Present perfect tense

My brother _ that book already.

Past simple vs. present perfect

Monika (to be) to Canada twice.

Present perfect tense

I already (to try) getting up earlier, but I just can't wake up.

Present perfect tense

He _ soccer in years.

Past simple tense: mix

The sun _ all afternoon.

Past simple tense (irregular verbs)

I (to hide) under the bed.

Talking about the past: mix

I didn't (to know) what to say.

Past simple vs. past continuous

I (to wake up) early this morning.

Past perfect

Nezapomněl jsem si peněženku?

          ?

Present perfect tense

Právě jsme se rozhodli, že bychom měli zůstat déle.

        that         .

Past simple tense (irregular verbs)

Music band

When the band   together in 2016, they   worried about being compared to other bands. They   music which was very different from anyone else’s. As the lead singer   up in Spain, he   to play castanets, the Spanish national instrument. One of the guitarists   up in France so he liked to listen to French rock music and   inspired by it. Other members of the band   special skills too. So, when they all   for the first time, they   that their music would be exceptional. Their first song   them popular. They   over million copies of their album. However, the fame that it   influenced the band so much that they   up in 2017 and the members   different lifestyle. They   more time with their families, they   to the concerts of other bands and they   things that enjoyed. Thanks to that they   happy again.

Talking about the past: mix

On the bus

When I   to school yesterday a weird thing   . An old lady   on the bus and   down next to me. She   really sad. When I   her what had happened to her she   to cry. First, I   what to do. So, I just   there and   . When she   crying she   me that her cat had died. That   her very sad because the cat   to her a member of the family. I   that it wouldn’t help, but I   her that it would be alright. I also   her to take one of our kittens. That   her happy!

Past continuous tense

Lhali si.

They           .

Talking about the past: mix

Pam byla znovu přichycena při krádeži.

            .

Past simple vs. past perfect

When he _ up, his mother had already prepared breakfast.