Ibn Rochd Secondary School Teacher: Mr. Marhraoui Abdelhaq

2005/2006

Put the verb in brackets into Past Simple or Past Perfect.

(did or had done) Example: Jane said she (meet) _____ a lot of friends on the way home. (key = had met)

1. / WhenIgottotheofficethesecretary(alreadygo) ______home.
2. / They(build)______manyfactoriesinthispartofthe town in 1990.
3. / Shesaidthatshe(write)______alotofe-mails.
4. / Marysaid:''I(sleep)______untillunchtimeyesterday'' .
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5. / IntheendI(forget)______toposttheletter.
6. / Iwantedtoborrowthiscarbutshe(alreadylend) ______it to someone else.
7. / IsuddenlyrealizedthatI(lose)______mypassport.
8. / Ididn'tgototheirweddingbecausenobody(tell)______me about it.
9. / I(see)______himatthemuseumyesterdayafternoon.
10. / I(offer)______himhelpwithhishomework.
11. / I(can'tdraw)______whenIwasachild.
12. / Howmanyyears(youstudy)______Englishwhenyouapplied for that job?
13. / Hismother(notwant)______tostayathomethe whole day.
14. / Hewastiredbecausehe(work)______thepreviousnight.
15. / Hetoldmeallwhathe(do)______thenight before.
16. / Hesaidthathe(neverbe)______sohappy.
17. / Heaskedherifshe(everdrink)______beer.
18. / He(find)______anewpositionattheadvertisingcompany last week .
19. / BythetimethecoursefinishedI(know)______all the irregular verbs.
20. / (yousee)______Jennylastnight?
The answers for the sentences are written in white below. Please change the COLOUR.

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1.They(build)builtmanyfactoriesinthispartofthetownin1990.

2.I(can'tdraw)couldn't draw whenIwasachild.

3.(yousee) Did you see Jennylastnight?

4.Hismother(notwant) didn't want tostayathomethewholeday.

5.IntheendI(forget)forgot toposttheletter.

6.He(find)found ____anewpositionattheadvertisingcompanylastweek.

7.WhenIgottotheofficethesecretary(alreadygo) had already gonehome.

8.Iwantedtoborrowthiscarbutshe(alreadylend)had already lent ittosomeoneelse.

9.Hewastiredbecausehe(work)had been working / had worked thepreviousnight.

10.Hetoldmeallwhathe(do)had donethenightbefore.

11.Heaskedherifshe(everdrink)had ever drunk beer.

12.IsuddenlyrealizedthatI(lose)had lost mypassport.

13.Hesaidthathe(neverbe)had never been sohappy.

14.Ididn'tgototheirweddingbecausenobody(tell)had told meaboutit.

15.Shesaidthatshe(write)had written alotofe-mails.

16.Howmanyyears(youstudy)had you been studying / had you studied Englishwhenyouappliedforthatjob?

17.BythetimethecoursefinishedI(know)knew alltheirregularverbs.

18.I(offer)offered himhelpwithhishomework.

19.I(see)saw himatthemuseumyesterdayafternoon.

20.Marysaid:''I(sleep)slept untillunchtimeyesterday''.

''It is little that one gains by cleverness.''
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