FIRST CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE
2 Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence. The first one is done for you.
a) I suddenly remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys.
b) While Diana watched/was watching her favourite television programme, there was a power-cut.
c) Tom used to live/would live in the house at the end of the street.
d) Who was driving/drove the car at the time of the accident?
e) By the time Sheila got back, Chris went/had gone.
f) David ate/had eaten Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.
g) I did/was doing some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of yours.
h) I used to like/was liking sweets much more than I do now.
i) ,What exactly were you doing/did you do when I came into your office yesterday?
j) Laura missed the party because no-one was telling/had told her about it. k) Tanya would/used to be a doctor.
3 Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past verb form. Only use the past perfect where this is absolutely necessary.
a) While I (try) .....^.$£..$£¥1X10..........to get my car started, a passing car (stop)
...................................and the driver (offer)...................................to help me.
b) The police (pay)...................................no attention to Clare's complaint
because she (phone)...................................them so many times before.
c) Mary (not wear)..............................her glasses at the time, so she (not notice)
...................................what kind of car the man (drive)...................................
d) Nick (lie)...................................down on the grass for a while, next to some
tourists who (feed)...................................the ducks.
e) Tony (admit)...................................that he (hit)...................................the
other car, but said that he (not damage)...................................it.
f) Sorry, I (not listen)...................................to you. I (think)
...................................about something else.
g) Helen (feel) ...................................very tired, and when she (finish)
...................................her work, she (fall)...................................asleep.
h) The police (get)...................................to Clare's house as fast as they could,
but the burglars (disappear)....................................
i) I (phone)...................................you last night but you (not answer)
....................................What (you do) ...................................?
j) We (not go)...................................out yesterday because it (rain)
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