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Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect — Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use Past Simple, Past Continuous, or Past Perfect.
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I
a month ago. (resign)
I resigned a month ago.
  1. 1.
    We
    to the cinema last week. (go)
  2. 2.
    Yesterday at 11 pm, the baby
    . (sleep)
  3. 3.
    I
    Chris after I
    my first husband. (meet / divorce)
  4. 4.
    By the time we
    to the station, the train
    already
    , so we
    to wait for another one. (get / leave / decide)
  5. 5.
    My mum
    the dishes while I
    dinner. (wash / cook)
  6. 6.
    When Amelia
    home, she quickly
    dinner and
    straight to bed. (come / have / go)
  7. 7.
    Matthew
    sad because he
    his lucky T-shirt. (be / lose)
  8. 8.
    Andrew
    as an architect when he
    Abbie. (work / meet)
  9. 9.
    It
    , so they
    to go skiing. (snow / decide)
  10. 10.
    At this time yesterday, Claire
    in the yard with her friends. (play)
  11. 11.
    They
    the house before I
    . (leave / arrive)
  12. 12.
    We
    happy to meet Lily because we
    each other for years. (be / not see)
  13. 13.
    My brother
    an email when the computer
    . (write / turn off)
  14. 14.
    My friend
    me in Los Angeles after he
    from university. (visit / graduate)
  15. 15.
    Why
    you
    at 10 o’clock in the evening? (work)
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