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C1 Tense Review - Past Tenses

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    Tense Review C1
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  • Sam _________ (not receive) the parcel the last time I _________ (speak) to him.
    hadn't received / spoke
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  • I _______ (consider) buying a house but now I ________ (change) my mind.
    was considering (had been considering) / have changed
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  • When you ______ (feel) hungry, room service _______ (bring) you whatever you want.
    feel (are feeling) / will bring
  •  20
  • I _______ (find) it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I ________ (lose) my ticket, but he believed me in the end.
    found / had lost
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  • Ever since I _______ (be) a young child, I ________ (die) to meet you.
    was / have been dying
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  • As soon as I __________ (have) a look at the designs, I _________ (send) then to you. You'll get them by Friday.
    have had / will send
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  • Whatever ________ (happen), I ________ (meet) you here in a week's time.
    happens / will meet
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  • By the time you ______ (finish) getting ready, we _______ (miss) the train.
    have finished (finish) / will have missed
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  • Sally! I ________ (not / expect) to see you here! What ________ (you / do) in New York?
    was not expecting (did not expect) / are you doing
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  • I realized someone _______ (steal) my wallet when I ______ (feel) their hand in my jacket pocket.
    was stealing / felt
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  • When I _______ (phone) Helen last night she ______ (wash) her hair.
    phoned / was washing
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  • Peter _______ (offer) me another drink but I decided I ________ (have) enough.
    offered / had had
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  • Nobody _____ (watch), so the little boy _______ (take) the packet of sweets and ________ (put) it in his pocket.
    was watching / took / put
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  • I _______ (not realize) that I _______ (leave) my umbrella on the bus until it _______ (start) to rain.
    did not realize / had left / started
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  • At school I _________ (dislike) the maths teacher because he _______ (always pick) on me.
    disliked / was always picking (always picked)
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  • Whenever Marion _________ (find) a job, there was someone who _________ (know) that she ________ (go) to prison.
    found / knew / had gone (had been)
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