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    WORKSHEET 13 Past Tenses

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    The document contains four sections with exercises involving verb tenses: Section A contains sentences to be completed with either the simple past or past perfect tense. Section B contains similar sentences to be completed with verbs in either the simple past or past perfect. Section C contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. Section D also contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. The document provides practice with verb tenses, including the simple past, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses through a series of exercises involving sentence completion.

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    WORKSHEET 13 Past Tenses

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    The document contains four sections with exercises involving verb tenses: Section A contains sentences to be completed with either the simple past or past perfect tense. Section B contains similar sentences to be completed with verbs in either the simple past or past perfect. Section C contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. Section D also contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. The document provides practice with verb tenses, including the simple past, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses through a series of exercises involving sentence completion.

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    The document contains four sections with exercises involving verb tenses: Section A contains sentences to be completed with either the simple past or past perfect tense. Section B contains similar sentences to be completed with verbs in either the simple past or past perfect. Section C contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. Section D also contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. The document provides practice with verb tenses, including the simple past, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses through a series of exercises involving sentence completion.

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    WORKSHEET 13 Past Tenses

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    The document contains four sections with exercises involving verb tenses: Section A contains sentences to be completed with either the simple past or past perfect tense. Section B contains similar sentences to be completed with verbs in either the simple past or past perfect. Section C contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. Section D also contains sentences to be completed using the past perfect continuous tense. The document provides practice with verb tenses, including the simple past, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses through a series of exercises involving sentence completion.

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    The document provides examples of using different past verb tenses like simple past, past perfect, and past perfect continuous in different grammar exercises.

    Some examples include: 'He had worked at the hospital for two years before deciding to give up the job' and 'She had already seen the Pyramids when she said that.'

    Some examples include: 'We had been playing football for half an hour when it started to rain' and 'I had been driving the car for five years when I sold it.'

    WORKSHEET 13

    A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE SIMPLE:

    1. I ………………………. (worry) a lot about her before I ……………………….. (hear)


    that she was safe.
    2. I didn’t like the flat. It …………………….. (be) much smaller than I …………………..
    (think) at first.
    3. He told us he ………………………….. (shoot) a big tiger.
    4. They ……………………….. (drink) tea after they ………………………………. (finish)
    dinner.
    5. She ……………. just ……………….. (fold) the pink apron and placed it in a table
    drawer when the door …………………………… (open) and Joe ………………. (enter).
    6. The police wanted to know why he …………………………….. (bring) a gun to school.
    7. After he ………………………………. (work) at the hospital for two years he …………..
    (decide) to give up the job.
    8. When I …………………………. (arrive) at the party John ……………. already ………..
    (go) home.
    9. We ………………………… (wait) until the match …………………………….. (finish).
    10. They …………………………… (leave) the room before the meeting ……………………
    (finish).
    11. I ……………………………….. (buy) a new camera before I …………………. (go) to
    London.
    12. I ……………….. just ………………… (turn off) the lights when the telephone …………
    (ring).

    B) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE SIMPLE:

    1. …………. he …………….. (know) her for a long time before they ………………………
    (get) married?
    2. He ………………………………. (drive) down the hotel where they …………………….
    (spend) their honeymoon years ago.
    3. When we ………………………… (get) to the station the train …………………………...
    (already / leave).
    4. He …………………………. (sit) at a table by the window where he ……………………..
    (have) a meal with Jane.
    5. Why ………………. he ………………… (not / ask) her to wait and think again before
    she ………………………….. (leave) Paris.
    6. He was wondering why he ………………………………… (let) her leave so easily.
    7. He knew he ………………………………… (earn) that money with a great difficulty.
    8. After they …………………………… (go), he …………………….. (sit) down and
    ……………………… (light) a cigarette.
    9. He ………………………….. (have to) go to work by bus because his car ……………….
    (break) down.
    10. He …………………………… (angry) before he ……………………… (hear) my offer.
    WORKSHEET 14

