I. Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect:
1. They (go) ……………..home after they (finish) ………………… their work.
2. She said that she (already, see) ……………………. Dr. Rice.
3. After taking a bath, he (go) ………………………….. to bed.
4. He told me he (not/eat) ………………………… such kind of food before.
5. When he came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin) ………………………………….
6. Before she (watch) ………………….. TV, she (do)……………………. homework.
7. What (be) …………….. he when he (be) ………………. young?
8. After they (go) ………………………, I (sit) ……………….. down and (rest) ……………
9. Yesterday, John (go) ………………….. to the store before he (go) ………………… home.
10. She (win) ………………………. the gold medal in 1986.
11. Our teacher (tell) …………… us yesterday that he (visit) …………… England in 1970.
12. Alan (have)……….hardly(prepare)………..for dinner when her husband (go) ……..home
13. No sooner (have)…………….I (watch)……………. TV than the phone (ring)…………
14. Before I (watch) ……………… TV, I (do) ………………………….. my homework.
15. After I (wash)………………………….my clothes, I (sleep) ……………………………
16. “ It is the first time I have eaten sushi” , said Bill.
→ Bill said it (be) ……….. the first time he (eat) ……………….. sushi.
17. “ I broke my glasses yesterday”, said Lan.
→ Lan said that she (break) ………………………………… her glasses the day before.
18. I couldn’t attend the evening classes because I worked at night.
→ If I (not work) …………….. at night, I (attend) ………………….. the evening classes.
19. I didn’t have a laptop so I wish I (have) ………………………. a laptop.
20. You didn’t stay home. I would rather you (stay) …………….. home.
1) He worked at night when he worked in the supermarket.
→ He used to work at night when he worked in the supermarket.
2) Did they watch TV in the past ?
→ Did they use to watch TV in the past?
3) She played badminton in her free time.
→ She used to play badminton in her free time.
4) They went swimming in the afternoon in 1990.
→ They used to go swimming in the afternoon in 1990.
5) He was a doctor in that hospital.
→ He used to be a doctor in that hospital.
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