Ex3: Past simple, Past continuous, present perfect or past perfect
1. Amanda didn’t need to study the multiplication tables in 5th grade. She _________________ (learn) them.
2. I enjoyed visiting Tom’s class. It’s was arithmetic class. The students ____________________ (learn) their
multiplication tables at that time.
3. While I ____________________ (walk) up the mountain, I got tired. But I didn’t stop until I reached the top.
4. I was very tired when I got to the top of the mountain. I ____________________ (walk) a long distance.
5. I knocked. No one answered. I turned the handle and pulled sharply on the door, but I did not open. Someone
____________________ (lock) it.
6. A: “Where were you when the earthquake occurred?”
B: “In my office. I __________________ (talk) to my assistant. We _____________ (work) on a report.
7. A: “Ahmed’s house was destroyed in the earthquake.”
B: “ I know! It’s lucky that he and his family ____________________ (leave) for his parents’ home before the
earthquake ____________________ (struck).
8. We drove two hundred miles to see the circus in Kansas City. When we got there, we couldn’t find the circus. It
____________________ (leave) the town. We ____________________ (drive) all the way to Kansas City for
nothing.
9. I started to tell Rodley the news, it was nothing, but he stopped me. He________________(hear/already) it.
10. When Rita went to bed, it was snowing. It ____________________ (snow/ still) when she woke up in the
morning.
11. You’re from Jakarta? I ____________________ (be/never) there. I’d like to go there someday.
12. Gina called me on the phone to tell me the good news. She ____________________ (pass) her final exam in
English.
13. Otto’s back to work today but was in hospital last week. He ____________________ (be/never) a patient in a
hospital before. It was a new experience for him.
14. Are you still waiting for David? ____________________ (he/come/not) yet? He’s really late, isn’t he?
15. A couple of weeks ago, Mr. Fox, our manager, surprised all of us. When he walked into the office, he
____________________ (wear) a T-shirt and jeans. Everyone stopped and stared. Mr Fox is a conservative dresser. Before that time, he ____________________ ( wear, never) anything but a blue or grey suit. And he
____________________ (wear/ not) his jeans to the office since that time. He wore them only that one time.
16. The phone rang, so I ____________________ (pick) it up and ____________________ (say) hello.
17. I heard a slight noise , so I ____________________(walk) to the front door to investigate. I
____________________ (look) down at the floor and ____________________(see) a piece of paper. Someone
____________________ (push) a note under the door to my apartment.