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Verb Tense Exercise

1. The document provides a verb tense exercise where the reader must complete sentences using the simple past, present perfect, or past perfect verb tenses based on word clues provided in parentheses. 2. The exercise consists of 25 sentences testing a variety of scenarios involving arrival times, past experiences, completion of actions, and changes that have occurred. 3. The reader must determine whether to use the simple past, present perfect, or past perfect tense based on the context clues to accurately complete each sentence.

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Verb Tense Exercise

1. The document provides a verb tense exercise where the reader must complete sentences using the simple past, present perfect, or past perfect verb tenses based on word clues provided in parentheses. 2. The exercise consists of 25 sentences testing a variety of scenarios involving arrival times, past experiences, completion of actions, and changes that have occurred. 3. The reader must determine whether to use the simple past, present perfect, or past perfect tense based on the context clues to accurately complete each sentence.

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Verb Tense Exercise

Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect


Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses. 1. When I (arrive)

home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare)

beautiful candlelight dinner.

2. Since I began acting, I (perform)

in two plays, a television commercial and a TV publicly before I came to Hollywood in

drama. However, I (speak, never even) 1985.

3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) (be)

without me. My boss

furious with me and I (be)

fired.

4. When I (turn)

the radio on yesterday, I (hear)

a song that was popular

when I was in high school. I (hear, not) back some great memories.

the song in years, and it (bring)

5. Last week, I (run)

into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see, not)

each other talking to her so

in years, and both of us (change) much that I (ask)

a great deal. I (enjoy)

her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

6. When Jack (enter)

the room, I (recognize, not)

him because he (lose)

so much weight and (grow)

a beard. He looked totally different!

7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually) the New World.

by the time Europeans first (arrive)

in

8. I (visit)

so many beautiful places since I (come)

to Utah. Before moving

here, I (hear, never)

of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.

Keys: 1. Arrived 2. Had prepared 3. Have performed 4. Had never even spoken 5. Had already begun 6. Was 7. Was 8. Turned 9. Heard 10. Had not heard 11. Brought 12. Ran 13. Had not seen 14. Had changed 15. Enjoyed 16. Asked 17. Entered 18. Did not recognize 19. Had lost 20. Had grown 21. Had virtually disappeared 22. Arrived 23. Have visited 24. Came 25. Had never heard

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