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Exercise on past simple vs past perfect tense
Downloadable worksheets:
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
Downloads:
13609
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
8-12
Downloads:
8924
Past simple wordsearch
Level:
elementary
Age:
11-17
Downloads:
6050
Simple Past Tense test
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
5893
Past simple
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
5185
Simple Past - gap filling
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
4106
1. ���� His wife (be)
not in. She (go)
out a quarter of an hour before.
2.����� He (reach)
Piccadilly and suddenly (remember)
that he (not call)
on his aunt.
3.����� His smile (be)
something she never (see)
before.
4.����� Mr. Brown just (finish)
reading the letter when the telephone on his desk (ring)
.
5.����� But the village he (show)
her (be)
the best she ever (see)
.
6.����� I (be)
very careful not to hint or remind her in any way of what she (tell)
me.
7.����� Soames (hate)
sunshine and he at once (get)
up to draw the blind. Then he (take)
his own cup of tea from his wife, and (say)
, more coldly than he (intend)
�
8.����� Scarlet sometimes (wonder)
where Archie (come)
from and what his life (be)
before he (come)
to live in Nelly�s cellar but she (ask)
no questions.
9.����� Rodney (not work)
for the company for very long before he (be)
promoted.
10.� About twenty people already (arrive)
when they (enter)
the hall.
