This document provides a grammar exercise involving filling in blanks with the correct past or past perfect tense form of verbs. There are 35 sentences with blanks to be filled in with verbs in the appropriate tense, ranging from simple past to past perfect. The context clues in each sentence must be used to determine whether the simple past or past perfect tense is needed to accurately complete the sentence.
This document provides a grammar exercise involving filling in blanks with the correct past or past perfect tense form of verbs. There are 35 sentences with blanks to be filled in with verbs in the appropriate tense, ranging from simple past to past perfect. The context clues in each sentence must be used to determine whether the simple past or past perfect tense is needed to accurately complete the sentence.
This document provides a grammar exercise involving filling in blanks with the correct past or past perfect tense form of verbs. There are 35 sentences with blanks to be filled in with verbs in the appropriate tense, ranging from simple past to past perfect. The context clues in each sentence must be used to determine whether the simple past or past perfect tense is needed to accurately complete the sentence.
Past or Past Perfect Tense: Fill in the correct form.
1. Mymuna ___________________ (give) me Tamim's address before she left.
2. When the boys arrived at the stadium, the game ___________________ (already, start). 3. Before we reached the station we saw that we ___________________ (lose) our way. 4. All the tickets ___________________ (be) sold before the concert began. 5. They took a shower after they ___________________ (finish) the game. 6. I asked Mr Farid how many books he ___________________ (read) 7. Mum asked me why I ___________________ (not tidy) up my room. 8. Rashid was sorry that he ___________________ (told) me the story. 9. Tania watched TV after she ___________________ (have) lunch. 10. The sun ___________(shine) yesterday after it _______________(be) cold for many weeks. 11. Uncle Boshir ___________(go) to the doctor after he ________________(be) ill for a month. 12. Before the police ___________(catch) the thief, he ___________(steal) two more watches. 13. Mum once ___________(paint) a picture although she _____________(never, learn) it. 14. I ____________(not tell) my teacher that my mum ___________ (help) me with my homework. 15. I _______(be) very angry when I ________ (see) that my brother_________ (eat) my apple. 16. The bike ______________(be) much more expensive than he ___________(think) at first. 17. Dad ___________________ (take) me home after I ___________________ (fall) into the water. 18. Maruf ___________________ (ask) me what ___________________ (happen) to me last week. 19. We ___________________ (visit) our friend Kabir before we ___________________ (go) home. 20. Fatima ___________________ (not say) that she ___________________ (take) Arif's watch. 21. The days ___________________ (become) colder after it ___________________ (rain). 22. Masum ___________________ (tell) me that he ___________________ (be) in London. 23. I ___________________ (feel) great after I ___________________ (pass) the exam. 24. It ___________________ (be) Fahim who ___________________ (clean) the room. 25. When I _________(get) off the bike I ________ (see) that one of those tires ________(lose) air. 26. I ___________________ (be) sorry that I ___________________ (not be) nicer to him. 27. Nobody ______(come) to the meeting because Ali _______(forget) to tell them about it. 28. I know that I ___________________ (see) her somewhere before. 29. Because he _________(not check) the oil for so long, the car ___________(break) down. 30. She couldn't find the book that I ___________________ (lend) her. 31. They never ___________________ (find) where he ___________________ (hide) the money. 32. It was a story that I ___________________ (never hear) of. 33. When she ___________________ (come ) in we all knew where she ___________________ (be) 34. The class ___________________ (already start) when I ___________________ (arrive). 35. When I ____________(get) to the park I found out that I _____________(lose) my wallet. 36. He told me that he ___________________ (work) in Saudi Arab. 37. When she __________ (clean) the kitchen she ___________(decide) to have a rest. 38. After I _______________(finish) the report, I saw that it _______________(be) too late.