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Past Simple

This document provides examples of sentences using the past simple, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses in English. It includes 16 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct form of the given verbs in the past tense. The sentences cover a variety of situations involving actions that occurred at different times in the past or were ongoing up until another past action.

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Past Simple

This document provides examples of sentences using the past simple, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses in English. It includes 16 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct form of the given verbs in the past tense. The sentences cover a variety of situations involving actions that occurred at different times in the past or were ongoing up until another past action.

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PAST SIMPLE / PAST PERFECT / PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1. I ____________________ (wait) for hours so I was really glad when the bus finally ____________
(arrive).
2. By the time I __________________________ (come) back from my business trip, a lot of things
_________________________(changed)
3. Why ____________________ (be) the baby's face so dirty? He ____________ (eat) chocolate.
4. The doctor ________________________ (ask) me how long I (have) ______________________ the

symptoms.
5. After Fred _________________( spend) his holiday in Italy he _________________( want) to learn
Italian.
6. I _______________________ (see) John yesterday, but he _______________ (run) so he was too
tired to chat.
7. He was dismissed, even though, in his opinion, he (not/do) ___________________ anything wrong.
8. It __________________ (rain) and the pavement _________________ (be) covered with puddles.
9. After Eric _____________________ (make) breakfast he ______________________ (phone) his
friend
10.When I ________________ (arrive) it was clear she ______________________ (work). There were
papers all over the floor and books everywhere.
11.They __________________ (study) all day so when we ______________ (meet) they were
exhausted.
12.When she __________________ (arrive) the match _______________________( already/ start).
13.The boss ____________________ (talk) to clients on Skype for hours so she __________________
(want) a break.
14.I ____________________ (drink) coffee all morning. By lunchtime, I ________________ (feel) really
strange!
15.Lucy ___________________ (hope) for a new car, so she was really pleased when
she ___________________ (get) one.
16.I ___________________ (dream) about a holiday in Greece. I couldn't believe it when my
husband ____________________ (book) one as a surprise!

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