1. Escola secundária de Vila verde
PAST TENSES
Worksheet
Study!
Look at these sentences:
I had just started driving when we had the first fantastic night of our lives.
My friends and I loaded into the car and we went to a local soccer
tournament.
We were all wearing our T-shirts.
We watched movies while we were playing Gameboy.
1. Identify the verb tenses by writing the verbs above under the correct column.
2. Now complete the rules with the missing information.
Practise!
A. Match the verb tenses to the meaning they express.
Past Simple ●
Past Continuous ●
Past Perfect ●
● describes a longer action that happened in the past
● refers to past events or actions that happened before another past action
● describes facts and completed actions in the past
B. Complete this description of a teenager from the eighties with the correct past tense of
the verbs in brackets.
What _____ teens of the 80s (1)______ (do)? As a teenager from the 80s I obviously
(2)________ (go) to school, (3)________ (play) sports, (4)________ (listen) to music and
(5)________ (watch) a lot of TV...
My friends and I also (6)________ (get) into trouble quite often. We (7)________ (be)
perfect little angels in our childhood before we (8)________ (grow) up into rebellious teens.
We (9)________ (love) playing tricks on others. I usually (10)________ (distract) the victim
while my friends (11)________ (prepare) the prank. Our victims (12)________ (not/like) our
tricks and our parents (13)________ (punish) us for that!
On my weekends I often (14)________ (work) in a part-time job. My friends
(15)________ (be) more fortunate: while I (16)________ (work) they (17)________ (ride)
their bicycles. I (18)________ (have) a lot of fun too but that (19)________ (happen) before
wanting to have more money to spend on my music tapes and Super Mario video games.
And I certainly (20)________ (not/regret) earning that extra money!
Your teacher of English: Goreti Monteiro
Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect
Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect
We use the Past
tenses to
describe actions
and states in the
past.
Regular verbs:
verb + _____________
Irregular verbs:
___________________
was + verb + _________ _____ + _____________
