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Simple past or Past perfect - Some prepositions
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Looking for a job
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test on jobs
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COMPLETE WITH SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT
1. The police (arrive)
5 minutes after the alarm ( go off)
but by that time the thieves (go)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
