EXERCISE 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past & Past Perfect:
1. When the police (arrive)________, the car (go)________.
2. They (eat)________ everything by the time I (arrive)________ at the party
3. When I (find)________ my purse, someone (take)________ the money out of it.
4. By the time I (get)________ into my town, the shop (close)________.
5. They (go)________ after they (finish)________ their work.
6. He (do)________ nothing before he (see)________ me.
7. When they (get)________ the station, the train (leave)________.
 
EXERCISE 2: Put the verbs in brackets into Gerund, To Infinitive & Bare Infinitive.
1. I hope (have)________ a job
2. Try to avoid (make)________ him angry.
3. He thinks of (leave)________ his job.
4. Would you mind (show)________ me how (work)________ the lift?
5. It's no use (wait)________.
6. I hate (see)________ a child (cry)________.
7. I'm looking forward to (see)________ you.
8. He warned her (not touch)________ the wire.
9. Gravity makes water (run)________ downhill.
10. Please let me (know)________ your decision.
11. It is difficult (please)________ every body.
12. We are eager (return)________ to school in the fall.
13. Stop (argue)________ and start (work)________.
 
EXERCISE 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous.
1. This time last year I (live)________ in Brazil
2. What________ you (do)________ at 10 o’clock last night?
3. Tom (cook)________ the dinner.
4. Tom burn his hand when he (cook)________ the dinner
5. We (read)________ a book when he arrived
6. What________ he (do)________ when you came?
7. At 9.o’clock yesterday Lan (not watch)________ T.V.
8. All the students (read)________ the text carefully.
9. They (walk)________ to the corner.
10. They (study)________ in the library when the fire alarm went off.
11. It (snow)________ when I got up this morning.
12. Helen (wait)________ in the lobby, wasn’t she?
13. The wind (blow)________ very hard when I went out this morning.
14. He fell while he (go)________ down the stairs.
15. Where________ she (be)________ at 5 o’clock this morning?
 
EXERCISE 4: Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous:
1. His uncle (teach)________ English in our school 5 years ago.
2. The old man (fall)________ as he (get)________ into the bus.
3. They (not go)________ to the movies last Sunday.
4. When I saw him, he (sit)________ asleep in a chair.
5. ________ you (find)________ my pen yesterday?
6. It (take)________ me 5 minutes to walk to school last year.
7. The light (go)________ out when we (study)________ our lesson.
8. There (be)________ a lot of noise at the fair yesterday.
9. They (give)________ me the letter a few minutes ago.
10. What she (do)________ when you (arrive)________ there? She (write)________ a letter.
11. She (have)________ her bath while her sister (get)________ the breakfast ready.
12. The storm (begin)________ at half past ten while the class (study)________ history.
13. When the students (hear)________ the bell, they (get)________ up and (leave)________.
14. Mr Harvey (ask)________ me about my plans the next time he (see)________ me.
15. Just as I (leave)________ for home, a student (stop)________ me in the hall.
16. As I (cross)________ the street, two cars (race)________ by me at full speed.
17. Dorothy and I (just leave)________ the house when the telephone (ring)________.
18. The minute I (hear)________ the news, I (send)________ him a telegram.
19. I (go)________ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep)________ so peacefully when I (look)________ into your room that I (decide)________ to do it alone.
20. When I (arrive)________ at his house, he still (sleep)________.
21. My mother (arrive)________ while I (clean)________ the kitchen .
22. John (work)________ from morning to night: he (study)________ to be a doctor.
23. Just as I (write)________ the letter, the inkpot (fall)________ over.
24. A noise of breaking chairs (suggest)________ that the men (fight)________.
25. He (just close)________ the church door when he (notice)________ a man still praying in the corner.
26. The men (fight)________ bravely, but the general (order)________ them to retreat.
27. As he (come)________ up his house in the darkness, he (see)________ that a man (climb)________ out of one of the bedroom windows.
28. John (work)________ hard when suddenly the door (open)________.
29. When we (open)________ the front door we (see)________ someone walking out of the gate.
30. Lighting (strike)________ the tree that they (shelter)________ under. Of course, they (have)________ a terrible fright, but they (be)________ very lucky. No harm (come)________ to them at all.
31. The light (go)________ out while we (have)________ dinner.
32. Bill (have)________ breakfast when I (stop)________ at his house this morning.
33. As we (cross)________ the street, we (see)________ an accident.
34. Tom (see)________ a serious accident while he (stand)________ at the bus stop.
35. While my father (read)________ a newspaper, I (learn)________ my lesson and my sister (do)________ her homework.
36. The children (play) …………… football when their mother (come) ……………back home.
37. The bell (ring)________ while Tom (take)________ a bath.
38. I (be)________ very tired because I (work)________ all day yesterday.
39. He (sit)________ in a cafe when I (see)________ him.