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The past simple is more common with expressions like in the morning. The past perfect is more appropriate to talk about the earlier of two past events. In the third conditional we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause. Please select 2 correct answers Either the gerund or the infinitive without to is possible here. The simple past is used after would rather. The past simple is used after it is high time. The past perfect is used for the earlier of the two past actions.1. I ……………………….. a call from him in the morning.
2. He told me what ……………………
3. If I had gone to university, I ……………………… an attorney.
4. I heard them ………………………. in the other room.
5. ………………………….. the truth.
6. I would rather you ……………………… another job.
7. It is high time he ……………………. smoking.
8. When I met him yesterday I ……………………… him about my problems.
9. He was acquitted ………………………. the charges levelled against him.
10. We reached the theatre after the movie ………………………..
11. I waited for him but he ………………………….
12. You haven’t returned the vacuum cleaner you …………………….. from me.
Answers
1. I received a call from him in the morning.
2. He told me what had happened.
3. If I had gone to university, I would have become an attorney.
4. I heard them talk / talking in the other room.
5. Speak the truth.
6. I would rather you found another job.
7. It is high time he quit smoking.
8. When I met him yesterday I told him about my problems.
9. He was acquitted of the charges levelled against him.
10. We reached the theatre after the movie had begun.
11. I waited for him but he didn’t come.
12. You haven’t returned the vacuum cleaner you borrowed from me.
