CAE Result Unit 4 Past tenses

I ... (work) on the computer since 8 a.m but I'm going to have a break in a minute.

I ... (study) in Paris for six years until my parents moved to Rome.

If you ... (read) the book I lent you, can I have it back now?

It was a long time before I ... (dare) tell my parents I had a tongue stud.

As a child, I ... (excel) at sports.

He ... (play) for the national football team three times so far this season.

So far I ... (phone) Jim five times this morning but I haven't managed to catch him yet.

Ouch! I ... (twist) my ankle.

Pop singer Rihanna ... (travel) round the country all summer giving performances.

Many of the plays that Shakespeare ... (produce) have been made into films.

I ... (resist) eating a single piece of chocolate for the past six weeks.

This isn't the first time I ... (taste) shark meat.