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.
In the simple past tense, we make questions and negatives with did.
2. We ................................ each other for a long time.
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.
4. I ............................. the key so I couldn't get into the house.
5. Have you ............................ a sister?
6. I didn't ............................... his address.
Use the first form of the verb (infinitive) after do, does and did.
7. They were anxious because she ................................ returned yet.
8. He ............................. anything.
Please select 2 correct answers
9. When I met her again after 10 years, I ................................ her.
10. She ............................ the offer.
11. I failed the test because I ............................... enough.
12. .......................... she ........................ before you arrived?
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?
