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Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect

  •  English    16     Public
    Using 3 of the narrative tenses.
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  • Phil and his wife ___ (meet) when they were teaching in Botswana
    met
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  • Their car broke down as they ___ (drive) home.
    were driving
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  • We wanted to go to Peru because we ____ (not be) there before.
    hadn't been
  •  5
  • When I was a student I ___ (spend) my evenings studying in the library.
    spent
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  • It ___ (be) Tuesday evening and I ___ (get) ready to go to bed when the phone ___ (ring).
    was, was getting, rang
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  • When he finally ___ (arrive) to pick them up, it was three o'clock in the morning, and I ___ (lie) on the sofa fast asleep.
    arrived, was lying
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  • _______ (rain) when you got up this morning?
    was it raining
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  • I was really hungry yesterday evening because I ____ (not eat) anything since breakfast.
    hadn't eaten
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  • I was really tired last night so I ___ (go) straight to bed.
    went
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  • We got to the cinema late and the film ____ (start).
    had started
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  • "Can you remember what the man you saw coming out of the bank ___ (wear), madam?" the policeman asked
    was wearing
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  • It was 5 o'clock, and Julie ___ (work) on the project that Mike ___ (ask) her to finish.
    was working, has asked
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  • We couldn't go to the concert because they ____ (sell) all the tickets.
    had sold
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  • While they ____ (play) football, it ____ (start) to rain.
    were playing, started
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  • Suddenly, I ____ (realize) that they ____ (show) our street on TV.
    realized, were showing
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  • The reporter ____ (say) that a car ____ (crash) into a stop sign
    said, had crashed
  •  10