Fill in the blanks with a verb in the simple past or past perfect tense.
1. I ......................................... have his number, so I couldn't call him.
Wrong!
In the simple past tense, we make questions and negatives with did.
2. We ................................ each other for a long time.
Wrong!
It is more common to use perfect tenses with the time expressions for and since.
3. I ........................... the key so I couldn't get into the house.
Wrong!
4. I ............................. the key so I couldn't get into the house.
Wrong!
5. Have you ............................ a sister?
Wrong!
6. I didn't ............................... his address.
Wrong!
Use the first form of the verb (infinitive) after do, does and did.
7. They were anxious because she ................................ returned yet.
Wrong!
8. He ............................. anything.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
9. When I met her again after 10 years, I ................................ her.
Wrong!
10. She ............................ the offer.
Wrong!
11. I failed the test because I ............................... enough.
Wrong!
12. .......................... she ........................ before you arrived?
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
1. I didn’t have his number, so I couldn’t call him.
2. We hadn’t known each other for a long time.
3. I had lost the key so I couldn’t get into the house.
4. I didn’t have the key so I couldn’t get into the house.
5. Have you got a sister?
6. I didn’t know his address.
7. They were anxious because she hadn’t returned yet.
8. He didn’t say / hadn’t said anything.
9. When I met her again after 10 years, I didn’t recognize her.
10. She didn’t accept the offer.
11. I failed the test because I hadn’t learned enough.
12. Had she gone before you arrived?
