1. Complete the sentences.

Decide if you need to use past simple or past

continuous.

1. While Steve (watch) football on TV,

Monica (listen) to the radio.
2. When I (walk) down Fifth Avenue,
I (discover) a wonderful boutique.
3. The angry little girl (throw) her toy onto the floor and (stamp) her
foot.
4. I (receive) your SMS while
I (sit) in the doctor’s waiting room.
5. When Ruth (be) little,
she (hate) the smell of coffee.

2. Complete the sentences. Decide if you need to use the simple past or the past
perfect.

1. Yesterday, Mandy (go) to a café after work.

2. She (sit) down at a table outside the café and (look) at the menu.
3. When the waiter (come) to take her order, she (be) surprised.
4. It (be) James, an old friend from school.
5. They (see/not) each other for at least five years.
6. So they (tell) each other what (happen) in the past five years.

3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1. A: I (see / not) you for a long time. Where (you / be) ?

2. B: I (come / just) back from Canada.

3. A: Oh really? What (you / do) in Canada?

4. B: I (take) a nature tour.

5. A: Wow! (you / see) many wild animals there?

6. B: Of course. I (watch) bears, wolves and whales in the wild.

That (be) so interesting. (you / spend / ever) a holiday in Canada?
7. A: Yes, I (travel) around Canada twice so far.

8. B: When (you / go) there?

9. A: The first time I (go) there (be) in 1997 and the second time in
2004.

10. B: (you / enjoy) it?

11. A: I absolutely (love) it, especially the west coast.

4..Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1. A: (you / taste / ever) sushi?

2. B: Yes, I (eat) sushi at least five times so far.

3. A: When (you / eat) sushi for the first time?

4. B: I (eat) sushi for the first time on my dad's 50th birthday. He (invite)
the whole family to a Japanese restaurant.

5. A: (you / like) it?

6. B: Absolutely. In fact, it (be) so good that we (be) to that restaurant

three times yet. And on my mum's birthday, we (order) some sushi
and (have) it at home.

5. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1. (they / be / ever) to New York?
2. (you / see) Catherine a minute ago?
3. What time (you / get) up today?
4. (he / hear) the news yet?
5. How often (you / play) that game up to now?