✍️Past Tenses Fill in the Blanks

🎯B2 Level ESL Exercise - Dialogue

💡Complete the dialogue between Anna and Lucas with the correct verb tense: Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, or Past Perfect Simple. Pay attention to time expressions and context.

💭Remember:

Past Continuous: was/were + verb-ing (action in progress at a specific time in the past)
Past Perfect Continuous: had + been + verb-ing (action in progress before another past action)
Past Perfect Simple: had + past participle (completed action before another past action)

💬A Conversation at Work

Anna: Hi, Lucas! You looked exhausted yesterday at the meeting. What you (do) all afternoon?

Lucas: I (work) on the report for three hours before the meeting started.

Anna: Really? I thought you (finish) it earlier.

Lucas: No, I (not finish). In fact, I (not sleep) well all week because of this project.

Anna: That explains it. When I called you at 10 p.m., you (study) the numbers for the presentation.

Lucas: Exactly. I didn't hear the phone. But tell me, you (check) the data before the meeting?

Anna: Yes, I (check) everything carefully, and I sent it to the manager.

Lucas: That helped a lot. But why you (help) me with the slides?

Anna: Because you (not ask) me for help!