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Past / Passed - Exercise 1

Direction: Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1. Write this essay in the (   ) tense.

2. The two ships (   ) each other without a sound.

3. The two ships went (   ) each other without a sound.

4. By the time I saw him, he had already (   ) me.

5. Have we (   ) the monument yet?

6. He (   ) me as I was walking down the hall.

7. The deadline for entries has (   ).

8. She is quiet about her very exciting (   ) at the slightest exposure to raisins.

9. Unfortunately, yesterday has (   ).

10. Today is the present; yesterday was the (   ).

             

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