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Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect Exercise 2

This document contains an exercise to practice using the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect verb tenses. The exercise provides 15 sentences with missing verbs that must be completed using the correct past tense. Answers to the sentences are provided on the second page. The document aims to help users practice and improve their understanding of how to use different past verb tenses in English.

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Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect Exercise 2

This document contains an exercise to practice using the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect verb tenses. The exercise provides 15 sentences with missing verbs that must be completed using the correct past tense. Answers to the sentences are provided on the second page. The document aims to help users practice and improve their understanding of how to use different past verb tenses in English.

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PA S T S I M P L E

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 ]

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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