Englivio Worksheets
Past Tenses: Mixed
Simple, Continuous, Perfect & Perfect Continuous
1. “I ___ my dinner when the phone rang.”
2. “By the time we got there, the movie ___.”
3. “They ___ for two hours before they found the station.”
4. “Last year, I ___ to Italy for my holidays.”
5. “While she ___ the dishes, she dropped a plate.”
6. “I realized that I ___ my umbrella on the bus.”
7. “He was tired because he ___ all day.”
8. “The sun ___ when I woke up this morning.”
9. “They ___ each other for ten years before they got married.”
10. “___ you finish the report yesterday?”
11. True or False: ‘After’ often links a Past Perfect action with a Simple Past action.
12. True or False: We use Past Continuous for short, completed actions.
13. True or False: Past Perfect Continuous emphasizes the duration of a past activity.
14. True or False: In a “did” question, the main verb must be in the past form.
15. True or False: “I was having a shower when the water stopped” is correct.
16. True or False: Past Perfect is the “Past of the Past.”
17. “The ground was dry because it ___ for weeks.”
18. “What ___ you doing at this time last night?”
19. “He ___ his homework, so he went out to play.”
20. Identify the mistake: “She had been cook for hours before they arrived.”
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