Global MCQ Practice
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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 1

1How long had you been standing there before I ..... you?
2My sister ..... the cake before she ..... to the park.
3Directions:Change the form of the verb inside the parentheses into past tense or past perfect tense form. 1. When the scientists (find) ..... the artifacts, the salty water (reduce) ..... most of the fragments.
4He ..... before I ..... his place.
5I had washed my hair before they .....
6'Sarah had been watching a scary sci-fi film in the living room when she ..... an odd sound coming from the kitchen.'-'Goodness. She must have been horrified.'
7He had studied in the library before he ..... to class.
8The past perfect tense can be used without another past action in the sentence.
9Now we're lost! If you ..... Emma's directions, this wouldn't have happened.
10After she ....., she ..... much better.
11When I was a student at university, I ..... how to drive due to I ..... my driving school.
12Choose the right option. We use the Past Perfect .....
13After he ..... his work, he ..... back home
14When American soldiers arrived in Europe in 1917,
15We had been dancing for ten minutes when the light ..... out.
16Read the 'story', 'connector' and 'background' parts and make a sentence using past tenses. STORY: She (live) in Poland. CONNECTOR: before. BACKGROUND: She (move) to London. Answer: Choose the correct completed sentence.
17Jill ..... (PHONE) Dad at work before she ..... (LEAVE) for her trip.
18Use the Past Perfect or the Past Simple: ..... you ..... (eat) anything before you worked out?
19Mrs. Lopez and five of their friends ..... (write) poetry for many years when they ..... (publish) their collected poems and won a prize.
20Everyone ..... (hug) each other after they ..... (finish) their exams.
21She doesn't think a model is right for her son. She'd sooner he ..... with a nice 'normal' girl.
22If we ..... a yacht, we ..... the seven seas.
23What does Past Perfect talk about?
24Charles ..... very tired because he ..... the whole night.
25If he ..... looking where he was going, he ..... walked into the wall.
26Something which happened before another activity or situation in the past.
27The sun ..... most of the rare flowers when we ..... take them in.
28I ..... dinner before I ..... the movie.
29Choose the correct meaningIf I had had a choice, I would have said "No" to my boss.
30In which sentence does the past perfect add clarity to the sequence of events?
31Jane (read) ..... a lot about elephants before she (go) ..... to the zoo.
32Andrew ..... the test before so he ..... it very easy.
33Choose the correct sentence with after.
34Jack ..... in London before he ..... to Manchester.
35I ..... (finish) my homework before my brother ..... (come) home.
36Fill in the correct SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb.My shoes were soaked when I got to work. Fortunately, by the time I (be) ..... 1 ..... ready to leave, they (dry) ..... 2 ..... already.
37Which of these keywords used in the past perfect isn't a time expression?
38EXERCISE 5: Select either the past simple or the past perfect form for the verbs in parentheses.7. The teacher (give) back the exercise books after he (correct) them.
39Mum ..... (i) ..... dinner before Dad ..... (ii) ..... home.
40My parents have left for English since I ..... at primary school. A. have been B. was C. had been D. am
41My husband ..... the shopping after I ..... him.
42Is the tense correct?Most of these students didn't find any job after they had graduated from university.
43It's a shame you didn't come to London with us last summer, As you ..... it before, it ..... a wonderful holiday for you.
44After they ..... for three hours, they finally reached the summit.
45The meeting ..... (start) when John ..... (arrive).
46We ..... to China because our flight ..... on short notice. (NOT GO, CANCEL)
47SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The doctor (take) ..... off the plaster that he (put) ..... six weeks ago.
48Select TRUE or FALSE accordingly.Use past perfect to describe an action finished before another past action.
49They ..... dinner and left the restaurant when I .....
50SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:She (go) ..... out to play, after she (finish) ..... her homework.
51They had ..... money before they ..... the house in London.
52Past tensesMy dad ..... (work) in the bedroom for two hours before my brother ..... (knock) on the door.
53Make a sentence with past perfect and past simple.last month: fail / driving test / six timesyesterday: buy / bike
54In the sentence 'They had already packed before the taxi arrived', the past perfect tense shows sequence.
55Decide which of the following verbs in parentheses should be put in simple past and which should be in past perfect.It ..... (be) clear to Daisy that her mother ..... (cry) in self-pity most of the time.
56By the time I ..... to the party, my friends ..... I missed them.
57The crowd which has gather to protest against the decision slowly returned to their homes.
58My sister ..... in Florida for one year when we ..... to New York.
59A: I've been working a lot on my computer these days.B: Oh, really? ..... you had a computer.
60After they ..... (buy) the paint, they ..... (paint) the room.
61The past perfect tense shows a past action or condition that ended .....