Past Simple. Past Continuous. was/were + V-ing. Past Perfect. had + V-ed / V-3. II Complete the sentences using the right verb

Past Simple	V-ed / V-2
Past Continuous	was/were + V-ing
Past Perfect	had + V-ed / V-3

I Write the verbs in 3 past tenses

II Complete the sentences using the right verb

1 It_____________ (not rain) when we ____________ (come) out of the house. 2 While Mary______________(clean) up her room, she _______(find) the ring she_____________(lose) two days earlier. 3 The teacher__________(come) across a few mistakes while she ________________(check) some homework Tim _____________ (do). 4 When Sam _______(meet) Ann, she_______________(eat) an ice cream which she______________(buy) at the corner of the street. 5 My brother_________ (break) his arm while he_________ (roller-skate) in the street yesterday. 6 By the time John________(get) to the party most of the guests________________(already/leave) and only three or four people __________________ (still/dance). 7 Adam ___________(not/phone) home for several days, so while he____________________(wait) for the train, he ___________ (call) his family. 8 Mary________ (meet) her husband while she ______________ (work) in Greece. 9 When _________you_______ (realize) that you _________ (meet) him before?

III Read the passage of the text and put the verbs into the correct tense.

“One day the customer 1__________ (come) in as usual and_2________ (ask) for two loaves of stale bread. While the owner of a small bakery, Miss Martha Meacham, 3______________ (get) them from the shelf the siren of a fire-engine_4________ (be) heard. The customer 5________ (run) to the door to look. Suddenly a bright idea 6_________ (come) to Miss Martha. On one of the shelves there_7_____ (be) a pound of butter she 8_____________(buy) in the morning. She 9________(make) a cut in each of the stale loaves and 10_________(put) a big piece of butter into each cut and 11_______(press) the loaves together again. When the customer 12_______ (turn) from the door Miss Martha_13____________ (wrap) the loaves in paper. As usual he 14 ______ (say) a few pleasant words to her and 15_______ (leave). After he 16__________ (go), Miss Meacham 17__________ (smile) to herself. But she wasn't sure... Had she the right to do such a thing? ”… (Adapted. Extract from “ Witches' Loaves” by O. Henry)

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