CONTENTS:
1. Past simple
2. Past continuous
3. Past perfect simple
4. Past perfect continuous
5. Advanced uses: past tenses and would
Online practice
1. Past simple
e.g. He had no idea what I was talking about.
Did he cook dinner?
He didn't check to see if the windows were closed.
2. Past continuous ("be" in the past + verb-ing)
e.g. He was writing a letter when I called.
Was he writing a letter when I called?
He wasn't writing a letter when I called.
3. Past perfect simple
("have" in the past + past participle of the chosen verb)
e.g. I had already submitted the form before he requested it.
Had he finished the test when the bell rang?
He hadn't already left when I arrived home.
4. Past perfect continuous
("have" in the past simple + been + verb-ing)
e.g. They had been talking for 3 hours when Sara arrived.
Had he been running for three hours?
He hadn't been playing computer games for three hours when she arrived.
5. Advanced uses: past tenses and would
5.1. Past tenses
a) with was / were to + past participle when describing something that actually happened
Robin Williams did monologues in clubs first, but after some years he was to become a huge star.
b) polite requests or suggestions (past continuous, indirect questions)
I was wondering if I could use your phone.
c) past arrangements that may / may have not taken place
Tom was meeting friends, so he drove into town.
I hope he didn't get lost.
d) plans that did not happen or expectations taht were not fulfilled as expected.
I had meant to call him after lunch.
Sandy was hoping to buy that dress she'd seen while window shopping, but it was sold out.
Online practice
1) Past simple or past continuous online practice
2) Past and past perfect (simple or continuous) online practice
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