    SUBJECT : Past Perfect Tense & Past Perfect Continuous

    A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:

    1. They ……………………………. (go) home after they ………………………….. (finish)


    their work.
    2. She ………………………………….. (just / go) out when I called her.
    3. My brother ………………………………. (eat) all the pie before we got back.
    4. He wondered why I …………………………………………. (not / visit) him before.
    5. She said that she ……………………………………………. (already / see) the Pyramids.
    6. The fire ………………………………………….. (spread) to the next building before the
    firemen ………………………………………….. (arrive).
    7. They drank small cups of coffee, after they ………………………………………. (finish)
    dinner.
    8. He told me he ……………………………………………….. (catch) a young lion.
    9. His mother …………………………………………. (worry) a lot about him before she
    ……………………………………… (hear) that he was safe.
    10. He ……………………………………………….. (already / learn) English before he
    …………………………………………. (leave) for England, but before he arrived in
    England, he ……………………………………… (forget) some.
    11. Mary ………………………………………….. (go) swimming after she …………………
    (come) home. After she ………………………………… (swim), she …………………….
    (call) her friend Judy.
    12. I ……………………………………… (go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I
    ……………………………… (not / go) to the theatre for a year. We ……………………..
    (have) a very good time.
    13. After they ……………………………… (finish) their breakfast, they ……………………
    (leave) for school.
    14. Linda ……………………………………. (play) tennis after she …………………………
    (do) her homework.
    15. My father ……………………………. (water) the flowers after he ……………………….
    (clean) the car. After he ………………………………….. (water) the flowers, he
    …………………………….. (have) dinner.

    B) Combine the following sentences by using AFTER / BEFORE:

    1. My mother took her umbrella. She went out.


    ……………………………………………………………………………………….
    2. Frank called me. I went to school.
    ……………………………………………………………………………………….
    3. I washed the dishes. I watched TV.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
    4. She washed her hands. She had lunch.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
    5. The boys bought a ball. They played football.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
    6. My mother made a cake. The guests came.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
    7. He put sugar in his tea. He drank it.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
    8. I got up. I had breakfast.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………
    9. The children ran away. They broke the window.
    ……………………………………………………………………………………..
    10. I fastened my seat belt. The plane took off.
    ……………………………………………………………………………………..

    C) Fill in the following sentences by using PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:

    1. We ………………………………………………… (play) football for half an hour when


    it started to rain.
    2. I …………………………………………………. (study) English for a short time when
    the electricity went off.
    3. She ……………………………………………… (do) her homework before you came in.
    4. His knees and hands were very dirty. He ………………………………………….. (crawl)
    in the garden.
    5. I ……………………………………………… (drive) the car for five years when I sold it.
    6. We were very tired. We ………………………………………………. (travel) for about
    sixteen hours.
    7. They were out of breath. They ……………………………………………… (run) for a
    long time.
    8. He ……………………………………………. (live) in London for ten years when he had
    an accident.
    9. He was tired because he ……………………………………………….. (write) letters all
    morning.
    10. He …………………………………………….. (repair) the radio for an hour when you
    arrived.

    D) Fill in the following sentences by using PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:

    1. I was tired because I …………………………………………. (type) for a long time.


    2. Her boss was very angry with her because she ………………………………………….
    (come) to work very late.
    3. I didn’t know about the earthquake because I ……………………………………… (not /
    watch) television.
    4. She was too fat because she …………………………………………….. (not / keep) her
    doctor’s advice.
    5. I took my car to the garage because the brakes …………………………………………….
    (not / work).
    6. She had to go to the dentist because she ………………………………………. (not / clean)
    her teeth.
    7. He got bad marks because he …………………………………………… (not / study) hard.
    8. She wasn’t at home. She ……………………………………………. (go) out with her
    boyfriend.
    9. I thought I …………………………………………………… (behave) like an ididot.
    10. He ……………………………………………….. (study) English) very hard for the last
    few days.

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