Year 7 - the Past Tenses

a) the Imperfect Tense:


laborabam I was working
laborabas you (s) were working
laborabat he, she, it, was working
laborabamus we were working
laborabatis you (pl) were working
laborabant they were working

Choose the right word from the following for each of the English verbs:

tenebat    spectabamus    currebam    currebant    audiebatis    audiebas    trahebam    trahebant

1. I was dragging =

2. We were watching =

3. They were running =

4. You (pl) were listening =

5. You (s) were listening =

6. I was running =

7. They were dragging =

8. She was holding =


b) The Perfect Tense


laborav-i I worked
laborav-isti you (s) worked
laborav-it he, she, it worked
laborav-imus we worked
laborav-istis you (pl) worked
laborav-erunt they worked

Choose the right word from the following for each of the English verbs:

intravit       intravimus      intravisti     traxerunt     traxistis    audivi     audivimus       festinavistis

1. We entered =

2. You (s) entered =

3. I heard =

4. You (pl) hurried =

5. You (pl) dragged =

6. They dragged =

7. She entered =

8. We heard =



c) Both Past tenses

They entered         They were entering          I was entering      You entered           I entered

1. intrabam =

2. intravi =

3. intrabant =

4. intraverunt =

5. intravisti =

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