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[ Exercise 2 ]

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

Example:
Emma   the floor an hour ago. (mop)

Answer:
Emma mopped the floor an hour ago.

1. They   at the airport and   .

(arrive / check in)

2. We   dinner when Lily   her plate.

(have / drop)

3. At 7 pm, most people   a movie in the hall. (watch)

4. When Chris   home, he   that

he   his keys at work. (come / realize / forget)

5. Claire went to the police to report that someone   her purse. (steal)

6. Andrew   a lot since the last time we 

him. (change / see)

7. While Ryan   , Daisy   a cake. (sleep / make)

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8. I   working in the garden before you   .

(finish / call)

9. Last night at 1 am, I   Taylor Swift’s new album. (listen to)

10. My dad   in that house forty years ago. (live)

11. By 3 pm, she   everything for the meeting. (prepare)

12. The students   when the teacher 

the classroom. (draw / enter)

13. They   before you   . (go out / call)

14. William   his first car in 2010. (buy)

15. The children   to bed before the cartoon

 . (go / end)

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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 2 ]

A N S W E R S

1. arrived / checked in.

2. were having / dropped.
3. were watching.
4. came / realized / had forgotten.
5. had stolen.
6. had changed / saw.
7. was sleeping / was making.
8. had finished / called.
9. was listening to.
10. lived.
11. had prepared.
12. were drawing / entered.
13. had gone out / called.
14. bought.
15. had gone / ended.

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