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English 16 Public

Sinple, Continuous, Past simple Past continuous

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After Sam ________(spend) his holiday in France, he ___________(want) to learn how to speak French

had spent / wanted

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Jenny ___________ (turn on) the TV after she _________ (do) the dishes.

turned on / had done

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They ___________ (rent) in Barcelona for three years before they finally ___________ (decide) to buy a house.

were renting or had been renting / decided

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After I _______ (press) the send button on the email I realised I ____________ (send) it to the wrong work colleague!)

pressed / had sent

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I __________ (dream) of going to live in Canada for years so I finally got the courage and _______ (book) my ticket last week.

had been dreaming / booked

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While the scientist ___________ (experiment) in the lab the students _______ (able to) watch from the window.

was experimenting / were able to

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At midnight last night she still _____________ (not done) her homework!

hadn't done

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It __________ (rain) very hard so the coach ____________ (decide) not to play the match

was raining / decided

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Bill Gates __________(study) for two years before he ___________ (drop out) of Harvard College.

had been studying / dropped out

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We ___________ (invite) our new colleague to the work drinks but he told us he _____________ (already make) plans.

invited / had already made

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Luckily the bomb _____________ (explode) before we _________ (arrive) at the airport. We had a lucky escape!

had exploded / arrived

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I ________________ (concentrate) on the documentary so I ______________ (not notice) my parents coming home.

was concentrating or had been concentrating / didn't notice

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My son ________ (hurt) his knee badly yesterday when he __________ (ride) his bike.

hurt / was riding

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They ___________ (look forward to) seeing the fireworks all week but unfortunately that night it _________ (rain)

had been looking forward to / rained

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The teacher __________ (explain) the new vocabulary 5 times but the students still _____________ (not understand)

had explained / didn't understand

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I _______ (be) exhausted that morning because I ____________ (study) all night for the test, but it turned out to be the wrong day!

was / had been studying

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