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    The document provides a series of sentences for the learner to complete by using verbs in either the past simple or past perfect tense. There are 45 sentences total for the learner to practice using the two past verb tenses. The sentences cover a variety of everyday situations and scenarios involving actions that happened at specific times in the past or before other past actions.

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    Iris K 13

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    The document provides a series of sentences for the learner to complete by using verbs in either the past simple or past perfect tense. There are 45 sentences total for the learner to practice using the two past verb tenses. The sentences cover a variety of everyday situations and scenarios involving actions that happened at specific times in the past or before other past actions.

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    The document provides a series of sentences for the learner to complete by using verbs in either the past simple or past perfect tense. There are 45 sentences total for the learner to practice using the two past verb tenses. The sentences cover a variety of everyday situations and scenarios involving actions that happened at specific times in the past or before other past actions.

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    Iris K 13

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    The document provides a series of sentences for the learner to complete by using verbs in either the past simple or past perfect tense. There are 45 sentences total for the learner to practice using the two past verb tenses. The sentences cover a variety of everyday situations and scenarios involving actions that happened at specific times in the past or before other past actions.

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    Past Perfect

    Write the sentences, putting one verb in each sentence into the Past Simple, and the
    other verb into the Past Perfect.

    When the police ______________________(arrive), the car ________________________(go).

    When I _______________________(get) to the shop, it __________________________(close).

    They ________________________(eat) everything by the time I ______________________(arrive) at


    the party.

    When we ___________________(leave) the beach, the rain _______________________(already / start).

    I ______________________(try) phoning her several times but she _____________________________


    (leave the country).

    When I _____________________(find) my purse, someone _______________________(take) the


    money out of it.

    The car _____________________(go) when I _____________________(look) into the street.

    The patient ___________________________(already / die) by the time the doctor ________________


    (see) her.

    All the garages __________________________(close) by the time we ___________________________


    (cross) the border.

    10

    __________________________________(you / already / leave) when the trouble __________________


    (start).

    11

    The mail _______________________________(not / arrive) when I _______________________(leave)


    the house this morning.

    12

    By the time I _________________________(get) into town, the shops __________________________


    (close).

    Write the verbs in the correct tense.


    1

    She paid for her ticket and _______________________(leave).

    I closed the door quietly because he __________________________(try) to sleep.

    How many times _______________________________(she call) since he came to Hong Kong?

    I ___________________________(know) about this for some time now.

    They _________________________(watch) TV their favourite programme is on at the moment.

    I wanted to be the first to tell her the news, but it was too late. Someone __________________________
    (already tell) her.

    The children are filthy. Where _______________________________(they be)?

    I'm going to bed. I ____________________________________(work) for hours and I'm tired.

    I think she's the nicest person I ______________________________(ever meet).

    10

    Mary was cleaning the windscreen when she _______________________(notice) a crack in the glass.

    11

    I couldn't open the office door because someone ___________________________(lock) it.

    12

    I agree; I ____________________________(not think) you should apologise.

    13

    When I phoned her, she ___________________________(do) her homework.

    14

    We _________________________________(wait) for three-and-a-half hours when John finally arrived.

    15

    When I shouted, they _________________________(jump) off the roof and _____________________


    (run) away.

    16

    Don't phone her just now. She ___________________________(talk) to her boss.

    17

    Oh! You ____________________________(have) a shave. You look strange without a beard.

    18

    I _______________________________(do) military service for eighteen months. This is my last month.

    19

    We _______________________________(travel) for about four hours when we realised that something


    was wrong with one of the tyres.

    20

    Mary will be ready soon. She _________________________(have) a bath at the moment.

    21

    Sorry, I _____________________________(not understand). Could you say that again please?

    22

    We ___________________________(stay) in the cafeteria until the rain stopped and then went home.

    23

    ________________________________(you be) here before?

    24

    There was nobody at the office. Mr Brownlow _________________________(tell) the staff to go home.

    25

    I signed the register and _________________________(go) upstairs to my room.

    26

    He had been working in the garden, but he __________________________(stop) when he saw us.

    27

    I couldn't drive to work because Mary ____________________________(use) the car.

    28

    How many times _________________________________(you see) him since he went to Edinburgh?

    29

    Peter and Jane ____________________________(argue). I could hear them from my room.

    30

    I ______________________________________(never trust) him since he started working here.

    31

    I'm worried. Why ________________________________________(they not arrive) yet?

    32

    They're very angry. They _________________________________(try) to see you for the last two or three
    hours.

    33

    I wanted to help with the washing-up, but they _______________________________(already do) it.

    34

    It's the most comfortable car I ___________________________________(ever drive).

    35

    Peter was cleaning the flat and John ____________________________(cook) dinner.

    36

    I had a pleasant surprise when I got to my room; someone ________________________(put) some


    flowers there for me.

    37

    ______________________________(you agree) that we should tell him tomorrow?

    38

    They couldn't leave the studio when I called because they __________________________(edit) a film.

    39

    I ________________________________(use) the machine for some time when I realised that there was
    no ink in it.

    40

    When he warned them about the police, they _________________________(leave) the country.

    41

    Don't make a noise; the children ______________________________(try) to sleep.

    42

    Oh! You _____________________________(buy) a new dress.

    43

    She __________________________________(work) here for several years four or five I think.

    44

    We ___________________________________(sit) in the sunshine for about twenty-five minutes when I


    suddenly felt sick.

    45

    He'll be ready in a moment. He ____________________________(clean) his shoes.

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