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Gap-fill exercise

The following tenses may be used:
PAST - PRESENT PERFECT - PAST PERFECT (each SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS)

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!


Mrs Healer (1 go/just) out; she isn’t here. After we (2 study) the menu, we (3 choose) the dishes and drinks. While Mrs Healer (4 look) through the catalogue, her father (5 write) to the local paper. Ann (6 bake) cakes for hours, but we (7 eat/already) five of them. Columbus (8 travel) across the seas and (9 discover) America. Ever since we moved here, I (10 try) to contact her. When (?) (11 the journalist/write) the article? He (12 finish) it on Tuesday. While the pupils (13 play) cards in the lesson, the teacher (14 arrive), so they (15 hide) their cards and (16 take) out their books instead. Father furiously screams, “Who (17 use) my razor again? It’s dirty!!!“

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