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1. 1.

   Use the simple past or the past continuous tense of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences below.

   1. Till 6 o'clock in the evening we __________ (do) our homework.
   2. We ___________ (see) this movie last Saturday.
   3. Sunil _________ (prepare) to leave when I ________ (enter) the room.
   4. By the time we __________ (arrive) home, it had become dark.
   5. They __________ (live) in London for a long time.
   6. When I was young, I __________ (play) hide and seek quite often.
   7. Mohit __________ (search)  for his wallet, when his son __________ (bring) it to him.
   8. Reena ___________ (slip) on a banana peel while she _________ (walk) on the road.
2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form - simple past or past perfect.

   1. Mohit __________ (go) to work when I ____________ (call) in the morning.
   2. The principal ____________ (accepted) the new proposal before the students __________ (meet) him.
   3. We _________ (line) up to buy tickets for the show.
   4. My mother _________ (advice) them not to go out in the rain, but they ____________ (refuse) to listen to her.
   5. When he ____________ (want) to buy some books, he realized that he __________ (forgot) to bring his wallet.
   6. Last week, I ___________ (run) into an old friend of mine. We __________ (see, not) each other for so long that we nearly didn't recognize each other.
   7. Before moving to Kannauj, I ___________ (never, even, hear) of the place.
   8. We ___________ (hear) a lot about the new film, but we __________ (never, expect) it to be so good.
3. 3.

   Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form-past perfect or past perfect continuous.

   1. It was midnight, and I was dead tired because I _________ (work) since morning.
   2. The temperature ____________ (fall) below freezing point before they even started climbing.
   3. The baby _________ (cry) for an hour, and we were all at our wit's end.
   4. The broken lock indicated that someone _________ (try) to break in.
   5. By the time I reached there, the movie ___________ (already, start)
   6. Nina ____________ (mope) all morning before her friends cheered her up.
4. 4.

   Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form -present perfect or simple past.

   1. _____________ (you, be) to the new jewellery showroom?
      Yes, I ____________ (go) there last week.
   2. Since I began acting, I ___________ (perform) in the three plays and a TV drama.
      However, I ___________ (not yet, act) in a movie.
   3. My boss __________ (praise) me yesterday.
   4. Since computers were first introduced, technology ___________ (change) great deal. We ___________ (buy) a new computer with the latest technology last week.
   5. Rahul __________ (just, become) a pharmacist.
   6. Mohan __________ (see) the play last Sunday.
   7. I __________ (witness) a terrible tragedy yesterday.