TEST 4 Fill in the blanks with Simple Past or Present Perfect Tenses. |
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1. I ----------- (know) Carl since I ---------- (be) a little child. |
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2. ------------- you ------------ (see) Amy today? |
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3. I -------------- (see) her in the morning but I ------------------- (not see) her since. |
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4. Everything was ready, so we quickly ---------------- (check) all the locks and -------------- (drive off). |
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5. My uncle George ------------ (never see) the sea in his life. I ------------ (hear) him making plans to go sailing last week, though. |
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6. They ------------ (call) us when they ---------- (arrive) in Monaco last Saturday, but we ------------- (not hear) from them ever since. |
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7. Jackie ------------- (be) late several times in the past month that's why the boss --------------- (warn) him a few minutes ago. |
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8. The students ----------- (do) a lot of homework so far. I think it's time they ---------- (take) a break. |
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9. Engineers ---------------- (work) to save the Tower of Pisa, but they --------------- (not be able to) do anything significant yet. |
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10. Josh --------------- (receive) several traffic citations over the past year. |
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11. Jack and Rita --------------- (be) married for six years. They ------------- (get) divorced six months ago. |
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TEST 5 Fill in the blanks with Simple Past or Past Perfect Tenses. |
(Separate multiple answers with a comma ',' and a space) |
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1. When I ----- (arrive) home last night, |
I -------------- (discover) that Jane ----------------- (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner. |
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2. When I ------------- (turn) the radio on yesterday, I -------------- (hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school. |
I ------------------ (not hear) the song for years, and it -------------------- (bring) back some great memories. |
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3. Last week, I ---- (run into) an old friend of mine. We ---- (not see) each other for years and both of us ---- (change) a great deal. |
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4. When Emilio ---------------- (enter) the room, I didn't recognize (not recognize) him |
because he --------------------------- (lose) so much weight and ------------------ (grow) a beard. He --------------- (look) totally different. |
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5. When Oprah Winfrey ---------- (get) her own TV show in 1986, she ------------------ (work) as a news reporter for a long time. |
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6. In 1976, 60% of families ------------------ (be) couples with children but by 1996, this ------------------ (fall) to 51%. |
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7. Several senior employees ----------------- (leave) the company by the time the new manager --------------- (arrive) last week. |
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8. Until the new software --------------------- (purchase), the staff ------------------ (struggle) to keep the accounts' records up to date. |
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9. I ---- (see) that movie three times last year |
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10. When my supervisor -------------- (pop in) my office the other day, I ----------------- (work) on the project for nearly three hours |