L. 3.1
Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Use each of these forms
only once:
simple past
present perfect continuous
past continuous
past perfect
present perfect
past perfect continuous
1. I ____________________ (study) since 9:00 this morning.
2. Kim ____________________ (sleep) when the phone rang.
3. Bill knew my sister's name because they ____________________ (meet) at a party the week before.
INSTRUCTIONS: Read the answer. Complete the question. Use the past continuous tense.
Ex:
Q: Where was she studying?
A: She was studying in the library.
4. Q: Where ____________________
A: They were sitting on the floor.
5. Q: Why ____________________
A: They were singing because they were happy.
6. Q: Why ____________________
A: I was sleeping because I was tired.
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous tense or the simple present tense of the
verb in parentheses.
Ex:
I was reading (read) in bed when I fell asleep last night.
7. At 6:00 last night some friends ____________________ (help) me prepare for a party.
8. Gary ____________________ (put up) decorations all over the place.
9. Suddenly the doorbell ____________________ (ring).
10. I ____________________ (open) the door and about 25 people walked in.
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the question. Use the past perfect tense abbreviations.
Ex:
Q: What had she said?
A: She'd said goodbye.
11. Q: Where had you been all day?
A: ____________________ been in the library.
12. Q: What had he lost?
A: ____________________ lost his cell phone.
13. Q: What had I asked you to do?
A: ____________________ asked me to buy some fruit on the way home.
14. Q: What had we promised to do?
A: ____________________ promised to help them clean the house.
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the sentence. Use the past perfect continuous form of the verb in parentheses.
Ex:
I
had been studying
(study) for two hours.
15. Mario ____________________ (not, feel) well for two days.
16. We ____________________ (study) for two hours when Dick joined us.
17. Linda ____________________ (not, run) for more than ten minutes when she decided to quit the race.
18. We ____________________ (watch) on old movie on TV.
INSTRUCTIONS: Read the question Give the past perfect continuous short answer indicated in parentheses.
Use abbreviations where possible.
Ex:
Q: Had they been walking to work all week? (yes)
A: Yes, they had.
19. Q: Had you been waiting long? (no)
A: ____________________
20. Q: Had Emily been studying physics? (yes)
A: ____________________
21. Q: Had it been snowing for several days? (no)
A: ____________________
22. Q: Had Charles been thinking about getting a new job? (yes)
A: ____________________
23. Q: Had they been living in an apartment before? (yes)
A: ____________________
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the sentence with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses. Use the past
perfect or the past perfect continuous. Wherever possible use the past perfect continuous.
Ex:
The baby had been yawning all day long, but he didn't want to take a nap.
24. We____________________ (driving) for four hours when we decided to stop for a rest.
25. The team members ____________________ (had) time to change their clothes.
26. When we turned on the TV we saw that the killer ____________________ (surrender)
Matching
INSTRUCTIONS: Match each sentence with the correct label.
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Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
I had eaten lunch so I just had a cup of coffee.
Have you found a place to live yet?
They were shopping at the mall when I ran into them.
We finished that lesson last week.
She has been trying to call you all week.
We had been knocking on the door for ten minutes when she finally answered.
INSTRUCTIONS: Match each sentence with the correct explanation.
a. It shows that an action was in progress at a specific time in the past.
b. It shows the relationship of a longer past action to a shorter one.
c. It shows that two past actions were in progress at the same time.
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While I was napping, the dog was chewing up my slippers.
I had a flat tire while I was driving to work.
Mr. Peters was reading the newspaper.
Neil was eating popcorn while he was studying.
It was raining cats and dogs all morning.
We found Celia's ring while we were cleaning up after the party.
INSTRUCTIONS: Match each sentence with the correct explanation for the underlined verb.
a. It shows what was in progress at the time a specific action occurred.
b. It shows what happened after a specific action occurred.
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What were you doing when you lost your watch?
Where was she living when she met Tino?
He turned off the TV when the doorbell rang.
Who was she talking to when Jim interrupted her?
We found the restaurant after we asked for directions.
When we found the restaurant, we wrote down the name.
INSTRUCTIONS: Match each sentence with the correct explanation of the underlined verb.
a. We are looking back from the present time at a single previous action.
b. We are looking back from the present time at a continuous previous action.
c. We are looking back from a time in the past at a single previous action.
d. We are looking back from a time in the past at a continuous previous action.
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By the time the first hour was over, everyone had learned the teacher's name.
I haven't seen that movie yet.
We have been climbing this mountain for two hours and we're only halfway up.
We had been watching TV, but we turned it off when Amy arrived.
Nina has read only one book so far this year.
They had been buying tickets for years when they finally won the lottery.