Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous,
the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
1) The boys ... (to play) volleyball on the beach yesterday.
2) They ... (to play) volleyball from 9 to 11 yesterday morning.
3) By 5 o'clock yesterday their team ... (to play) two games of volleyball.
4) Den ... (toplay) volleyball for ten minutes yesterday when he suddenly ... (to twist) his ankle.
5) At that time Ron ... (to listen) to music in his room and ... (not to hear) the doorbell.
6) The secretary ... (to talk) on the phone for twenty minutes when the door ... (to open) and her boss ... (to come) into the room.
7) Peter ... (to drive) towards the airport last Sunday when he suddenly ... (to remember) that he ... (to leave) his passport at home.
8) We ... (to go) to a cafe after we ... (to meet) Sally.
9) When David ... (to return) home yesterday his wife ... (to cook) the chicken which she ... (to buy) in the supermarket the day before.
10) It ... (to be) midnight and Linda ... (to sleep) hut John ... (to lie) sleepless because he ... (to think) about the words his chief ... (to tell) him at the end of the working day.
Answers & Comments
1.played,2.were playing,3.had played,4.had been playng, twisted,5.was listening, didn't hear,6.had been talking, opened, came,7.was driving, remembered, had left,8.went, had met, 9.returned, was cooking, had bought, 10.was, was sleeping, was lying, thought, had told.