Complete the following sentences.
1I ............... to Africa last month.
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Use the simple past "went" with the finished time expression "last month".
2I ............... a letter to him last week.
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Use the simple past "wrote" with the finished time expression "last week".
3I ............... him last week.
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Use the simple past "saw" with the finished time expression "last week".
4I will call you when I ............... the work.
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Use the present simple "finish" after "when" to talk about a future time.
5Before he ............... to the US, he had finished his studies.
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Use the simple past "went" in the time clause after "before".
6He said that he ............... since morning.
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Use the past perfect continuous "had been gardening" for an action continuing before a past reporting time.
7The man complained that his mobile phone ...............
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Use the past perfect passive "had been stolen" because the phone received the action before the complaint.
8The doctor concluded yesterday that the patient ............... twelve hours earlier.
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Use the past perfect passive "had been killed" for an event before the doctor's past conclusion.
9By this time next year, he ............... the construction of his house.
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Use the future perfect "will have completed" for an action finished before a future time.
10That child ............... suffering from fever since last week.
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Use "has been" to form the present perfect continuous "has been suffering" with "since last week".
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- I went to Africa last month.
- I wrote a letter to him last week.
- I saw him last week.
- I will call you when I finish the work.
- Before he went to the US, he had finished his studies.
- He said that he had been gardening since morning.
- The man complained that his mobile phone had been stolen.
- The doctor concluded yesterday that the patient had been killed twelve hours earlier.
- By this time next year, he will have completed the construction of his house.
- That child has been suffering from fever since last week.