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Complete the following sentences using appropriate tense forms of the verb.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. She ——————- short stories.<\/p>\n

a) write
\nb) writes<\/p>\n

2. I —————- him yesterday.<\/p>\n

a) met
\nb) have met<\/p>\n

3. We ——————- to the movies last night.<\/p>\n

a) went
\nb) had gone<\/p>\n

4. He ———————- two hours ago.<\/p>\n

a) left
\nb) had left
\nc) has left<\/p>\n

5. I ———————— all the films directed by Spielberg.<\/p>\n

a) watched
\nb) have watched
\nc) had watched<\/p>\n

6. I ———————- a lot of films during the holidays.<\/p>\n

a) watched
\nb) have watched
\nc) had watched<\/p>\n

7. I ———————– to him last week.<\/p>\n

a) wrote
\nb) have written
\nc) had written<\/p>\n

8. The hen ——————– six eggs.<\/p>\n

a) was lain
\nb) has lain
\nb) has laid<\/p>\n

9. The dog ———————– under the tree.<\/p>\n

a) lay
\nb) laid
\nc) has laid<\/p>\n

10. She ——————– before her husband arrived.<\/p>\n

a) died
\nb) had died
\nc) Either could be used here<\/p>\n

Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. She writes<\/strong> short stories.<\/p>\n

2. I met<\/strong> him yesterday.<\/p>\n

3. We went<\/strong> to the movies last night.<\/p>\n

4. He left<\/strong> two hours ago. (We do not use the past perfect tense to say that something happened some time ago.)<\/p>\n

5. I have watched<\/strong> all the films directed by Spielberg.<\/p>\n

6. I watched<\/strong> a lot of films during the holidays.<\/p>\n

7. I wrote<\/strong> to him last week.<\/p>\n

8. The hen has laid<\/strong> six eggs.<\/p>\n

9. The dog lay<\/strong> under the tree.<\/p>\n

10. She died \/ had died<\/strong> before her husband arrived. (Strictly speaking, you need a past perfect tense here; the simple past is also possible because we have explained the sequence of events using the conjunction \u2018before\u2019.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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