Past Simple / Past Continuous / Past Perfect

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use one verb in the past simple and one verb in either the past perfect or past continuous.

1 Megan             (not know) about Rob and Mary’s party because they                 (not tell) her.

2 Sorry!                   (you / sleep) when I      (ring)?

3 We      (feel) very hungry because we              (not eat) anything before.

4 No, we                 (not talk) about you when you      (come) in.

Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use one verb in the past simple and one verb in either the past perfect or past continuous.

1 Carrie              (watch) TV when we      (come) home.

2 I             (not know) about the school art competition because I (not check) the noticeboard.

3 Lucy             (walk) on the beach when she       (find) some money.

4 Peter and Jess                (not visit) America before their family           (emigrate) there last year.

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Lucy and Johan decided to start a family soon after

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What were you doing

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I was born in Bangkok while

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Robbie met his future wife while

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By the time we ________ to the stadium, the performance _________, so we missed the first two songs.

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The shoes ____very clean because I ________ hours cleaning them.

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When we ______ in Spain the airport management told us that they _______ our luggage.

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I _____ the Economist while my sister _______ BBC 1.

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I ________ Matrix for the first time yesterday. I __________ it before.

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I saw Carol at the party. She (wear) a beautiful dress.

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I ______ the hospital where the ambulance ________________ my mother

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We ______ when John ____________ home

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I (want) to see you yesterday.

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He (tell) me that he (see) me the day before yesterday.

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There (be) a strong wind last week

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I (write) a letter when the lights went out

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I________to school because I_____a terrible headache.

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When Mike (be) a child he (study) music.

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After he (check up) his students’ papers he (go) to bed.

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My sister______to the house where she _________ when she was a little girl.

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What ________ at 6 p.m. yesterday?

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I _____ lost in the forest because I took the road I ______ before.