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Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect

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1. When I (arrive) home last night, I discovered that

2. Jane (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

3. Since I began acting, I (perform) in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama.

4. However, I (speak, never even) publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.

5. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) without me.

6. My boss (be) furious

7. with me and I (be) fired.

8. When I (turn) the radio on yesterday,

9. I (hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school.

10. I (hear, not) the song for years,

11. and it (bring) back some great memories.

12. Last week, I (run) into an ex-girlfriend of mine.

13. We (see, not) each other for years,

14. and both of us (change) a great deal.

15. I (enjoy) talking to her so much

16. that I (ask) her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

17. Jack (enter) the room,

18. I (recognize, not) him because

19. he (lose) so much weight and

20. (grow) a beard. He looked totally different!

21. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first

22. (arrive) in the New World.

23. I (visit) so many beautiful places

24. since I (come) to Utah. Before moving here,

25. I (hear, never) of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.