Past Tense Exercises with Answers: A practice exercise having mixed sentences of simple past, past progressive, past perfect and past perfect progressive tense.
Let’s start!
1. I _______ two minutes ago.
Correct!
Wrong!
Simple Past Tense
2. It occurred to Hamlet that in his haste he _______ a spy.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Perfect Tense
3. He _______ into the room.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Progressive Tense
4. Alexander _______ one-fourth of the world before he was thirty.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Perfect Tense
5. Somebody _______ at my door.
Correct!
Wrong!
Simple Past Tense
6. He was not _______ for her.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Progressive Tense
7. He _______ money for many years before he fell ill.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Perfect Progressive Tense
8. I ______ my breakfast in the morning.
Correct!
Wrong!
Simple Past Tense
9. The train _______ before I reached the station.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Perfect Tense
10. She ________ her house for many days before her husband returned.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Perfect Progressive Tense.
11. I _______ for many hours before you came.
Correct!
Wrong!
Past Perfect Progressive Tense.
12. Who _______ the meeting?
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Wrong!
Past Progressive Tense
Answers
- I came two minutes ago.
- It occurred to Hamlet that in his haste he had killed a spy.
- He was peeping into the room.
- Alexander had conquered one-fourth of the world before he was thirty.
- Somebody knocked at my door.
- He was not waiting for her.
- He has been saving money for many years before he fell ill.
- I had my breakfast in the morning.
- The train had left before I reached the station.
- She had been beautifying her house for many days before her husband returned.
- I had been waiting for many hours before you came.
- Who was disrupting the meeting?
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