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Exercise on Simple Past and Past Perfect

Exercise 5

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).

  1. Bob (wake) up early in the morning.
  2. He (feel) very tired because he (sleep / not) very well the night before.
  3. A strange noise in the garden (keep) him awake.
  4. Now it (be) six o'clock and Bob (get) up and (go) to the bathroom where he (have) a cold shower to wake up.
  5. Then he (make) himself a nice cup of coffee.
  6. When Bob (look) out of the kitchen window, he (believe / not) his eyes.
  7. There (be) a bear in his garden!
  8. He (search) Bob's garden for food last night.
  9. Bob (knock) at the window.
  10. The bear (hear) that and (run) away.
  11. But what a mess the bear (make) in the garden!