Question

Open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Perfect. Jill ____ (be) afraid she ____ (forget) her key at home, but she _____ (find) it in her handbag. Dad _______ (not be) at home when I _____ (come) back. He ______ (go) out twenty minutes before. I ________ (not be) hungry because I ________ (just/have) breakfast. Peter _____ (see) an urgent message on his table. Somebody______ (leave) it the day before. I _______ (apologize) I __________(not/phone) her earlier. He __________ (tell) me that he _______________ (come back) a fortnight before. I ________ (know) him at once though I ________ (meet) him many years before. We _______ (spend) the night in Klin, a town we _____ (often/hear of) but_____ (never/see). They ________ (can) believe he _____________ (give up) his job in the bank. Jackson ________(say) that he ___________ (already/buy) everything for lunch.

Answer 1

is, forgot, found, was not, came, went, am not, just had, saw, left, apologized, didnt phone, told, came back, knew, have met, have spent, often heard of, never seen, could, gave up, said, already bought

Answer 2

Jill was afraid she had forgotten her key at home, but she found it in her handbag. Dad was not at home when I came back. He had gone out twenty minutes before. I was not hungry because I had just had breakfast. Peter saw an urgent message on his table. Somebody had left it the day before. I apologize I didn't phone her earlier. He told me that he had come back a fortnight before. I knew him at once though I had met him many years before. We spent the night in Klin, a town we had often heard of but had never seen. They couldn't believe he had given up his job in the bank. Jackson said that he had already bought everything for lunch.