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Verb Tense Exercise 12
Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Past Perfect
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Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
1. When I (arrive)
home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare)
a beautiful candlelight dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I (perform)
in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I (speak, never even)
publicly before I came to Hollywood in 2010.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already)
without me. My boss (be)
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)
the song in years, and it (bring)
back some great memories.
5. Last week, I (run)
into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see, not)
each other in years, and both of us (change)
a great deal. I (enjoy)
talking to her so much that I (ask)
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)
by the time Europeans first (arrive)
in the New World.
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.
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