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Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect I V-ed / V-2 was/were + V-ing had + V-ed / V-3 Write the verbs in past tenses Infinitive Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect To forget To lie To swim To throw To wake II Complete the sentences using the right verb It _ (not rain) when we (come) out of the house While Mary (clean) up her room, she _(find) the ring she _(lose) two days earlier The teacher (come) across a few mistakes while she (check) some homework Tim _ (do) When Sam _(meet) Ann, she _(eat) an ice cream which she (buy) at the corner of the street My brother _ (break) his arm while he _ (roller-skate) in the street yesterday By the time John (get) to the party most of the guests (already/leave) and only three or four people (still/dance) Adam _(not/phone) home for several days, so while he (wait) for the train, he _ (call) his family Mary (meet) her husband while she (work) in Greece When _you _ (realize) that you _ (meet) him before? III Read the passage of the text and put the verbs into the correct tense “One day the customer (come) in as usual and_2 (ask) for two loaves of stale bread While the owner of a small bakery, Miss Martha Meacham, (get) them from the shelf the siren of a fire-engine_4 (be) heard The customer (run) to the door to look Suddenly a bright idea _ (come) to Miss Martha On one of the shelves there_7 _ (be) a pound of butter she _(buy) in the morning She (make) a cut in each of the stale loaves and 10 _(put) a big piece of butter into each cut and 11 _(press) the loaves together again When the customer 12 _ (turn) from the door Miss Martha_13 (wrap) the loaves in paper As usual he 14 (say) a few pleasant words to her and 15 _ (leave) After he 16 (go), Miss Meacham 17 (smile) to herself But she wasn't sure Had she the right to such a thing?”… (Adapted Extract from “ Witches' Loaves” by O Henry) Past tenses II wasn't raining, came was cleaning, found, had lost came, was checking, had done met, was eating, had bought broke, was roller-skating got, had already left, were still dancing had not phoned, was waiting, called met, was working did realize, had met III came asked was getting was ran came was had bought made 10 put 11 pressed 12 turned 13 was wrapping 14 said 15 left 16 had gone 17 smiled