Past simple exercises, English language game
Past simple exercises, English language game on learning how to make sentences in English language based on fundamental rules of present perfect or past simple. Useful resource for homeschool and classroom use by teachers and students. Have fun with this ESL catapult game.
Learning about the present perfect or past simple tense
1. It ________ several years since I ________ to London.
a. Has been/have travelled
b. Has been/has travelled
c. Have been/have travelled
d. Have been/has travelled
2. I ________ the plant yesterday like you asked.
a. Has watered
b. Watered
c. Water
3. Up until recently, I _________ as a school teacher.
a. Has been working
b. Work
c. Working
d. had been working
4. Steve _______ dinner for his family after work yesterday.
a. Has cook
b. Cooked
c. Cooking
d. Cooks
5. Matt __________ to be a master chef, but decided to study art instead.
a. Had been studying
b. Has been studying
c. Studying
d. Been studying
6. The box was _______ over and is now empty.
a. Turned
b. Turns
c. Been turning
d. Turning
7. The computer _________ off during the storm last night.
a. Has been shut
b. Had been shut
8. He ________ the chair under the table after he finished the meal earlier today.
a. Has pushed
b. Pushed
c. Pushes
d. Pushing
9. The experiment ____ already ______ when he opened the door earlier today.
a. Had/began
b. Had/begun
c. Has/began
d. Has/begun
10. He ______ and _____ to reach the bar with his hands.
a. Jumped/tried
b. Jumps/tried
c. Jumped/tries
11. His lungs ______ with air as he took a deep breath.
a. Fills
b. Filling
c. Has filled
d. Filled
12. The student _____ completely still during the study.
a. Standed
b. Stood
c. Had standed
d. Had stood
13. The bucket __________ sometime last night.
a. Had been emptied
b. was emptied
c. Emptied
d. Emptyed
14. He ______ the light as a gift for his mom.
a. Fix
b. Fixed
c. Fixied
d. Fixing
15. The dog ________ so much in the last few years.
a. Had grown
b. Has grown
c. Grown
d. Growed
