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Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect

The document is an exercise for 4th ESO students focusing on the use of past tenses, including Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect. It contains multiple sentences with gaps for students to fill in the correct verb forms based on the context provided. The exercise includes various scenarios involving different characters and situations to practice the application of past tenses.

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Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect

The document is an exercise for 4th ESO students focusing on the use of past tenses, including Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect. It contains multiple sentences with gaps for students to fill in the correct verb forms based on the context provided. The exercise includes various scenarios involving different characters and situations to practice the application of past tenses.

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4th ESO

Past tenses
Complete the gaps with the verbs from the brackets in Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

1. I __________ (walk) down the street yesterday, when I __________ (saw) a girl who __________ (cry).
When I __________ (ask) her why she __________ (cry), she __________ (tell) me that she __________
(lose) her parents and that she __________ (be) very afraid.

2. Mary __________ (move) out of her parents’ house three years before her father __________ (decide) to
sell it. However, when she __________ (learn) about her father’s decision, she __________ (feel) sad.
Nevertheless, she understood that her parents __________ (get) older and that they __________ (not/need)
such a big house anymore.

3. It __________ (be) 11 pm and John Bishop __________ (sit) in the bushes outside the Browns’ residence.
He __________ (prepare) his plan two days earlier. When he __________ (see) Mr and Mrs Brown leaving
the house, he __________ (jump) out of the bushes and __________ (run) to the door. He __________
(pick) the lock and __________ (go) inside. Unfortunately for him, an angry pit bull __________ (wait) in
the hall.

4. My dad always __________ (hate) my boyfriend, Jim. However, when we __________ (decide) to move in
together, he __________ (call) me and __________ (say) that he __________ (never/like) him, but he
__________ (trust) my judgement. It’s funny, because when he __________ (call) me, Jim and I
__________ (argue).

5. Daniel is a very nice person now, but he __________ (be) different several years ago. He __________
(spend) time with a gang of rough boys, __________ (steal) radios from parked cars, and __________ (get)
into fights very often. However, one day when he __________ (walk) home, he __________ (meet) a
beautiful girl from a Catholic school. After he __________ (meet) her, he __________ (change) for her
completely.

6. When I __________ (be) a little boy, I __________ (have) a dog, which I __________ (find) on the street.
We __________ (go) for long walks every day. Once, when we __________ (walk) back home, a man
__________ (approached) me and __________ (try) to mug me. My dog __________ (bite) him in the
bottom and the man __________ (start) running away. As he __________ (run), my dog __________ (bark)
at him.

7. Jenny and Ken __________ (meet) at a party in 2007. At that time Ken __________ (have) a girlfriend, but
Jenny __________ (have/never) a boyfriend before. It __________ (be) love at first sight. When Ken
__________ (see) Jenny, he __________ (ask) her to dance with him. As they __________ (dance), Ken’s
girlfriend __________ (come) to the party. She __________ (start) shouting at Ken and __________
(remind) him that he __________ (promise) to never leave her for another girl.

8. Randy __________ (drive) his new Porsche to visit his parents. He __________ (buy) the car only two days
earlier. It __________ (be) late at night and it __________ (rain) earlier, so the road __________ (be)
slippery. However, he __________ (want) to get to his destination as soon as possible, so he __________
(drive) very fast. Suddenly, when he __________ (go) through a forest, something __________ (jump) on
the road. In order not to hit it, Randy __________ (step) on the breaks. He __________ (lose) control of
the car and __________ (hit) a tree.

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