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