Grammar. Past Simple, Past Perfect, Present Perfect | form approval

Put the verbs in the correct tenses.

In 2012, a fire at an ammunition depot ____, then – a series of explosions, which led to a transport collapse and panic among the populace.

Susan ____ her ancle and she can't run in a race.

I ____ a fractured kneecap and couldn't walk to the transport stop properly, not that get on the bus.

We'll need to leave a bit later, because I ___¹ packing yet and my sleeping set ____² somewhere before the last departure.

It was the first time Chris ____ in the mountains.

When I ___¹ home last night, I discovered that Jane ___² a beautiful candlelight dinner and ___³ so glad to see me.

Since I began acting, I ____¹ in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I ___² publicly before I came to Hollywood in 2010.

Prices ____ up last year, but they ____ by 8% already this year. It's sizzling annoying.

He ____¹ off the ladder and ____² his arm. That's why he ___³ in college for a while.

When ______ (he/decide) to join the club?

We ___¹ to this song before.

James ____² his finger while he was chopping vegetables and now it's tremendously bleeding.

By the time they got to the port, the ferry ___³.

How many tickets ____⁴ since yesterday and do you record their number and the number of applicants?

He had lived in Colchester for 6 years before he ___^{1 (move)} to Brighton.

After we ___^{2 (eat)} all sandwiches we decided to bring more lemonade.

Having lost his passport, he ___^{3 (hurry)} to the nearest district inspector.

Kevin failed his exam because he...

Present Perfect formula:

We use Past Simple for an action which happened at a definite time in the past; the time is stated, already known or implied.

We use Past Perfect when we have two actions in the past and it is important for us to show that one of them happened before the other or the reason why the event happened.

I ___^{1 (be)} very upset as my son ___^{2 (forget)} about my birthday. 

Mom complained that they ___ two hours late.

I ___ in the lottery, so we are going to the restaurant at my expense!

Behind the rapid development of the region, many problems ____. Thus, the conflict between Czechs and Germans, who had different rights, was growing, displacement was taking place, and dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church, which was swiftly losing its authority, was growing. All this ____ the basis for the emergence in the Czech Republic of a powerful National and religious movement called the Hussite Wars.