High School

### Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous

1. Sue ___ (be) late for work because she ___ (oversleep).

2. I ___ (walk) down the street when I ___ (bump) into Mary. I ___ (not see) her for ages.

3. What exactly ___ you ___ (do) yesterday at 7 pm?

4. Alice ___ (cook) for two hours before the guests ___ (arrive).

5. How long ___ you ___ (wait) before they ___ (come)?

6. The police ___ (arrest) him because he ___ (rob) the bank.

7. After we ___ (leave) the office, we ___ (head) for a pub.

8. Grandma ___ (have) a nap while she ___ (read) a magazine.

9. Our neighbours ___ (have) a barbecue yesterday.

10. I ___ (wake) up in the middle of the night when my neighbours upstairs ___ (start) an argument.

11. Paul ___ (buy) a new car after his previous one ___ (break) down.

12. The baby ___ (sleep) for half an hour when Ted ___ (come) home.

13. Michael ___ (not appear) until we ___ (call) him.

14. The children ___ (cross) the road when a car ___ (hit) them.

15. The police ___ (take) away Matt's driving license after he ___ (exceed) the speed limit.

16. We ___ (eat) our breakfast ten minutes ago.

Answer :

Sue was late for work because she had overslept.

I was walking down the street when I bumped into Mary. I hadn't seen her for ages.

What exactly were you doing yesterday at 7 pm?

Alice had left before the guests arrived.

How long had they been waiting before they left?

The police arrested him because he had robbed the bank.

After we had cooked for two hours, they arrived. Were you waiting for us to come?

Grandma was having a nap while she was reading a magazine.

Our neighbours had a barbecue yesterday.

I was having a nightmare last night when there was a power outage.

Paul had just left when I arrived at his previous address.

The baby had been asleep for an hour when Ted got home.

Michael woke up in the middle of the night because my neighbours upstairs had started an argument. He bought a new car after his old one had broken down. We had been sleeping for half an hour when he came back. They didn't appear until we called them. The children were crossing the road when a car hit them.

The police took away Matt's driving license after he had exceeded the speed limit.

We had just finished eating our breakfast ten minutes ago.