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[ Exercise 1 ]

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Use Past Simple, Past Continuous, or Past Perfect.

Example:
I   a month ago. (resign)

Answer:
I resigned a month ago.

1. We   to the cinema last week. (go)

2. Yesterday at 11 pm, the baby   . (sleep)

3. I   Chris after I   my first husband. (meet / divorce)

4. By the time we   to the station, the train 
already   , so we   to wait for another one.

(get / leave / decide)

5. My mum   the dishes while I   dinner. (wash / cook)

6. When Amelia   home, she quickly   dinner and

 straight to bed. (come / have / go)

7. Matthew   sad because he   his lucky T-shirt.

(be / lose)

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8. Andrew   as an architect when he   Abbie.

(work / meet)

9. It   , so they   to go skiing. (snow / decide)

10. At this time yesterday, Claire   in the yard with her friends. (play)

11. They   the house before I   . (leave / arrive)

12. We   happy to meet Lily because we   each

other for years. (be / not see)

13. My brother   an email when the computer   .

(write / turn off)

14. My friend   me in Los Angeles after he   from

university. (visit / graduate)

15. Why   you   at 10 o’clock in the evening? (work)

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PA S T C O N T I N U O U S

PA S T P E R F E C T
[ Exercise 1 ]

A N S W E R S

1. went.
2. was sleeping.
3. met / had divorced.
4. got / had / left / decided.
5. was washing / was cooking.
6. came / had / went.
7. was / had lost.
8. was working / met.
9. was snowing / decided.
10. was playing.
11. had left / arrived.
12. were / hadn’t seen.
13. was writing / turned off.
14. visited / had graduated.
15. were / working.

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