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C1 past tenses

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  • She ________ (never / experience) anything like it before, so she ________ (not / know) how to react.
    had never experienced / didn't know
  • When we were children, our parents ________ (take) us camping every summer, and we ________ (love) it.
    would take (used to take) / loved
  • When I arrived at the station, the train ________ (already / leave), so I ________ (have) to wait for the next one.
    had already left / had
  • They ________ (argue) for over an hour when I finally ________ (walk) into the room.
    had been arguing / walked
  • He ________ (not / listen) when I ________ (try) to explain what had happened.
    wasn't listening / tried
  • She ________ (already / finish) the presentation when her manager ________ (ask) her to make several changes.
    had already finished / asked
  • I ________ (not / see) him since we ________ (leave) school, so I was surprised when he contacted me.
    hadn't seen / left
  • I ________ (visit) Manchester several times since I first ________ (move) to England.
    have visited / moved
  • I ________ (expect) the meeting to be difficult, but everyone ________ (be) surprisingly cooperative.
    had expected / was
  • Yesterday I ____ (feel) so tired that I _____ (not go) to work.
    used to visit / would always make
  • They ____ (record) a lot of albums.
    have recorded
  • While we ________ (drive) through the mountains, we suddenly ________ (see) a herd of deer crossing the road.
    were driving / saw
  • While I ________ (look) through some old photographs, I ________ (find) one of my grandparents from the 1950s.
    was looking / found
  • I ________ (wait) for nearly two hours when someone finally ________ (come) to tell us that the flight had been cancelled.
    had been waiting / came