I.
THE
PAST TENSE
a.
The
Simple Past Tense (S+V2+O)
1. Nia
lived in Jakarta last year.
2. Vania
visited Venezuela last month.
3. Lorenzo
went to Indonesia last year.
4. I
sent you a letter a month ago.
5. They
bought a book last week.
6. My
Father drank a cup of coffee yesterday.
7. My
Sister came to the party last month.
8. He
finished his homework yesterday.
9. He
wrote a letter last night.
10. I
ate a plate of friedrice this morning.
b. The Past Continuous Tense
(S+Was/Were+Verb-ing+O)
1. Were they
sailing last week ?
2. Was he
falling a sleep ?
3. She
was reading yesterday.
4. Sam
was swimming before lunch yesterday.
5. He
wasn’t painting an hour ago.
6. Rio
was playing chess whole night yesterday.
7. I
was praying when you came to my
house yesterday.
8. She
was reading a book.
9. The
girl was always yelling out loud.
10. I
was doing physically exercises all
day yesterday.
c. The Past Perfect Tense (S+Had+V3+O)
1. My
Parents had already eaten by the
time I got home.
2. When
your son was in the Junior High School, Had
you lived there ?
3. I
just had sat when the bell rang.
4. Mom
had bought one kilogram of beef.
5. I
had slept in the bedroom.
6. They
had eaten beef steak yesterday.
7. My
Sister had swept the floor.
8. Donita
had given him a lot of money last week.
9. Radit
had loved her for a long time.
10. They
had not gone there before.
d. The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
(S+Had Been+Verb-ing+O)
1. Luna
and Theo had been loving to read book.
2. I
had been eating sandwich.
3. She
had been bringing many books so she
felt heavy yesterday.
4. Jihan
had been watering those flowers.
5. They
had been repairing those computers
since a hour ago.
6. He
had been solving many problems.
7. She
had been forcing me to marry him.
8. I
had been feeding cats.
9. My
Mother had not been cooking the food
her husband.
10. Had they
been studying this lecture ?
