Past tenses, used to & would

Ejercicios: Tiempos Pasados & Used to/Would (B2)

Ejercicio 1: Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Completa los espacios en blanco con la forma correcta del verbo en Past Simple o Past Continuous.

1. I ____________ (watch) TV when the power ____________ (go) out.
2. They ____________ (not/answer) the phone because they ____________ (have) dinner.
3. What ____________ (you/do) at 8 PM last night?
4. While Maria ____________ (walk) to work, she ____________ (see) a car accident.
5. He ____________ (always/complain) about his job when he worked here.
6. We ____________ (be) about to leave when you ____________ (call).

Ejercicio 2: Past Perfect Simple vs. Past Perfect Continuous

Elige la opción correcta.

1. By the time we arrived at the party, most people had left / had been leaving.
2. She was tired because she had studied / had been studying all night for her exam on the Galapagos Islands.
3. They had waited / had been waiting for the bus for over an hour before it finally came.
4. I had never eaten / had never been eating cuy before I visited Ecuador.
5. His hands were dirty because he had worked / had been working in the garden.
6. She had written / had been writing three chapters of her book before she decided to change the plot.

Ejercicio 3: Used to vs. Would

Completa las oraciones con used to o would. Si ambas son posibles, usa would. Si no, usa used to.

1. My grandfather _______________ tell me stories about his life in the countryside.
2. I _______________ have long hair when I was a teenager.
3. We _______________ live in a much smaller apartment before we moved to Quito.
4. On Sundays, we _______________ visit our grandparents and eat hornado.
5. I _______________ like vegetables, but now I love them.
6. He _______________ be a teacher, but now he's a tour guide.

Ejercicio 4: Used to vs. Be/Get Used to

Completa las oraciones con la forma correcta de used to, be used to o get used to.

1. I _______________ (wake up) early now. It's no longer a problem for me.
2. He _______________ (eat) dinner very late when he lived in Spain.
3. It's difficult to _______________ (the cold) weather in the mountains after living on the coast.
4. She _______________ (not/like) coffee, but she drinks it every day now.
5. After six months, I finally _______________ (the altitude) in Quito.
6. _______________ (you / play) the guitar when you were a child?

Ejercicio 5: Corrección de Errores

Encuentra y corrige un error en cada oración.

1. I used to playing football every weekend.
2. When I had seen him, he was talking to a friend.
3. She was used to live in a hot climate before moving to Canada.
4. By the time we got to the cinema, the film started.
5. We would know each other very well when we were kids.
6. What would you do when the earthquake happened?

Ejercicio 6: Combinación de Tiempos Pasados

Completa el párrafo poniendo los verbos entre paréntesis en el tiempo pasado correcto (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect).

Yesterday, I 1 ____________ (run) into my old friend, Juan. I 2 ____________ (not/see) him for years! He told me that he 3 ____________ (just/return) from a trip to the Amazon. He 4 ____________ (work) there as a guide for the past six months. He said that while he 5 ____________ (lead) a tour, he 6 ____________ (spot) a rare bird that he 7 ____________ (never/see) before. I 8 ____________ (be) about to ask him more when his phone 9 ____________ (ring). It was a great surprise to see him after all that time!

Ejercicio 7: Traducción (Contexto Ecuatoriano)

Traduce las siguientes oraciones al inglés, prestando atención al tiempo verbal correcto.

1. Cuando era niño, solía ir a la playa de Montañita todos los veranos.
2. Ya había terminado de comer cuando tú llegaste.
3. ¿Qué estabas haciendo cuando empezó el terremoto?
4. Me estoy acostumbrando a comer platos picantes.
5. Ella no solía vivir en Guayaquil; se mudó allí el año pasado.
6. Por fin encontré las llaves que había estado buscando toda la mañana.