English Grammar Drills

134 Verb Phrases
6. Sometimes we go for long walks on the weekend.
7. In America, rental apartments come with all the major kitchen appliances.
8. All too often, debates about global warming totally ignore all the scientific evidence.
9. They rarely watch TV.
10. Mexican food has too much fat and salt for me.
11. Paying cash beats using your credit card all the time.
12. That song certainly sounds familiar.
13. Most Asian restaurants have take-out menus.
14. I sneeze whenever I step into bright sunshine.
15. Many Americans spend part of the winter in the Southwest or Florida.
Past tense
The past tense is used to refer to events that were completed in the past. The key to using the past
tense is to remember that the use of the past tense emphasizes that the events are over and done
with before the present moment of time. Often the use of the past tense implies that what was
true then is not true now. For example, consider the following sentence:
When I was a little boy, I hated girls.
The use of the past tense tells us that the speaker’s childhood attitude toward girls is confined to
the past.
The past tense can be used to refer to a single moment in past time. For example:
I graduated in 2004.
The past tense can refer to events that occurred repeatedly in the past. For example:
It rained every day during my vacation in Spain.
The implication is that the vacation was over with at some time prior to the present.
The past tense can refer to a span of time in the past. For example:
I worked for that company for six years.