Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Perfect.Last Monday Angie 1) ..got up.... (get up) for work as usual and 2) …………. (go) to the kitchen to have somebreakfast. But when she 3) ......... (open) the fridge, she 4) ........ (find) that her flatmate Lucy 5) ................ (drink) all the milk - not a good start to the day! So she 6) ......... (have) a quick cup of black coffee,7) .. .. . (get) dressed and 8) ............ (go) out to the car. There she 9) ......... (find) that she 10) ...„..„...(forget) to put the cover on the car the night before and there 11)................,. (be) thick frost all over thewindscreen. She 12) ............ (scrape) it all off and 13) ............ (get) into the car. However, when she14) .. …........ (turn) the key, nothing 15) ............... (happen)! Someone 16) ................ (leave) theheadlights on and the battery 17) ........... (go) flat. She 18) ...... (be) furious as Lucy 19) ................(use) the car last and it 20) .............. (be) her who 21) ............. (forget) to switch off the lights. Angie22) ............ (head) for the bus stop to wait in the freezing cold.

Choose the correct tense (simple past or past perfect).When I ____________________(1 go) to Paris last spring for a job interview, I ____________________ (2 not be) there for five years. I ____________________ (3 arrive) the evening before the interview, and ____________________ (4 spend) a happy hour walking round thinking about the good times I (5 have) there as a student.As I was strolling by the Seine, I suddenly ____________________ (6 see) a familiar face - it was Nedjma, the woman I____________________ (7 share) a flat with when I was a student, and whose address I ____________________ (8 lose) after leaving Paris. I could tell she ____________________ (9 not see) me, so I____________________ (10 call) her name and she ____________________ (11 look) up. As she ____________________ (12 turn) towards me. I ____________________ (13 realise) that she____________________ (14 have) an ugly scar on the side of her face. She ____________________ (15 see) the shock in my eyes, and her hand ____________________ (16 go) up to touch the scar; she ____________________ (17 explain) that she ____________________ (18 get) it when she was a journalist reporting on a war in Africa.She ____________________ (19 not be) uncomfortable telling me this; we ____________________ (20 feel) as if the years ____________________ (21 not pass), as if we____________________ (22 say) goodbye the week before. She ____________________ (23 arrive) in Paris that morning, and she ____________________ (24 have) a hospital appointment the next day. The doctors ____________________ (25 think) that they could remove the scar, but she would have to stay in Paris for several months. Both of us ____________________ (26 have) the idea at the same time: if I ____________________ (27 get) the job, we could share a flat again. And we could start by having a coffee while we ____________________ (28 begin) to tell one another everything that ____________________ (29 happen) to us in the past five years.

: Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or the Past Perfect to complete the story.I went to a school reunion last week. I was (be) very surprised – so many things (1) ………………. (change). They (2) ………………… (knock down) the old gymnasium, and the library (3) ………………. (disappear). I (4) …………………….. (walk) slowly round the school. Everything (5) ……………………. (seem) much smaller, although they (6) ……………… (build) some impressive buildings. I (7) …………………… (meet) lots of my old school friends, too, and they (8) ………………………. (not stay) the same either. Some of them (9) …………………….. (move) to London, and most of them (10) …………….. (get) married. I (11) ………………………. (talk) to the headmaster for a while – he (12) …………………….. (not leave). He (13) ………………………….. (say) that he (14)

………………………. (remember) every boy who (15) ………………… (attend) the school since he (16) …………………….. (start) working there in 1980. But when I (17) …………….. (ask) him what my name was, he (18) ……………………. (have to) confess that he (19) …………………….. (forget) – that (20) …………………….. (make) me realize that I (21)………………….(change) too!

Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.1 Jane ...was waiting... (wait) for me when I ..arrived., (arrive).2 'What..........................................(you/do) this time yesterday?' 'I was asleep.'3 '.........................................(you/go) out last night?' 'No, I was too tired.'4 'Was Carol at the party last night?' 'Yes, she...........................................(wear) a really

nice dress.'5 How fast.................................(you/drive) when the accident.................................(happen)?6 John..........................................(take) a photograph of me while I

.....................................(not/look).7 We were in a very difficult position. We......................................(not/know) what to do.8 I haven't seen Alan for ages. When I last..........................................(see) him, he

.....................................(try) to find a job in London.9 I.....................................(walk) along the street when suddenly I......................................

(hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody.....................................(follow) me. I was frightenedand I.....................................(start) to run.

10 When I was young, I..........................................(want) to be a bus driver.