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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 10

1After they ..... (see) the movie, they ..... (go) out for dinner.
2I should have ..... earlier, otherwise this incident would not .....
3Which sentence correctly differentiates between past perfect and past simple?
4A: 'Are you going to buy the house?' B: 'We ....., but we finally decided that it was too expensive.'
5John ..... a lot of money before he ..... 40 years old.
6To show the order of two past events.
7Complete the sentence with the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST PERFECT form of the verbs in brackets.When I ..... talking to him, I realised we ..... before. (begin, meet)
8What does simple past convert into?
9After she ..... to turn up for our appointment for the third time, I ..... to meet her again.
10They ..... to London several times before they moved there.
11As soon as she finish her project, she sent it to her professor via email.
12I ..... to the theatre but the movie .....
13Complete the sentence.The past perfect tense takes place before another .....
14Complete the sentencesMy friend/ study/ Japanese/ before/ she/ move/ to/ Japan.
15If he ..... his own vegetables, he wouldn't have bought them.
16Past + Past Perfect (Past commentary about another event that happened further in the past) Choose the correct sentence:
17They ..... (already/ leave) when you ..... (arrive).
18Correct or Incorrect?Emily and Allie had traveled for days before they reached their destination yesterday.
19Since the computer ..... it has made considerable changes to our daily life.
20We asked everybody if they ..... what they wanted to write about, and some people weren't sure.
21SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The plants (die) ..... because they (be) ..... dry all summer.
22Shin-Fei ..... before she ..... her classes
23She had worked for 10 different enterprises before she ..... her own company.
24I ..... my manager straight away, rather than hiding everything.
25Construction on the tunnel began in 1988, and the tunnel had opened for passengers in 1994. However, the history of the Chunnel goes back all the way to 1802 when the idea of connecting the two countries across the narrow English Channel was first suggested by a man named Albert Mathieu.
26I ..... all my money before I ..... home.
27Praneel ..... (tell) me that he ..... (be) to Singapore.
28If my client ..... me her fax number, I ..... to post a letter to her.
29I had drunk a tea before I ..... a coffe machine.
30Jack ..... a shower before the guests ..... to the party.
31ERROR IDENTIFICATION When we came to the station this morning, the train left 15 minutes before.
32Before they ....., they ..... in different cities.
33The children wouldn't have gotten into trouble if they ..... more supervision
34By the time the fire engine ..... (arrive), the villagers ..... (put) out the fire.
35The plan ..... for two hours when he ......
36A: Did you go out to eat last night? B: No, when I ..... home, my husband ..... dinner for me.
37How long ..... each other before they ..... to get married?
38Complete the sentence with the verb in brackets. Use the correct past tense: They (live) ..... in London for three years before they bought a house there.
39Ann was very upset yesterday because she ..... that she ..... his wallet.
40The main function of Past Perfect Tense is to express .....
41You just want to tell what happened some time in the past or do you want to tell what had happened before/up to a certain time in the past? what to use?
42She ..... already ..... her lunch by noon.
43Decide which of the following verbs in parentheses should be put in simple past and which should be in past perfect.Mrs. Lopez and five of their friends ..... (write) poetry for many years when they ..... (publish) their collected poems and won a prize.
44They ..... on working all month, but then they ..... and just worked for a week.
45Before our breakfast ....., our mother ..... at 6 a.m.
46Choose the correct answers. 2 Louise had done a lot of training when she took part in the tennis competition.
47She had already left when we arrived.
48When I (see) Arthur in May, he (write) 280 pages of his novel.
49The game ..... when we ..... there.
50When Aidil ..... at school, he realized he ..... his textbook.
51We ..... (finish) dinner when Dad ..... (come) home from work last night.
52[A24] The Light had turned red by the time I ..... the intersection
53Kristoffer (memorize) ..... the lines before the teacher (call) ..... him for recitation.
54The usage of past perfect in the sentence below is to ..... I wish I had eaten before going out today.
55They had finished the test when the bell rang.
56The wind ..... away the paper serviettes that I ..... on the garden.
57Roberto ..... very well in the final, probably because he ..... several long and difficult matches in the earlier rounds.
58When John ..... home, we told him what ..... earlier that afternoon.
59It had begun to rain when I .....
60Most people had (A) written (B) with quill pens until pens (C) with metal points become (D) popular in the middle of the nineteenth century.
61Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use past simple/past perfect/past continuous:Megan ..... (not know) about Rob and Mary's party because they ..... (not tell) her.