Make up sentences using past simple, past continuous or past perfect 1) he(do) his lessons by five o’clock and at five he(play) football in the yard. 2) mark (be) at home when you (arrive) ? -no, he (go) to school. 3) my parents (come) home by seven o’clock and at eight we (have) dinner. 4) his father (look) tired as he (work) hard before. 5) by seven o’clock i (learn) the poem and at eight o’clock i (watch) tv.

1) He had done his lessons by five o'clock and at five, he was playing football in the yard.
Explanation: We use the past perfect (had done) to indicate that the action of completing the lessons happened before the action of playing football. The past continuous (was playing) is used to describe an ongoing action in the past.

2) Was Mark at home when you arrived? - No, he had gone to school.
Explanation: We use the past perfect (had gone) to indicate that the action of going to school happened before the action of arriving.

3) My parents had come home by seven o'clock and at eight, we were having dinner.
Explanation: We use the past perfect (had come) to indicate that the action of coming home happened before the action of having dinner. The past continuous (were having) is used to describe an ongoing action in the past.

4) His father looked tired as he had worked hard before.
Explanation: We use the past perfect (had worked) to indicate that the action of working hard happened before the action of looking tired.

5) By seven o'clock, I had learned the poem and at eight o'clock, I was watching TV.
Explanation: We use the past perfect (had learned) to indicate that the action of learning the poem happened before the action of watching TV. The past continuous (was watching) is used to describe an ongoing action in the past.