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Past Perfect Simple, Continuous, Past Simple

The document provides examples of verbs in brackets that need to be conjugated into different past tense forms: past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, or past simple. There are 20 examples given in total across two sections, with the verbs needing to be changed to the appropriate past tense form based on the context of each sentence.

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Past Perfect Simple, Continuous, Past Simple

The document provides examples of verbs in brackets that need to be conjugated into different past tense forms: past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, or past simple. There are 20 examples given in total across two sections, with the verbs needing to be changed to the appropriate past tense form based on the context of each sentence.

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Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous or Past Simple:

1 It was a relief to find the documents. I ...(look) for them all afternoon.
2 He was dismissed, even though, in his opinion, he ..(not/do) anything wrong.

3 It was not the first time I'd met him. We ...(meet) many times before.
4 He called me at eleven in the evening to tell me that he .(find/finally) a solution.

5 When he .(finish) his speech, he waited for the reaction of the audience. But

no one said a word.


6 By the time I came back from my business trip, a lot of things ..(changed) .

7 The doctor asked me how long I ..(have) the symptoms.

8 It was more than a month before we realised what ..(happen) to him.


9 We ...(work/already) on this project for a month before we found a fundamental flaw.

10 The invoice ...(not/arrive/still) by the end of the week so we sent them a strong

reminder.

1. They . (chat) for over 2 hours when they.(realize) how late it was.
2. I .(wait) there for ages before someone.. (answer) my questions.
3. Brianna. (sit) there for 20 minutes before the doctor ...(call) her name.
4. You. (work) there for several years before you ...(quit) your job.
5. They. (jog) for a while before they ...(get) tired.
6. I ...(wait) for the bus for 10 minutes when it... (arrive).
7. She . (want) to rest a bit because she. (clean) the whole day.
8. They .. (decide) to break up because they. (fight) for a long time.
9. Alex ..(play) golf for many years before he... (retire).
10. Susan.. (be) hungry because she... (fast) the whole day.
11. Peter . (drink) too much, so he.. (have) to run to the bathroom a lot.
12. Anna ...(fail) the exam because she.. (skip) classes.
13. I .(work) on my book for a year when I .(publish) it.
14. You ..(pass) the test because you .(study) very well.
15. We ...(buy) the house after we.. (save) for many years.

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
1. The storm ...(destroy) the sandcastle that we .(build) .
2. He ..(not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
3. When she ..(go) out to play, she... (do / already) her homework.
4. My brother .(go) all of the cake that our mum .(make) .
5. The doctor.. (take) off the plaster that he .(put on) six weeks
before.
6. The waiter .(bring) a drink that I ..(not / order) .
7. I .(not remember) the poem we ...(learn) the week before.
8. The children .(collect) the chestnuts that.. (fall) from the tree.
9. ...(he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?
10. She ...(not / ride) a horse before that day.

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