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CAE Mixed tenses

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    Appropriate form of verbs in PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT, PAST PERFECT, and PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
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  • We _______ (PLAY) 35 matches so far this season, so we're feeling pretty tired.
    HAVE PLAYED
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  • After the match she admitted that _______ (PLAY) badly.
    HAD PLAYED
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  • ______ you _______ (PLAY) rugby or football at the school you went to?
    DID you PLAY
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  • We _______ (MAKE) the right decision in emigrating to Canda in the mid-1990s.
    MADE
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  • Henson never thought about retirement. In fact, he _______ (MAKE) a documentary film about the indigenous people of Chile when he died.
    HAD BEEN MAKING
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  • - When did you realise that you _______ (MAKE) a mistake in joining the army? - When I was posted to a boiling hot jungle.
    HAD MADE
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  • Korean scientists believe they _______ (MAKE) a breakthrough in the fight against cancer by developing a technique for containing the disease. They reported their findings at a conference in New York this week.
    HAVE MADE
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  • Over the last year I _______ (RUN) workshops on creative writing in twelve colleges and universities.
    HAVE BEEN RUNNING
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  • She was breathing hard as if she _______ (RUN).
    WAS/WERE RUNNING OUT OF BREATH.
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  • She _______ (RUN) only two marathons before breaking the world record in the Pan-African Games.
    HAD RUN
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  • I was late for work so I _______ (RUN) most of the way.
    RAN
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  • Ireland _______ (PLAY) really well all year, so it came as a big surprise when they were beaten by Wales last December.
    HAD BEEN PLAYING
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