Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form:
1. We __________ (have) lunch at 1 p.m.
2. My parents __________ (not like) the movie.
3. __________ you __________ (see) Anna at the party?
4. The children __________ (finish) their homework before dinner.
5. I __________ (lose) my keys yesterday.
Choose the correct verb form:
6. She (took / takes / take) the bus to school yesterday.
7. They (don’t watched / didn’t watch / not watched) TV last night.
8. Did he (met / meet / meets) his friends at the mall?
9. We (start / started / starts) the meeting at 10 a.m.
Complete the sentences:
1. I __________ (study) when the phone rang.
2. They __________ (not watch) TV at 9 p.m.
3. __________ she __________ (cook) dinner when you arrived?
4. We __________ (walk) in the park yesterday afternoon.
5. What __________ you __________ (do) at 10 last night?
Choose the correct form:
6. He (was / were / is) working late last night.
7. We (wasn’t / weren’t / not were) sleeping at that time.
8. Were they (play / playing / played) video games?
9. I (was read / was reading / readed) a magazine.
10. It (rained / was raining / is raining) when I left the house.
Complete the sentences:
1. I __________ (finish) my homework before dinner.
2. She __________ (not visit) Paris before the trip.
3. __________ they __________ (leave) when you arrived?
4. He __________ (already / go) to bed when I called.
5. We __________ (never / be) to London before 2018.
Choose the correct form:
6. They (had / has / have) never seen snow before.
7. Had she (ate / eaten / eats) anything before lunch?
8. I (had finished / finished / finish) the book before the test.
9. He (didn’t had / hadn’t / hadn’t had) any problems at that time.
10. What (had / did / was) you done before you got the job?
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in Past Perfect
Continuous:
1. By the time we arrived, the children __________ (play) for hours.
2. She __________ (not feel) well, so she went to the doctor.
3. What __________ you __________ (do) before I called you?
4. They __________ (study) together all week before the test.
5. He __________ (wait) at the station for a long time.
Rewrite the sentences using the Past Perfect Continuous:
6. Mark was tired because he ran.
→ Mark was tired because he ___________________________.
7. It was late. We walked for more than two hours.
→ It was late. We ___________________________.
8. She was dirty because she worked in the garden.
→ She ___________________________.
9. They watched TV for an hour before dinner.
→ They ___________________________ before dinner.
10. I was reading when the lights went out.
→ I ___________________________ when the lights went out.
Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect:
1. My parents __________ (travel) to Japan three times.
2. We __________ (not finish) the project yet.
3. She __________ (just / send) the email.
4. __________ you ever __________ (be) to a concert?
5. I __________ (lose) my keys. I can’t find them.
Rewrite the sentences using Present Perfect:
6. I last saw her in January.
→ I __________________________ her since January.
7. He started working here in 2020 and still works here.
→ He __________________________ here since 2020.
8. They finished the movie five minutes ago.
→ They __________________________ the movie.
9. We met before, right?
→ We __________________________ before, right?
10. She didn’t visit the museum.
→ She __________________________ the museum.
Make Present Perfect questions:
11. you / ever / try / Indian food
→ ____________________________________________?
12. she / visit / the new library
→ ____________________________________________?
13. how many times / they / call / you
→ ____________________________________________?
14. what / you / do / today
→ ____________________________________________?
15. he / pass / the exam
→ ____________________________________________?
Complete the sentences using the correct phrase:
1. I know you’re tired. But the thing is (that) we still have work to do.
2. You think it’s about money, but __________________________ I don’t trust
him.
3. __________________________ we don’t have enough time to finish the
project.
4. I’d love to help you. __________________________ I’m really busy right now.
5. You can’t go there. __________________________ it’s too dangerous.
Rewrite the sentences using one of the structures:
11. I want to explain something important: we’re out of time.
→ The point is _______________________________________.
12. What matters is that we made the right choice.
→ The thing is _______________________________________.
13. I’m not angry. What’s important is that you lied.
→ The fact is ________________________________________.
14. Our main issue is the cost of the equipment.
→ The problem is ____________________________________.
15. I care more about the truth than the apology.
→ The thing is _______________________________________.
Change the direct speech to reported speech:
1. “I’m studying English,” she said.
→ She said ______________________________________.
2. “We have finished our homework,” they said.
→ They said _____________________________________.
3. “I will go to the party,” he said.
→ He said _______________________________________.
4. “My brother is watching TV,” Mary said.
→ Mary said _____________________________________.
5. “I went to Paris last summer,” Ana said.
→ Ana said ______________________________________.
Choose the correct reported speech:
6. “I can’t drive,” she said.
a) She said she can’t drive.
b) She said she couldn’t drive.
c) She said she didn’t drive.
7. “We are tired,” they said.
a) They said they were tired.
b) They said they are tired.
c) They said they had been tired.
8. “He has called me,” she said.
a) She said he called her.
b) She said he has called her.
c) She said he had called her.
9. “I don’t like coffee,” he said.
a) He said he didn’t like coffee.
b) He said he doesn’t like coffee.
c) He said he won’t like coffee.
10. “We will travel tomorrow,” they said.
a) They said they would travel the next day.
b) They said they will travel the next day.
c) They said they traveled the next day.
