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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1. When I ______________ (arrive) home last night, my mum was out, but she

______________ (leave) a meal for me in the oven.

2. Last month I ______________ (go) to Boston to look after my father for a new days.

He ______________ (not have) a good meal since my mother ______________ (go)

to the hospital.

3. When Mr. Thompson ______________ (be) ill they ______________ (decide) to

move to London.

4. The tallest house ______________ (be) not there. That´s right. It ______________

(burn) down before the one was built.

5. I went out to get my bike but I ______________ (have) to get back again, because I

______________ (forget) the key.

6. We ______________ (have) nothing to eat since breakfast.

7. The police ______________ (come) into the pub and ______________ (arrest) the

man.

8. John ______________ (introduce) me to his father at his birthday party.

9. When my husband ______________ (arrive) our friends ______________ (already

have) a drink.

10. The teacher ______________ (punish) Sarah. The headmaster ______________ (give)

her a detention.

WORKSHEET

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Key;

1. arrived…had left

2. went…had not had …went

3. was…decided

4. was… had burnt

5. had … had forgotten

6. had..were…had had

7. came…arrested

8. introduced

9. arrived… had already had

10. punished… had given