Question

Put the verb in brackets in the either the Past Simple or Past Perfect. a) I cooked a chicken curry for some friends, but I (not find) out until the next day that I _______ -----:-(give) them all food poisoning. b) Sandra ________ (ring) her friend Dawn to ask about her holiday. Dawn _____ _ just (return) from a cruise in the Caribbean. c) Since he was a little boy, Mark (want) to go to Oxford University and study to become a doctor. Imaging his delight when he _______ (do) really well in all his exams! His childhood dream (come) true. d) Kenneth (have) a very difficult week. On Monday a water pipe (burst) and flooded the kitchen, on Wednesday the central heating (break) down, and on Friday his wife (leave) him. e) Keith and Fiona _____ (go) to Brighton for their holiday last year. They (be) there the year before and they (have) an awful time, so I can't understand why they ~ _____ (decide) to go back again. f) Rachel _______ (be) a successful model before she ______ (become) a teacher. She _-----'-____ (earn) a lot of money, but then she (give) it all up for the classroom. 25 Put the verb in brackets in the either the Past Simple or Past Perfect Simple. a) I cooked a chicken curry for some friends, but I (not find) out until the next day that I _______ -----:-(give) them all food poisoning. b) Sandra ________ (ring) her friend Dawn to ask about her holiday. Dawn _____ _ just (return) from a cruise in the Caribbean. c) Since he was a little boy, Mark (want) to go to Oxford University and study to become a doctor. Imaging his delight when he _______ (do) really well in all his exams! His childhood dream (come) true. d) Kenneth (have) a very difficult week. On Monday a water pipe (burst) and flooded the kitchen, on Wednesday the central heating (break) down, and on Friday his wife (leave) him. e) Keith and Fiona _____ (go) to Brighton for their holiday last year. They (be) there the year before and they (have) an awful time, so I can't understand why they ~ _____ (decide) to go back again. f) Rachel _______ (be) a successful model before she ______ (become) a teacher. She _-----'-____ (earn) a lot of money, but then she (give) it all up for the classroom

Answer 1

a) I cooked a chicken curry for some friends, but I did not find out until the next day that I had given them all food poisoning.
b) Sandra rang her friend Dawn to ask about her holiday. Dawn had just returned from a cruise in the Caribbean.
c) Since he was a little boy, Mark had wanted to go to Oxford University and study to become a doctor. Image his delight when he did really well in all his exams! His childhood dream came true.
d) Kenneth had a very difficult week. On Monday a water pipe burst and flooded the kitchen, on Wednesday the central heating (broke down, and on Friday his wife left him.
e) Keith and Fiona went  to Brighton for their holiday last year. They had been  there the year before and they had had an awful time, so I can't understand why they decided to go back again.
f) Rachel had been/was a successful model before she became a teacher. She earned a lot of money, but then she gave it all up for the classroom.