Past Tense – English Grammar Test for B1
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2 When she called, I wrote an email.
3 They was playing football when it rained.
4 By the time we arrived, the film already started.
5 He didn’t saw me at the station.
6 While we walked in the park, it began to snow.
7 She had studies hard before the test.
8 They was eating when the phone rang.
9 I didn’t went to school last Monday.
10 The train left before we was get there.
11 I was play the guitar when she entered the room.
12 We was sitting in the garden all afternoon.
13 After I had eat breakfast, I went to work.
14 He didn’t knew the answer.
15 They had arrived before the party starts.
16 She was listened to music when I knocked.
17 I hadn’t never been to Paris before 2010.
18 The children was sleeping when the storm began.
19 By the time I got home, my parents has already left.
20 We watched TV while our friends was playing outside.
21 He was broke his leg when he fell off the bike.
22 They was not believing the news.
23 She had wrote the letter before dinner.
24 While I was cook, my brother watched TV.
25 He didn’t went to the concert last night.
26 When the teacher came in, the students talked loudly.
27 She was cries because she lost her phone.
28 By the time I arrived, the shop closed already.
29 He was reading a book when suddenly the lights go out.
30 After we eaten lunch, we went for a walk.
Answer
1 was go → went. Past Simple for completed action yesterday.
2 wrote → was writing. Ongoing action interrupted by call.
3 was playing → were playing. Plural subject needs “were.”
4 already started → had already started. Past Perfect before arrival.
5 didn’t saw → didn’t see. After “didn’t” use bare infinitive.
6 walked → were walking. Continuous action when interrupted.
7 had studies → had studied. Correct Past Perfect form.
8 was eating → were eating. Plural subject needs “were.”
9 didn’t went → didn’t go. Bare infinitive after “didn’t.”
10 was get → got. Past Simple after “we.”
11 was play → was playing. Past Continuous form.
12 was sitting → were sitting. Plural subject.
13 had eat → had eaten. Past Perfect correct form.
14 didn’t knew → didn’t know. Bare infinitive.
15 starts → started. Both actions in past.
16 was listened → was listening. Past Continuous.
17 hadn’t never been → had never been. Double negative corrected.
18 was sleeping → were sleeping. Plural subject.
19 has already left → had already left. Past Perfect needed.
20 watched → was watching. Ongoing while simultaneous action.
21 was broke → broke. Simple past form.
22 was not believing → didn’t believe. Past Simple for stative verb.
23 had wrote → had written. Correct past participle.
24 was cook → was cooking. Past Continuous form.
25 didn’t went → didn’t go. Bare infinitive.
26 talked → were talking. Ongoing background action.
27 was cries → was crying. Correct Continuous form.
28 closed already → had already closed. Past Perfect.
29 go out → went out. Past Simple.
30 eaten → had eaten. Past Perfect before another past action.