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    A man named Patrick was walking down a street in northern England feeling depressed. Everything in his hometown had changed in the 20 years since he had lived there, as he had been in prison and then living in Australia. He decided to get coffee in a snack bar from his childhood, but it was now a burger bar. While paying, he found an old ticket for shoes he had taken to be repaired before a bank robbery 20 years prior. Though he assumed the shoe repairer must be dead, the shop was still there with the same old repairer. Patrick told the repairer he had lived in Australia and forgotten to pick up the shoes before leaving England. The repairer disappeared to the back and returned, asking if

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    A man named Patrick was walking down a street in northern England feeling depressed. Everything in his hometown had changed in the 20 years since he had lived there, as he had been in prison and then living in Australia. He decided to get coffee in a snack bar from his childhood, but it was now a burger bar. While paying, he found an old ticket for shoes he had taken to be repaired before a bank robbery 20 years prior. Though he assumed the shoe repairer must be dead, the shop was still there with the same old repairer. Patrick told the repairer he had lived in Australia and forgotten to pick up the shoes before leaving England. The repairer disappeared to the back and returned, asking if

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    A man named Patrick was walking down a street in northern England feeling depressed. Everything in his hometown had changed in the 20 years since he had lived there, as he had been in prison and then living in Australia. He decided to get coffee in a snack bar from his childhood, but it was now a burger bar. While paying, he found an old ticket for shoes he had taken to be repaired before a bank robbery 20 years prior. Though he assumed the shoe repairer must be dead, the shop was still there with the same old repairer. Patrick told the repairer he had lived in Australia and forgotten to pick up the shoes before leaving England. The repairer disappeared to the back and returned, asking if

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    A man named Patrick was walking down a street in northern England feeling depressed. Everything in his hometown had changed in the 20 years since he had lived there, as he had been in prison and then living in Australia. He decided to get coffee in a snack bar from his childhood, but it was now a burger bar. While paying, he found an old ticket for shoes he had taken to be repaired before a bank robbery 20 years prior. Though he assumed the shoe repairer must be dead, the shop was still there with the same old repairer. Patrick told the repairer he had lived in Australia and forgotten to pick up the shoes before leaving England. The repairer disappeared to the back and returned, asking if

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    Complete this story with the right verb tense of the verb in brackets.

    Use the past tenses:


    Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous.

    It was three o’clock. A man 1____________________________ (walk) down a high street in the north of England. He
    2
    ___________________________ (wear) a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Patrick and he
    3
    ______________________________ (live) away from home for the last twenty years. In fact, he
    4
    ______________________________ (be) in prison.

    Patrick was feeling totally depressed because everything in his home town 5_________________________ (change). The
    park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born
    6
    _________________________ (disappear) and in its place, ironically, there was a bank. Patrick
    7
    _________________________ (decide) to have a cup of coffee in the old snack bar where he used to go with his friends after
    school but it 8____________________________ (become) a burger bar.

    While he 9___________________________ (pay) for the coffee, he 10_________________________ (find) an old ticket in
    his wallet. It 11_______________________ (be) for a pair of shoes he 12__________________________ (take) to be repaired
    the day before the bank robbery 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then so Patrick 13___________________ (be)
    sure that he must be dead. But when he 14_____________________ (turn) the corner of the street he couldn’t believe his eyes.
    The shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He 15_________________________ (look) about a hundred years
    old. Patrick was so happy!

    Patrick told him that he 16____________________________ (live) in Australia for the past twenty years and that he
    17
    __________________________ (forget) to pick up some shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer
    18
    ____________________________ (disappear) into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he
    19
    _____________________________ (come).
    “2o_____________________________ (be) they dark brown, Italian shoes, size 42?” he asked slowly.
    “Yes!” said Patrick excitedly.
    “They’ll be ready tomorrow afternoon”, said the shoe repairer.
    Complete this story with the right verb tense of the verb in brackets. Use the past tenses:
    Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous.

    It was three o’clock. A man 1_______was walking_______ (walk) down a high street in the north of England. He
    2
    ______was wearing_______ (wear) a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Patrick and he 3_had been living / had
    lived_ (live) away from home for the last twenty years. In fact, he 4_______had been_______ (be) in prison.

    Patrick was feeling totally depressed because everything in his home town 5______had changed______ (change). The
    park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born
    6
    ______had disappeared___ (disappear) and in its place, ironically, there was a bank. Patrick 7_______decided__________
    (decide) to have a cup of coffee in the old snack bar where he used to go with his friends after school but it 8_____had
    become______ (become) a burger bar.

    While he 9_______was paying_________ (pay) for the coffee, he 10__________found__________ (find) an old ticket in
    his wallet. It 11_________was__________ (be) for a pair of shoes he 12________had taken________ (take) to be repaired the
    day before the bank robbery 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then so Patrick 13________was_______ (be) sure
    that he must be dead. But when he 14_______turned_______ (turn) the corner of the street he couldn’t believe his eyes. The
    shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He 15_________looked_________ (look) about a hundred years old.
    Patrick was so happy!

    Patrick told him that he 16


    _had lived/had been living__ (live) in Australia for the past twenty years and that he
    17
    ______had forgotten_____ (forget) to pick up some shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer
    18
    ______disappeared_______ (disappear) into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he 19______came back______ (come).
    “2o_________Were__________ (be) they dark brown, Italian shoes, size 42?” he asked slowly.
    “Yes!” said Patrick excitedly.
    “They’ll be ready tomorrow afternoon”, said the shoe repairer.

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