop) as well. When she continued on

They said their mother_________________(be) in hospital

her way the footsteps ___________________(start) again.

for the past two weeks and that their

She____________(begin) to feel afraid. She started to run.

father___________________________(look alter) them

The footsteps _______________________(get) closer.

since then. Obviously he_______________________(do)

Suddenly she _____________(feel) a hand on her shoulder and

his best, but he couldn’t do any better since he worked all

she_________________(scream) in terror. “Sally! Sally! it’s me,

morning and had to leave them alone most of the day.

Mark”. He tried to explain that he_______________(be)

I had to do something to help them.

worried about her and_________________(decide) to follow
her home. But Sally_______________(can/not) hear a word
because she__________________________(already/faint).
PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT PAST FORM.

I remember when I ___________(go) on Holiday abroad for the first time. I _____________________(just/leave) school. I
______________________________(study) very hard for my final exams and I _______________(feel) that I needed a
Holiday. A fiend of mine _________________(want) to come as well so we________________(look) at some brochures from
the travel agent’s. We_______________________(read) for about an hour when my friend _______________(find) the
perfect Holiday- two weeks in Hawaii. We____________________(be) very excited about it.
Finally the day of our holiday __________________(arrive).We __________________________(just/leave) the house when
the phone______________(ring). I____________(run) back into the house, but the phone_________________(stop) by the
time I _______________(reach) it. When we ______________(arrive) at the airport we __________________(go) into the
cafeteria. The airline_____________________________(just/make) an announcement. Our flight was delayed for eight
hours. We____________________________________(get up) very early and rushed to the airport, all for nothing.