Complete the following sentences using an appropriate past tense form.<\/p>\n
1. The train \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. before I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. the station.<\/p>\n
a) had departed, had reached
\nb) had departed, reached
\nc) departed, had reached<\/p>\n
2. I first \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. him in Bombay in 1982.<\/p>\n
a) meet
\nb) met
\nc) had met<\/p>\n
3. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. home late when a dog bit him.<\/p>\n
a) was returned
\nb) was returning
\nc) returning<\/p>\n
4. After she \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. her lunch, she went to the theatre.<\/p>\n
a) finished
\nb) had finished
\nc) Either could be used here<\/p>\n
5. The fire \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. the house down by the time the fire force arrived.<\/p>\n
a) burnt
\nb) had burnt
\nc) was burning<\/p>\n
6. She \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. here yesterday.<\/p>\n
a) came
\nb) had come
\nc) has come<\/p>\n
7. When she came to meet me in December 1980, I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. for her for 3 years.<\/p>\n
a) was waiting
\nb) had been waiting
\nc) have been waiting<\/p>\n
8. The boy \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. the road when a truck knocked him down.<\/p>\n
a) was crossing
\nb) crossed
\nc) had been crossing<\/p>\n
Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. The train had departed<\/strong> before I reached the station.<\/p>\n 2. I first met<\/strong> him in Bombay in 1982.<\/p>\n 3. He was returning<\/strong> home late when a dog bit him.<\/p>\n 4. After she finished \/ had finished<\/strong> her lunch, she went to the theatre.<\/p>\n 5. The fire had burnt<\/strong> the house down by the time the fire force arrived.<\/p>\n 6. She came<\/strong> here yesterday.<\/p>\n 7. When she came to meet me in December 1980, I had been waiting<\/strong> for her for 3 years.<\/p>\n 8. The boy was crossing<\/strong> the road when a truck knocked him down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Complete the following sentences using an appropriate past tense form. 1. The train \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. before I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. the station. a) had departed, had reached b) had departed, reached c) departed, had reached 2. I...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[287],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-8-worksheets","tag-past-tense-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}