WORKSHEET Área: ingles Periodo: 1 Fecha: 26 feb al 2 Mar. Tema: Past Tenses Grado: 11th grade Competencia: writing and grammar comprehension Uses of the past tenses Part I The simple past tense is also used to talk about habitual actions in the past. The simple past tense Form: Subject + past tense of the verb I worked. She sang. He played. Mother cooked. The simple past tense is used to talk about an action completed in the past. It is often used with adverbs or adverb phrases of past time. When I was in college, I studied eight hours a day. (= When I was in college, I used to study eight hours a day.) Edison sold newspapers before he became a famous scientist. (= Edison used to sell newspapers before he became a famous scientist.) Past continuous tense Form: Subject + was/were + ing form of the verb I was working She was singing. I met him yesterday. His father died last year. I received the letter a week ago. The simple past tense is sometimes used without an adverb of time. In such cases, the time of the action may be either implied or indicated by the context. They were playing. It was raining. John was sleeping. Note that we use was when the subject is I or a singular noun. We use were when the subject is a plural noun. The personal pronoun you is also followed by were.
The past continuous tense represents an action as going on or being done continuously at some time in the past. The time of action may or may not be mentioned. It was raining when we went out. The children were playing in the garden. Mother was cooking dinner. Alice was learning her lessons. 3. As I... for bus, I... Joe crossing the road. waited, saw was waiting, saw waited, was seeing 4. Yesterday, I... to the movies with my wife. was going went had gone A- Past Simple Or Past Continuous Tense Exercise Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. 1. I... with my son when you... played, called was playing, were calling was playing, called played, were calling 2. The doorbell... while I... a bath. rang, was having was ringing, was having was ringing. had 5. When I was a child, we... our own amusements. were making made have made 6. When we... home, we discovered that water... down the walls. reached, ran reached, was running was reaching, was running 7. It... while I... in Mumbai. was happening, was living happened, was living happened, lived 8. I... in Rome for ten years while I... a child.
lived, was was living, was lived, had been 9. I... all day yesterday. had slept was sleeping 10. What... at 11 pm last night? did you do were you doing had you done 11. Who... you that watch? was giving gave had given 12. When I... into the office, everybody... was walking walked, worked walked, was working B - Simple Past Or Past Continuous Tense Exercise Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form. 1. I... I didn't hear the door bell. was sleeping 2. I... her many times but she didn't answer. phoned was phoning 3. 'What... then?' 'I was watching TV.' did you do were you doing 4. He... money from the rich and gave it to the poor. stole was stealing 5. 'Did you meet James yesterday?' 'Yes, I... him.' met was meeting 6. The train... at 6.30. arrived was arriving 7. The children... when their mother... home. slept, got were sleeping, was getting were sleeping, got slept
8. I cooked dinner while Mike... the house. the verb. Was is used with singular subjects. Were is used with plural subjects. was tidying tidied 9. I... dinner when the lights went out. had was having 10. It... me quite sometime to learn French. took was taking 11. As I... down the street, I saw a strange sight. walked was walking 12. I... a car last month. bought was buying 1. The boy is sleeping was sleeping were sleeping 2. I when the lights went out. was reading were reading am reading 3. She the clothes. is washing was washing were washing 4. I - dinner when the visitors arrived. am cooking was cooking C- Past continuous tense worksheet Make sentences in the past continuous tense using the verb given in the brackets. We make past continuous tense forms by putting was or were before the -ing form of were cooking 5. Julia - her homework at 8 pm. did was doing were doing
6. James the car. was repairing were repairing is repairing 7. Janet - for the play. were rehearsing is rehearsing was rehearsing 8. Sophia for the bus. was waiting has waiting were waiting 9. The birds was chirping were chirping have chirping 10. The boys their lesson. was learning were learning is searching was searching were researching 13. The cat - the mouse. had been chasing was chasing were chasing 14. It - is raining was raining were raining 15. The wind fiercely. is blowing was blowing were blowing 16. The dogs are barking were barking was barking are learning 11. She dressed. was getting were getting have been getting 12. He for his purse.
D- Change into past continuous tense We make the present continuous tense form by putting is, am or are before the ing form of the verb. 8. Sania and Rohan are playing with their ball. 9. Mother is watering the plants. We make the past continuous tense form by putting was or were before the ing form of the verb. 10. Father is fixing the stereo. Sentences are given in the present continuous tense. Change them into the past continuous tense. 11. The girl is looking for her mother. 12. The birds are chirping. 1. I am writing a letter. 1 example: I was writing a letter 13. The teacher is writing something on the board. 2. What are you doing there? 14. The wind is blowing. 3. Why are you crying? 4. He is preparing for the test. 5. You are disturbing me. 6. The dog is barking. 7. The girls are learning the poem.