FILL IN THE GAP
FILL IN THE GAP
IDENTIFY THE TENSES
CHOOSE ONE
VOCABULARY
100

By the time we got to the park, the concert ...................................... (begin)

HAD BEGUN

100

After we ...................................... (argue) for an hour, I realised that I was wrong

HAD ARGUED

100

They went home after they had spoken to him

1ST- HAD SPOKEN 

2ND- WENT

100

We went / had gone for a walk because it stopped / had stopped raining.

WENT

HAD STOPPED

100

In horror films, people often s ..... ..... ..... ..... m when they see the killer.


SCREAM

200

I didn’t know that my neighbours ...................................... (not move) yet.

HADN'T MOVED

200

..................... the fire ...................... (start) by the time you arrived

HAD THE FIRE STARTED

200

After he had sold his car, he bought a new one

1ST HAD SOLD

2ND BOUGHT

200

Did you watch / Had you watched TV after you had / had had dinner?

DID YOU WATCH

HAD DINNER


200

I didn’t r ..... ..... l ..... s ..... J.K. Rowling had written the Cormoran Strike series. 

REALISE

300

Did she show you the pictures that she ...................................... (take) last summer?

HAD TAKEN

300

Andy ...................... (close) all the windows before he ...................... (leave) home

HAD CLOSED

LEFT

300

He saw a restaurant after he had driven 200 km

1ST- HAD DRIVEN

2ND-SAW

300

How long was the man / had the man been in prison before his court case began / had begun

HAD THE MAN BEEN

BEGAN

300

   The detective found the weapon near the c ..... ..... m ..... ..... c ..... ne. 

CRIME SCENE

400

 He..................................... (study) for many years before he became a doctor

HAD STUDIED

400

We ...................... (fail) the test because we ...................... (not study) for it.

FAILED

HADN'T STUDIED

400

The house was very quiet because everybody had gone to sleep

1ST HAD GONE

2ND WAS

400

Louise didn’t understand / hadn’t understood the language because she didn’t study /
hadn’t studied French.

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

HADN'T STUDIED

400

Do you think the hero will c ..... ..... t ..... r ..... the dragon and save the princess? 

CAPTURE

500

They ...................................... (not plan) to visit Japan before they saw the documentary

HADN'T PLANNED

500

John ...................... (not arrive) when I ...................... (call) for a taxi

HADN'T ARRIVED

CALLED

500

She didn’t remember where she had put her bag.

1ST HAD PUT

2ND DIDN'T REMEMBER

500

By the time the story ended / had ended, the children fell / had fallen asleep

ENDED

HAD FALLEN

500

Step back! It’s dangerous to a ..... ..... r ..... a ..... h a bear

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