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Interactions 2 Writing, 4/e
Cheryl Pavlik
Margaret Keenan Segal

Lifestyles Around the World

Using the Past Perfect Tense

Complete the following paragraph with the simple past or past perfect form of the verb in parentheses.



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One of the most important lessons that anyone can learn is to be self-reliant. I (learn) to believe in myself in a very difficult way.
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When I (be) in high school, I (be) always bad in math.
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I remember the first time I (decide) to cheat.
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I (get) a D on every test that semester even though I (spend) a lot of time studying.
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I (be) afraid that I might fail the course, so I (copy) from my friend Anne.
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She (get) an A on every test that we (take) .
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Of course, I (not copy) every answer--just enough to get a C.
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Then, I (get) a B on the next test.
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My parents (be) very proud of me.
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They (get used to) my bad math grades and couldn't believe how much I (improve) .
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Then (come) the final.
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On the day of the final, the teacher (announce) that he (write) two forms of the test.
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Anne and I (get) different forms.
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I (know) I (be) in trouble because I (not study) .
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In the end, everyone (know) I (cheat) , and I (have to) retake the whole math course during the summer.