• TEST • past tenses Level Oxford English Grammar Course Basic Name ● Simple past – regular verbs Put in the simple past forms ▲ ask asked miss reply cry plan report enjoy play stop HAPpen regRET turn live repeat visit ● Simple past – irregular verbs Put in the simple past forms ▲ break broke come keep leave sit speak write feel make stand go put tell hold shut think ● Simple past Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box Change the verb form if necessary ask believe clean find leave lose reply ✓ send speak ✓ tell understand write ▲ spoke to me I didn’t reply When she She didn’t me when I her I was her friend They didn’t their maths homework so the teacher explained it I my keys yesterday but I them today Grandma me a present and I to thank her ‘What time did you the house this morning?’ ‘At o’clock.’ Did you your bedroom when I you? ● Simple past Circle the correct forms ▲ Tony: Did you go / Went you / Did you went to school yesterday, Carla? Carla: Yes, of course Tony: I didn’t arrive / I didn’t arrived / I’m not arrived at school on time yesterday because 2I missed / I mist the bus What the teacher said / What did the teacher say / What did say the teacher at the beginning of the lesson? Carla: She 4remind / reminded us about the test next week It’s on Wednesday Tony: I didn’t 5know / knew / known there was a test on Wednesday! 6Did you know / Did you knew / Knew you about it? Carla: Yes She 7telled / told us about it last week, Tony: You’re right! I 8forgeted / forgetted / forgot And did you 9hear / heared / heard what time the test starts? Carla: No, she 10doesn’t say / didn’t say / didn’t said ● Past progressive Complete the sentences with past progressive verbs Bob was cooking lunch ▲ ▲ ▲ When I arrived (Bob cook lunch +) wasn’t listening She (listening –) to me so I stopped speaking. Were they feeling tired (they feel tired ?) when they got home? When I saw you (you wait +) for a bus. What (you eat ?) when you broke your tooth? When I saw them they looked very serious and they (smile –) at all. This morning at 10.30 I (shop +) in the town centre. 5 (you work ?) when I phoned this morning? While the teacher was speaking I (listen –). Why (you cry ?) when I spoke to you this morning? When I (iron +) my shirt I realised that it was dirty. Why (you use ?) your old tennis racket? 10 I (plan –) to use the car so Jenny used it. ➔ Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic TEST • past tenses © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE Circle the correct verb forms Level ● Simple past and past progressive ▲ I visited / was visiting my parents when you came / were coming to my house last week 1 ‘What did you / were you doing when I saw you in town yesterday?’ ‘I looked for / was looking for a new pair of shoes.’ 2 When you saw / were seeing the accident, did you tell / were you telling the police? 3 It didn’t rain / wasn’t raining so I left / was leaving my umbrella at home When I went / was going to see what the children did / were doing, they played / were playing computer games 5 We got / were getting home from our holiday yesterday This time last week we lay / were lying on the beach 6 I opened / was opening the door of the swimming pool and looked / was looking inside Two people swam / were swimming but nobody used / was using the fast lane ● Simple past and past progressive Complete the sentences with simple past or past progressive forms phoned ▲ He While we When I 3 The train (arrive; talk) I I While I 7 My friends at the café. (talk; join) While we When I 10 When we last me while I was driving breakfast someone the station it while I to work. (phone; drive) the doorbell. (have, ring) hard. (leave; rain) to my friend. the address when my pencil (write; break) my husband when I in Africa. (meet; work) for the bus, I think she my wallet. (wait; steal) about last night’s TV programme when I them breakfast we Sue in the car park, she her she a strange noise. (have; hear) a lot of shopping. (meet; carry) to the shops. (see; walk) ● Simple past and past progressive Correct (✓) or not (✗) I paid for my sandwich and left the shop. I sat down, then I was ordering a coffee. Yesterday morning I was checking my emails before I left home. I didn’t leave the office at because when I looked, everyone else still worked. When I arrived at the park, my brothers were playing football. I arrived at the park at o’clock and stayed for two hours. My brothers still played football when I left the park. While I was running for a bus, I fell over in the street. ● Mixed structures Complete the text with the correct affirmative or negative past tense forms of the words in the boxes Where possible, use contracted forms (e.g didn’t) ▲ I first learnt in 2005 and to speak Arabic while I was working in Dubai I for three years there learn + move + stay + I3 the language while I as an engineer for an oil company: while I was speaking to people, I realised that often they me So I taking lessons at a language school At first I Arabic well But when I tried to speak it, I saw that people were very happy and all my meetings much easier become + begin + speak – study + understand – work + When I came home, I 10 any English 11 While I was speaking to him, I 12 know – remember + use – visit + the language very much But last week a man who my company, so I spoke to him in Arabic a lot of the language and I felt very happy! / 90 Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic TEST • past tenses © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE ... him in Arabic a lot of the language and I felt very happy! / 90 Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic TEST • past tenses © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE