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English 24 Public

choose the correct past tense for the sentence

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They ______ to find the hotel all evening. (try)

had been trying

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He moved because he _______ a job in another place. (get)

had gotten

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Everybody noticed that you ______ a mistake. (make)

had made

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I went to New York. I ______ about it for years. (dream)

had been dreaming

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They didn't want to have lunch because they ______. (already eat)

had already eaten

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The game ______ by the time we arrived. (not start)

hadn't started

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I ______ since early morning. (practice)

had been practicing

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Her eyes were red. She ______. (cry)

had been crying

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He had to leave because he ______ to pick Molly up. (arrange)

had arranged

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Tom _________(fall) off the ladder while he __________(paint) the room.

fell, was painting

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I _______ (look)out of the window and saw that people _____ (walk) in the park.

was looking, were walking

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It _____ (rain) when we _______ (come) out of the shopping centre.

was raining, came

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When ________ (you buy) the car? – I ________ (buy) it a few years ago.

did you buy, bought

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When we ______ (see) the spaceship we _____(stop) the car.

saw, stopped

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He ______ (sit) in the garden when a wasp _______(sting) him in the nose.

was sitting, stung

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Pop music _________ (play) when I ________ (go) into the room.

was playing, went

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