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''.
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