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Exercise 9 - Past Tenses
Write the
simple past
or
past progressive
form of the verb in parentheses ( ).
A:
1. What (
you
,
do
)
when I called?
B:
2. I (
try
)
to get the Christmas decorations out of the attic.
3. As soon as I (
find
)
the ring, I called Rebecca.
4. The school nurse (
say
)
that he is too sick to be in school.
5. Gregory (
arrive
)
at The Crab Shack around 9:00 p.m., but no one was there.
6. Gloria is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (
watch
)
television, too. That is all she ever does!
A:
7. I (
call
)
you last night after dinner, but you were not there. Where were you?
B:
8. I (
work out
)
at the fitness center.
9. When I walked into the busy office, the secretary (
talk
)
on the phone with a customer.
10. I (
watch
)
a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out.
11. Cindy was in the room when Allen told me what happened, but she did not hear anything because she (
listen
,
not
)
.
12. It is strange that you called because I (
think
,
just
)
about you.
13. The Titanic (
cross
)
the Atlantic when it struck an iceberg.
14. The firemen (
rescue
)
the old woman who was trapped on the roof of the burning building.
15. Sharon lived in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (
live
)
there when the Berlin Wall came down.
SCORE
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Rules
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Ex.1
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Ex.2
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Ex.3
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Ex.4
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Ex.5
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Ex.6
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Ex.7
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Rules 2
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Ex.8
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Ex.9
Exercise 9 - Past Tenses