Ingles

Simple Past
FORM
[VERB+ed] or irregular verbs
Examples:
* You called Debbie.
* Did you call Debbie?
* You did not call Debbie.
Past Continuous
FORM
[was/were + present participle]
Examples:
* You were studying when she called.
* Were you studying when she called?
* You were not studying when she called.
Past Perfect
FORM
[had + past participle]
Examples:* You had studied English before you moved to New York.
* Had you studied English before you moved to New York?
* You had not studied English before you moved to New York.
Past Perfect Continuous
FORM
[had been + present participle]
Examples:
* You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.
* Had you been waiting there for more than two hourswhen she finally arrived?
* You had not been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

Verb Tense Exercise 3
Simple Past / Past Continuous
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

Principio del formulario
1. A: What (you, do)  when the accident occurred? 
B: I (try)  to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 

2.After I (find)  the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately)  to the police and (turn)  it in. 

3. The doctor (say)  that Tom (be)  too sick to go to work and that he (need)  to stay at home for a couple of days. 

4. Sebastian (arrive)  at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she (be, not) there. She (study, at the library)  for her final examination in French. 

5. Sandy is in theliving room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch, also)  television. That's all she ever does! 

6. A: I (call)  you last night after dinner, but you (be, not)  there. Where were you? 
B: I (work)  out at the fitness center. 

7. When I (walk)  into the busy office, the secretary (talk)  on the phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily)  at their desks, and twomanagers (discuss, quietly)  methods to improve customer service. 

8. I (watch)  a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends. 

9. Sharon (be)  in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not) . 

10. It's strange that you (call)  because I (think, just)  about you. 

11. The Titanic(cross)  the Atlantic when it (strike)  an iceberg. 

12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily)  and (try)  to sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt)  for souvenirs. Some young boys (lead)  their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue)  over the price of a leather belt. I (walk)  over to a man who (sell)  fruit and(buy)  a banana. 

13. The firemen (rescue)  the old woman who (be)  trapped on the third floor of the burning building. 

14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always)  her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she (expect, actually)  me to do them for her. 

15. Samantha (live)  in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live)  there when the Berlin Wall came down.
Final del formulario

VerbTense Exercise 4
Simple Past / Past Continuous
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
Principio del formulario
Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) . She said she (call) me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) for class, but she said that the professor was at the front of the halllecturing while she (talk) to me. I couldn't believe she (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) me she was not satisfied with the...