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Past, Present perfect, Pluperfect

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1. He had beenhas beenwasI don't know unemployed for five months by the time he received an offer.

2. She came to the emergency ward with her child because he had swallowedhad been swallowingswallowedI don't know a tiny toy one hour before.

3. As he said he wouldn't be present at the meeting, we had been triedhad been tryingtriedI don't know to get in touch with him for days without success.

4. My friend and I had watchedwas watchingwere watchingI don't know a thriller film when our phone rang.

5. We have been flyinghad been flyinghad flownI don't know for 14 hours by the time we arrived in Paris. We were exhausted.

6. By the time he took up a full time position as a film director he had resignedhad been resigningresignedI don't know his last temporary job as a photographer.

7. Before he decided to buy his new Smart Phone he have got rid ofgot rid ofhad got rid ofI don't know his obsolete cell phone.

8. By the time he got back home, he realised that a thief has burgledburgledhad burgledI don't know his tiny flat.

9. Have you paidHad you paidHave you been payingI don't know attention to your English test you would have avoided two mistakes.

10. He had been practisinghas been practisingpractisedI don't know for years and years before he finally won a competition.