Past tense and past participle exercise

Past tense and past participle: exerciseFill in the blanks with the past tense or past participle form of the verbs given in the brackets.. He would have ……… his speech after the break b

Past tense and past participle: exercise

Fill in the blanks with the past tense or past participle form of the verbs given in the brackets.

1 He has ……… his own companion for the journey (select)

2 He would have ……… his speech after the break but the chairperson didn’t permit him (resume)

3 Has the problem ……… solved? (be)

4 The accused ……… the jury’s verdict with anxiety (await)

5 My watch was ……… by a boy (steal)

6 A widespread outbreak of plague ……… in 1928 (occur)

7 The song was ……… by Alice and her sister (sing)

8 The whole of the milk has been ……… by the cat (drink)

9 He was properly ……… with by the authorities (deal)

10 I ……… the church regularly in my youth (attend)

11 He ……… to China, so you can’t meet him now (go)

12 The thieves had ……… away before the police arrived

Answers

1 selected

2 resumed

3 been

4 awaited

5 stolen

6 occurred

7 sung

8 drunk

9 dealt

10 attended

11 has gone

12 run

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