WORKSHEET 3: PAST TENSES & PAST HABITS

You have to fill each space with either thepast continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.Don't use contractions. 1. I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I had been writing (write) for over two hours.2. When thieves stole my favourite leather jacket, I was really upset. I had had (have) it for over ten years.3. Please step out of the car, Mr. Jones. Do you realise you were driving(drive) at over 90mph?4. We didn't really want to go and see the musical again. We had already seen (already / have) it twice - so we said "no" and we went to a restaurant instead!5. I arrived over an hour late to the office and everyone was working. Actually, they had been working (work) for over two hours on the new project and I felt really guilty.6. The kitchen was full of steam when we arrived. Joan was in the kitchen and she was cooking (cook) a huge meal for everyone at the party.7. It was a bit embarrassing to arrive at their house and find Mary looking so sad. I think she had been crying (cry) before we got there.8. No-one even noticed when I got home. They were all watching (all watch) the big game on TV. PAST TENSES IN ENGLISH MATCH THE TENSES WITH THEIR USES. PAST SIMPLE for actions starting and ending in the past PAST PERFECT SIMPLE for actions that started and ended in the past before another action that is also in the past PAST CONTINUOUS for actions in progress in the past PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS for actions that were going on in the past up until another action in the past happened For each of the following sentences, choose either "used to" or "would". If both are possible, use "would". 1. Do you remember how your Uncle David would sit in that chair and smoke those disgusting cigars.2. Your mother used to have a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a young girl, didn't she?3. For years, they would go on holiday to the Rockies, but then it became very fashionable and, hence, expensive.4. Years ago, I would write a diary every day but then I got bored with doing it and I stopped. Maybe it was my life that was boring!5. At the start of their marriage, they used to be very happy - but then it all went wrong!6. When I was five, I used tobe able to do incredible gymnastics. Now I can't even touch my toes.7. Before getting my driving licence, I would ride a bicycle everywhere. For each of the following sentences, choose either "used to" or "would". If both are possible, use "would". DON'T USE CONTRACTIONS. 1) We would go to the zoo every summer.2)We would go swimming every Friday.3)My grandmother used to have long, fair hair.4) I did not use to like cabbage. (NEGATIVE SENTENCE)5) My granddad would tell us stories about his life as a policeman.6) My mum would cut my hair in the kitchen.7) I did not use to smoke. (NEGATIVE SENTENCE)8) We would go to the park and play football.