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Past simple, past continuous, past perfect

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Exercise 1
Choose past simple, past continuous or past perfect to complete the sentences below.

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It was Sunday afternoon. I 1 watched a cookery program on TV when I 2 realised how hungry I was.

But of course I was hungry; I 3 [no answer] anything since lunch, and I 4 [no answer] a race in the

morning. “Biscuits!” I 5 [no answer] . My mother 6 [no answer] me a jar of delicious home-made

biscuits.

I 7 [no answer] into the kitchen, 8 [no answer] the fridge and 9 [no answer] some milk in a
big glass. Then I 10 [no answer] for the kitchen chair but it 11 [no answer] there: somebody 12
[no answer] it away. And there were no biscuits in the biscuit jar: somebody 13 [no answer] them all! I
was sure I 14 [no answer] the jar there the previous day, and I 15 [no answer] only one cookie. It was
very strange.

A few minutes later, I 16 [no answer] my glass of milk when I 17 [no answer] a loud noise coming from
the dining room. I 18 [no answer] there quickly and I 19 [no answer] the door. I couldn’t believe my
eyes. An enormous monkey 20 [no answer] the biscuits excitedly on the kitchen chair.

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1 Correct answer: was watching

 We use the past continuous the set the scene in a story.

2 Correct answer: realised

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3 Correct answer: hadn't eaten

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4 Correct answer: had run

 We use the past perfect simple to talk about single actions completed earlier in the past.

5 Correct answer: thought

 We use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order; i.e. the main events of a story.

6 Correct answer: had given

 We use the past perfect simple to talk about single actions completed earlier in the past.

7 Correct answer: went

8 Correct answer: opened

9 Correct answer: poured

10 Correct answer: looked

 We use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order; i.e. the main events of a story.

11 Correct answer: wasn't

 We also use the past simple to talk about past states.

12 Correct answer: had taken

13 Correct answer: had eaten

14 Correct answer: had put

15 Correct answer: had eaten

 We use the past perfect simple to talk about single actions completed earlier in the past.

16 Correct answer: was drinking

17 Correct answer: heard

 We use the past continuous when a longer action (was drinking) is interrupted by a shorter action in past simple
(heard).

18 Correct answer: went

 We use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order; i.e. the main events of a story.

19 Correct answer: opened

20 Correct answer: was eating

 We use the past continuous when a longer action (was eating) is interrupted by a shorter action in past simple
(opened).

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