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English Grammar Exercises for B1- Past tense contrast

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1. Complete the table with the -ing form, past simple and past participle form of the verbs.

Base form–ing formPast simplePast participle
1   marry
2   fight
3   die
4   meet
5   retire
6   think
7   stop
8   ride
9   fall
10   learn

2. Circle the correct answers.

  • 1)
    My parents bought / were buying a house just after they got married.
  • 2)
    John had not engaged / was getting engaged before he left university.
  • 3)
    Liam inherited a lot of money and was emigrating / emigrated to Australia.
  • 4)
    Did Pam phone / Had Pam phoned while you watched / were watching television?
  • 5)
    I opened the door and stepped / had stepped outside. It rained / was raining
  • 6)
    I didn’t know where you were because you weren’t phoning / didn’t phone
  • 7)
    I had / ‘d had this watch for two years when the battery ran out.

3. Some of the verb forms and tenses in the sentences are incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. Tick the correct sentences.

  • 1)
    Why did you be angry with Mary?
  • 2)
    Had you eaten before you went out?
  • 3)
    I couldn’t go out until I had did my homework.
  • 4)
    It wasn’t rain when we left the house.
  • 5)
    I wasn’t feeling well this morning.
  • 6)
    We was eating when you phoned
  • 7)
    Where had you lunch?

4. Write the negative and interrogative form of the sentences.

  • 1)
    Jason had been to Italy.
  • Jason hadn’t been to Italy.
  • Had Jason been to Italy?
  • 2)
    Tom grew up in London.
  • 3)
    Her parents split up last year.
  • 4)
    Harry was living in Scotland.
  • 5)
    Sally had eaten lunch.

5. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the past simple, past continuous or past perfect.

  • go out leave not listen lose shine snow
  • 1)
    I couldn’t pay for the pizzas because I my money at home.
  • 2)
    I put on my coat and
  • 3)
    You didn’t understand the question because you
  • 4)
    When we woke up, everything was white because it during the night.
  • 5)
    I borrowed my brother’s jacket because I mine.
  • 6)
    It was a really cold day, but the sun

6. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple, past continuous or past perfect.

  • When Sarah Knauss 1) (die) on 30 December 1999, she 2) (live) in Pennsylvania, USA, where she 3) (spend) all her life. At the time of her death, only one person before her 4) (live) longer. Sarah 5) (have) one daughter, who 6) still (live) when Sarah died.

7. Complete the text with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets.

  • Fauja Singh used to take part in amateur races when he was younger, but he 1) (not start) running marathons until he was in his eighties. He 2) (not run) a race since 1947 when he joined his local running club at the age of 84. The coach nearly 3) (send) him home on the first day because he 4) (wear) a suit. Mr Singh’s first race was the London Marathon, which he 5) (complete) in six hours and 54 minutes, a new record for the over-nineties. The previous record holder 6) (set) a time of seven hours and 52 minutes. Today, at the age of 103, Mr Singh is still running marathons.

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