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Simple past or Past perfect - Some prepositions
Downloadable worksheets:
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-17
Downloads:
13522
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
8-12
Downloads:
8847
Past simple wordsearch
Level:
elementary
Age:
11-17
Downloads:
6015
Simple Past Tense test
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
5868
Past simple
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
5148
Simple Past - gap filling
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
4086
COMPLETE WITH SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT
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1. The police (arrive)
�5 minutes after the alarm ( go off)
�but by that time the thieves (go)
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2. The phone (ring)
as John was unlocking the door. It (be)
his mother. He (talk)
to her a few minutes, but he was really thinking about the party he (leave)
�an hour before and in particular about the girl who (kiss)
�him before he (take)�
�his taxi home.
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3. Pat and I (go)
�to the Chinese restaurant last night. The proprietress (be)
�very happy to see us and (ask)
�us why we (not be)
�there for such a long time.
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4. By a strange coincidence I (see)
�her on a bus yesterday afternoon in Southampton and, three hours before, she (see)
�me on a bus in Bournemouth.
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5. When I (get)
�home from holiday last month I (discover)
�that the milkman ( not to stop)
�delivering milk during my absence. There (be)
�20 pints of milk outside my front door.
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6. When he (come into)
�the room he immediately ( realise)
�that his daughter (give)
�a party the night before. There (be)
�15 bottles of wine on the table and a big mirror (fall off)
�the wall and (smash)
�on impact with the floor.
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7. Last night Henry (break)
�his mother's Chinese vase. She (be)
�very angry,especially as she ( tell)
�him earlier that evening never to touch it.
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8. I (arrive)
�at school ten minutes late on Wednesday and the lesson already (start)
. But I (tell)
�my teacher that I (be)
�held up by heavy traffic and (apologise)
�for disturbing the lesson.
�
9. At four o'clock Mrs Drury (give)
�me another 15 letters to type. I ( point out)
�that I (type) already
�25 letters that morning and (tell)
�her that I (not want)
to type any more.
�
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COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITION
�Sunday morning we got
�
10 0'clock.
�getting dressed we had a huge breakfast and then went
. As we were walking
�the street we bumped
�some friends we hadn't seen
�a long time. We decided to invite them
�lunch and 2 hours later we had a buffet
�the terrace. We then lay
�the sun all afternoon and,
�the time it came to prepare supper, we were all hot and tired. " I wonder what's
�
�The Pirate tonight", said John. " Let's have a look
�the newspaper", Sally suggested. " There'll probably be something
�it
�The Weekly Star". We decided to go
�town. It was quite a long way so we had to go
�bus
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