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This document contains an English grammar exercise that asks students to fill in blanks with the correct past perfect tense form of verbs provided in parentheses. The exercise provides 10 examples for students to practice forming sentences using regular past participles in the simple past perfect tense.

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Past Tense Exercise

This document contains an English grammar exercise that asks students to fill in blanks with the correct past perfect tense form of verbs provided in parentheses. The exercise provides 10 examples for students to practice forming sentences using regular past participles in the simple past perfect tense.

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Exercise 29
Past Tense
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past
perfect tense.

Note: All of the past participles used in this exercise are regular.
(See note at exercise 28.)
Example: Vikings (invade) had invaded England long before the Angles and Saxons
arrived.
1) Tonya (work) _______ _______ as a decorator before she opened her shop.
2) My daughter and I (enjoy) _______ _______ the ballet so much that
we wanted to see it again.
3) The power supply (fail) _______ _______ during the night, so the
house got cold.
4) You (call) _______ _______ earlier in the day, so we knew you were
on your way.
5) The cat (scratch) _______ ______ a hole in the sofa before its owner noticed.
6) John and Nikki (start) _______ _______ their bakery long before the big one came
to town.
7) The alligators at the edge of the pond (scare) _______ _______ us until we realized
they were behind a fence.
8) The defense attorney (argue) _______ _______ before Judge Sanchez prior to last
June's trial.
9) The trumpet player (finish) ______ ________ his solo before the trombonist stood
up.
10) Mark (behave) _______ _______ well at the playground, so his mother bought him
a treat.

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