FCE Grammar Exercises
Review of past tenses - 2
1. Put the verb in barckets into a suitable past verb form. Only use the past perfect where this is absolutely necessary
a) The restaurant (pay) no attention to Steve's complaint because (complain) so many times before.
b) I (sit) down on the beach for a while, near the family who (have) a barbecue.
c) I (send) you a message on facebook last night but you (not answer) . What (you do) ?
d) We (get) to the house as fast as we could but the car (disappear) .
e) While I (try) to fix the chain on my bike, a man cycling by (stop) and (offer) to help me.
f) Sorry, I (not pay) attention, I (think) about something else.
g) In the end, we (not go) shopping yesterday because it (rain) .
h) Fabien (admit) that he (hit) the wall, but said he (not damage) it.
i) I forgot to tell you, yesterday while I , I saw that American man you like.
j) At that time I was (work) , so I (not notice) what colour jacket the man (wear)