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Hi,, Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.  …

Hi,, Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.    THANKS

 

6. Why ……………………………… she still ……………………………… (work) at four o’clock in the afternoon? 7. I was happy to see her, because we ……………………. (not see) each other for months. 8. By the time we got to the shop, a long queue ……………………………… already ………………………….. (form) outside. 2) Until a few years ago, no one 1.. ……………………………… (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2. ………………………………(already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She 3. ……………………………… (get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school while she 4. …………………………. (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train 5. …………………………. (reach) King’s Cross station, she 6. ……………………………… (invent) most of the characters. When the book was published in 1997, no one 7. …………………………. (imagine) it would be such a tremendous success, but it quickly 8. ………………………….. (become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in many countries 9. ………………………….. (enjoy) her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling 10. ……………………………… (think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly popular series.

 

 

 

Past perfect????  THANKS

 

1) When I got to the pub, no one was there. They _____________ (go) somewhere else. 2) I arrived home and found that my wife __________ (go) away on holiday. All she left was a note. 3) I didn’t play tennis with Tom yesterday afternoon because I _______________ (already/play) twice in the morning. 4) The reason I didn’t go to the cinema is that I _________ (see) the film twice. I didn’t want to see it for a third time. 5) I went to my old school to visit some of the teachers. I saw Mr Field and Mrs Scott, but Mr Wells ____________ (die) two years earlier. 6) I was amazed to find out that I had a half-brother and that he _____________ (own) the shop in our street for the last ten years. 7) I got to the bus station two minutes late and saw that the bus ____________ (leave) 8) I was extremely nervous about speaking at the conference. I ________________ (never/stand up) in front of so many people before.