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Downloadable worksheets: ALL ENGLISH TENSES (ACTIVE VOICE) - COMPLETE GRAMMAR-GUIDE IN A CHART FORMAT WITH FORM, USE, EXAMPLES AND TIME PHRASES (4 pages) FOR ALL LEVELS Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 5256   MULTIPLE CHOICE - FOUR TENSES 1 Level: elementary Age: 10-14 Downloads: 5174   THE PAST PERFECT TENSE Level: elementary Age: 13-17 Downloads: 4125   TEST YOUR GRAMMAR. ALL THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TENSES. Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 3523   FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED) Level: elementary Age: 12-14 Downloads: 3536   Worksheet: Simple Present or Present Continuous? Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 3149

EXERCISE ON PAST TENSE 1. ����� Mrs Gray (talk) on the phone when the door bell rang. � 2. ����� It (rain) heavily all yesterday morning. � 3. ����� The children (go) to bed before their father came home. � 4. ����� His dog (run) over by a car when it was crossing the road. � 5. ����� The teacher told me that I (make) many mistakes in my composition. � 6. ����� He (learn) how to swim before he joined the navy. � 7. ����� The roof suddenly collapsed while it (repair). � 8. ����� He did not give up the attempt although he (fail) several times. � 9. ����� The teacher asked who (break) the window. � 10. � Before the farmer got up, all the chickens (eat) up by the foxes. � 11. � Many people (kill) in the Second World War. � 12. � He threw the bottle away after he (drink) all the wine. � 13. � America (discover) by Columbus some 400 years ago. � 14. � The soldiers (train) before they were sent to the battlefield. � 15. � That church (build) twenty years ago. � 16. � I (dream) a strange dream last night. � 17. � Stephen (dig) in the garden all yesterday morning. � 18. � His car (tow) away by the police five minutes ago. � 19. � The enemy retreated to the sea after they (defeat). � 20. � The pickpocket jumped off the police van while he (take) to court. � �