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Past, Present perfect, Pluperfect

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1. He has beenwashad beenI 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 swallowedhad swallowedhad been swallowingI 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 were watchinghad watchedwas watchingI don't know a thriller film when our phone rang.

5. We have been flyinghad flownhad been flyingI 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 resignedhad resignedhad been resigningI don't know his last temporary job as a photographer.

7. Before he decided to buy his new Smart Phone he got rid ofhave got 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 had burgledburgledhas burgledI don't know his tiny flat.

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

10. He practisedhas been practisinghad been practisingI don't know for years and years before he finally won a competition.