Past Tenses

Master past tenses! Grade 8 worksheets on past simple, continuous, and perfect verb forms.

Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. When my father (come) came home, I (have) was having dinner.2. When Alice (return) returned, I (listen) was listening to the radio.3. When mother (enter) entered his room, he (draw) was drawing a picture.4. When her aunt (air) was airing the room, she (catch) caught cold.5. When I (meet) met her, she (go) was going to the office.6. He (wash) was washing his face when somebody (knock) knocked at the door.7. The young people (dance) were dancing when I (come) came to the party.8. When he (wash) was washing the dishes, he (break) broke a plate.9. What ...were they (do) doing when you (see) saw them?10. I (read) was reading the book the whole day yesterday. Past Simple or Past Perfect 1. The lesson ... had already ... started (start) when I ... arrived (arrive).2. When Christina ... arrived (arrive), the film … had already … begun (begin).3. He … had played (play) guitar before he … sang (sing) a song.4. Children … had ridden (ride) their bicycles before they … met (meet) friends.5. The pupils ... talked (talk) about the film they had watched (watch).6. I was late for work because I had missed (miss) the bus.7. We lived (live) in the house that my father had built (build).8. We admired (admire) the picture that Lucy had painted (paint).9. The teacher corrected (correct) the tests that the pupils had written (write).10. The shop did not send (not / send) me the shirt that I had ordered (order).