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Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect — Exercise 2

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use Past Simple, Past Continuous, or Past Perfect.
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Emma
the floor an hour ago. (mop)
Emma mopped the floor an hour ago.
  1. 1.
    They
    at the airport and
    . (arrive / check in)
  2. 2.
    We
    dinner when Lily
    her plate. (have / drop)
  3. 3.
    At 7 pm, most people
    a movie in the hall. (watch)
  4. 4.
    When Chris
    home, he
    that he
    his keys at work. (come / realize / forget)
  5. 5.
    Claire went to the police to report that someone
    her purse. (steal)
  6. 6.
    Andrew
    a lot since the last time we
    him. (change / see)
  7. 7.
    While Ryan
    , Daisy
    a cake. (sleep / make)
  8. 8.
    I
    working in the garden before you
    . (finish / call)
  9. 9.
    Last night at 1 am, I
    Taylor Swift’s new album. (listen to)
  10. 10.
    My dad
    in that house forty years ago. (live)
  11. 11.
    By 3 pm, she
    everything for the meeting. (prepare)
  12. 12.
    The students
    when the teacher
    the classroom. (draw / enter)
  13. 13.
    They
    before you
    . (go out / call)
  14. 14.
    William
    his first car in 2010. (buy)
  15. 15.
    The children
    to bed before the cartoon
    . (go / end)
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