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Simple Past Time Markers UsageSet 4

1What is the correct verb form that should go in the blank?John ..... for a newspaper company before he became a serious fiction writer.
2It ..... almost midnight when Aziah returned home.
3I have made a lot of new friends since my family ..... here. A. move B. moved C. will move D. was moving
4Signal words use in past tense for an indefinite point in time.
5Father was watching TV when I ..... home
6True or False:The simple past tense is often used to describe an action that started in the past and is still happening now.
7Correct the mistake in the sentences. Tick the correct sentences.10. The city looked horrible after the hurricane was destroying it.
8I had fried chicken when I am at the restaurant.
9The museum ..... by millions of people last term
10..... Sue visited her grandma. Grandma was very happy with flowers and the cake. She smiled a lot. Sue and her grandma listened to a piano concert together.
11Few thieves broke the windows to steal the precious goods in that house .....
12'5 days ago' is a signal word for the..
13Those twins were born .....
14Choose the correct answer to the questions below.8.-How long did she work there?
15Fill in the gap: You use the ..... if you want to talk about actions or events that happened at a certain time. The action or event continued for a shorter period of time and has finished.
16The employee fixed the mistake three minutes .....
17Carlos and Alex did a good work .....
18Complete the sentence:I called my friend .....
19A new school ..... in the village last year.
20Select the best description of what the simple past tense is used for.
21Which would you not use the Preterite
22Yesterday, Samia read 25 pages. .....
23Pick the cue for a finished past time:
24I met my old friends in Ho Chi Minh City five years .....
25LAST WEEK is a signal word for .....
26Dialogue for number 19 and 20Ridwan: "Where did you go yesterday?"Dani: "I went to the park yesterday."Ridwan: "What did you do there?"Dani: "Well, I played slide there."19. A: "When did Dani go to the park?"B: "He went there ..... "
27He cut his fingers .....
28We ..... English together a few minutes ago.
29He wanted to know whether we ..... the museum yesterday.
30When did she go to Sydney?
31Which sentence correctly uses a time expression with the past simple? a) I am going to the beach last summer. b) I went to the beach last summer. c) I was going to the beach last summer. d) I will go to the beach last summer. e) I go to the beach last summer.
32I met my friend at the park .....
33'5 minutes ago' is a signal word for .....
34Today he ....., but yesterday he .....
35After I ..... the film, I ..... to bed.
36Choose the word or phrase that contains an error in the sentence: "David was a young man who works in an office in a big city in 1980s."
37Complete the sentence with the correct option.I ..... a monkey in the park while I was walking to work
38Which time signal indicates Past Simple?
39Find the words/ phrases that needs CORRECTION:He gave lectures to foreign tourists about traditional food and games recently.
40Select the odd signal: past simple
41When did you get it?
42I played football two days .....
43When do I NOT use the preterit tense?
44They ..... out for lunch at noon but they haven't returned yet.
45When did you come back?
46What period of time does this refer to? the 1990s
47Times signal for simple past tense are .....
48It's a week since I last ..... You.
49From 7 to 9 PM yesterday, I ..... TV for two hours. (watch)
50Which of the following is a common time expression for the Past Simple?
51When did James start his career?
52When did you sell your car?
53Choose the correct sentence with last week.
54It's ages since I last (have) Chinese food.
55Match the following tenses with the time expressions.Simple past
56What time expression is used in the simple past:
57When did this story first take place?
58I went to bed at ten o'clock ..... night.
59I visited my grandparents ..... Sunday.
60I PACK MY BAG FOR SCHOOL .....
61Choose the correct verb tense.We ..... baseball in the park yesterday.