True Stories B1+ Lesson 22B | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 22 Public

Past tenses practice

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#B2 #Past continuous vs past simple #B2 First #Past tenses #used to and would #past perfect simple and continuous

I ___ (see) Maria for the first time at Ray's birthday party.

saw

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Richard ___ (watch) TV when the phone rang.

was watching

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When we were on holiday, we ____ (go) to the café almost every day.

went

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Denise _____ (practise) the song every day until she could sing it perfectly.

practised

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The phone was engaged when I called. Who _____ (you / talk) to?

were you talking

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I ________ (do) my homework as soon as I got home from school.

did

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By the time Beethoven died, he __________ (write) 9 symphonies.

had written

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We chose to stay at the Hotel Riviera because we _____ (stay) there a year ago.

had stayed

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We _______(wait) for over an hour when the train finally arrived.

had been waiting

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I was completely out of breath because I _______ (run)

had been running

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I ____ (see) the film before so I knew how it ended.

had seen

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When he got married, I _______ (know) Chris for about 2 years.

had known

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Vivian _________ (not have) computer lessons for very long so she wasn't sure how to use the internet.

hadn't had

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Holly _______ (never / eat) oysters before so she wasn't sure what to do with them.

had never eaten

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My brother and I _____ (go) swimming almost every day last summer.

went

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We _____ (talk) when somebody knocked at the door.

were talking

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