Share C1 Tense Review - Past Tenses
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Sam _________ (not receive) the parcel the last time I _________ (speak) to him.
hadn't received / spoke
I _______ (consider) buying a house but now I ________ (change) my mind.
was considering (had been considering) / have changed
When you ______ (feel) hungry, room service _______ (bring) you whatever you want.
feel (are feeling) / will bring
I _______ (find) it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I ________ (lose) my ticket, but he believed me in the end.
found / had lost
Ever since I _______ (be) a young child, I ________ (die) to meet you.
was / have been dying
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
Whatever ________ (happen), I ________ (meet) you here in a week's time.
happens / will meet
By the time you ______ (finish) getting ready, we _______ (miss) the train.
have finished (finish) / will have missed
Sally! I ________ (not / expect) to see you here! What ________ (you / do) in New York?
was not expecting (did not expect) / are you doing
I realized someone _______ (steal) my wallet when I ______ (feel) their hand in my jacket pocket.
was stealing / felt
When I _______ (phone) Helen last night she ______ (wash) her hair.
phoned / was washing
Peter _______ (offer) me another drink but I decided I ________ (have) enough.
offered / had had
Nobody _____ (watch), so the little boy _______ (take) the packet of sweets and ________ (put) it in his pocket.
was watching / took / put
I _______ (not realize) that I _______ (leave) my umbrella on the bus until it _______ (start) to rain.
did not realize / had left / started
At school I _________ (dislike) my maths teacher the most because he _______ (always pick) on me.
disliked / was always picking (always picked)
Several years later I ________ (find out) that during during all the time I _______ (write) to my penfriend, my mother ________ (open) and reading my replies!
found out / had been writing (had written) / had been opening
