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46 Put the verbs into the correct form: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple or
past perfect continuous.
Kylie has called to see her friend Gary. They are both angry.

gary: Kylie, I’m surprised to see you.
kylie: Yeah? Well, I think you owe me an explanation.
gary: What about you? (1) I saw (I / see) you in the cafe with your sister last night.
(2) (We / arrange) to meet at the cinema, if you remember.
kylie: So why (3) (you / not / come) into the cafe if you saw me?
gary: (4) (I / be) extremely angry. And also extremely cold.
(5) (I / wait) outside the cinema for three-quarters of an hour.
kylie: But why? (6) (you / not / get) my texts?
gary: What texts?
kylie: The text (7) (I / send) you yesterday afternoon. And the one
from the cafe yesterday evening.
gary: What are you taking about?
kylie: (8) (I / walk) past the cinema yesterday lunchtime when
(9) (I / notice) that (10)
(they / change) the movie. So (11) (I / text) you to tell you.
Then (12) (I / send) you a message from the cafe to to say
where I was last night.
gary: (13) (I / not / get) any texts from you yesterday.
(14) (I / try) to phone you but there was no answer.
kylie: What? Let me look at your phone. Yes, there’s your call to me but not my texts
to you. But look on my phone. Here are my two texts to you. And you can see,
(15) (I / not receive) any texts or a call from you yesterday.
gary: Oh, no! (16) (My phone / not / work) properly all last
week so I took it back to the shop. I thought (17)
(they / mend) it but obviously not. I’m so sorry I was angry. It’s just that, well, while
(18) (I / wait), (19) (I / worry) about
(20) (what / happen) to you. Then (21)
(I / see) you in the cafe. (22) (You / laugh) with your sister and
(23) (I / realise) that (24) (you / sit)
there in the warm with her all evening. That’s why (25) (I / lose)
my temper.
kylie: Never mind. Let’s forget it. Where shall we go now?
gary: What’s on at the cinema, then?
kylie: A new musical. (26) (My sister / see) it at the weekend.
(27) (She / sing) the theme song all day yesterday.
gary: Oh, you must be tired of hearing it.
kylie: I am. Let’s just go and have something to eat, shall we?
gary: Yes, that’s a good idea.

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