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Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect.

The document provides examples sentences using the simple past, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. It demonstrates how to complete sentences by filling in verbs in parentheses with the appropriate tense. There are 8 sentences total that test different scenarios for using simple past, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. The document is a worksheet for practicing verb tenses.

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Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect.

The document provides examples sentences using the simple past, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. It demonstrates how to complete sentences by filling in verbs in parentheses with the appropriate tense. There are 8 sentences total that test different scenarios for using simple past, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. The document is a worksheet for practicing verb tenses.

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Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect

SOLUTIONS

1. When I (arrive)1. arrived home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare)2. had prepared a
beautiful candlelight dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I (perform) 3.have performed in two plays, a television commercial and a
TV drama. However, I (speak, never ) 4.had never spoken publicly before I came to Hollywood in
1985.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) 5.had already begun without me.
My boss (be)6. was furious with me and I (be)7. was fired.
4. When I (turn)8. turned the radio on yesterday, I (hear) 9.heard a song that was popular when I
was in high school. I (hear, not) 10.hadn't heard the song in years, and it (bring) 11.brought back
some great memories.
5. Last week, I (run) 12.ran into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see, not) 13. hadn't seen each other
for years, and both of us (change) 14.had changed a great deal. I (enjoy) 15 enjoyed talking to her
so much that I (ask) 16.asked her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.
6. When Jack (enter)17 entered the room, I (recognize, not) 18.didn't recognize him because he
(lose)19.had lost so much weight and (grow) 20.had grown a beard. He looked totally different!
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their
culture (disappear, virtually)21. had virtually disappeared by the time Europeans first (arrive)
22.arrived in the New World.
8. I (visit) have visited so many beautiful places then I (come) came to Utah last year . Before
moving here, I (hear, never) had never heard of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.

Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect


Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
1. When I (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I (perform) in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama.
However, I (speak, never ) publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) without me. My boss (be) furious
with me and I (be) fired.
4. When I (turn) the radio on yesterday, I (hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school.
I (hear, not) the song in years, and it (bring) back some great memories.
5. Last week, I (run) into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see, not) each other in years, and both of us
(change) a great deal. I (enjoy) talking to her so much that I (ask) her out on a date. We are getting
together tonight for dinner.
______/22

6. When Jack (enter) the room, I (recognize, not) him because he (lose) so much weight and
(grow) a beard. He looked totally different!
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their
culture (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first (arrive) in the New World.
8. I (visit) so many beautiful places then I (come) to Utah last year. Before moving here, I (hear,
never) of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.

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