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  • I/try________to get in touch with you all morning before going to the park.yesterday.
    I had been trying / I was trying
  • Jack was exhausted because he/work_____a 20-hour shift in the hospital.
    he had worked
  • I/have__________a shower when my mum/phone_______ so I changed my mind.
    I was about to have / I was going to have my mum phoned
  • Before going to the theatre we/drop______into at George's cafe for a pizza.
    we dropped / we had dropped
  • Nobody/bother____ to let me know that the school/decide_____ to close for a holiday.
    had bothered / had decided
  • When you lived in London you/travel_______ by bus?
    did you travel
  • Everyone/seem____to be having a good time, although not everyone/dance______.
    seemed / was dancing
  • I'm sorry I/not realise _____ you were sitting here. I'll move.
    didn't realise
  • I/wonder________if you could help me carry my suitcase. It's so heavy
    I was wondering
  • Last night my neighbours/shout____ for hours so I/not can _______ sleep.
    were shouting / couldn't sleep (or wasn't able to sleep)
  • By the time I got to the train station, the train/leave________.
    had left
  • I/like _____action films more than I do now.
    I liked / I used to like
  • I/go______ to phone you but I forgot.
    I was going
  • John/work____________ for Burgerking. Now he works for Mc Donald's.
    worked / used to work
  • This time last year I/lie_____ on a beach in Spain.
    I was lying
  • Jill was really hungry because she/not eat ___________for hours.
    hadn't eaten
  • While the police/arrest____one suspect, they other guy/escape______
    were arresting / guy escaped
  • Mary's clothes were covered in paint because she/decorate____all morning.
    she had been decorating
  • I/think____about travelling before going to university but I changed my mind.
    I had been thinking
  • When you/pass ___ the town clock, you/notice____ what time it was?
    you were passing / did you notice?
  • He was so sweet. Every week he/buy_____his wife a bunch of flowers.
    he used to buy / he would buy / he bought