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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 11

1The teacher ..... the essays that his students .....
2Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.Even though we ..... (never meet), I ..... (recognise) him from his Facebook page.
3You're speaking now about a report that finished before a past meeting. Which option is most precise?
4Fter the man ..... home he ..... the cat.
5Use the past perfect to show that an action happened before another action in the past. Use ..... for the other action.
6Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer. Past simple vs. past continuous. While Leonardo da Vinci ..... in Florence, he ..... many masterpieces.
7If we ..... (take) a taxi, we ..... (miss) the plane
8We ..... (not see) him again until he ..... (move) to this area of the town.
9When I ..... (turn) on the television, my favourite program ..... (already/finish).
10True or False:The past perfect tense describes an action that happened *after* another event in the past.
11Complete the sentence:After they ..... dinner, they watched a movie.
12The doctor ..... (take) off the plaster that he ..... (put) on six weeks before.
13The children ..... at the park earlier before the rain came.
14What skill is primarily being tested in section B, where students must complete the paragraph with simple past or past perfect forms of the verbs from the box?
15What is the main grammatical focus of the exercise on this page?
16I'd been chatting with my friends .....
17Complete the sentence using the Past Simple or Present Perfect:Iren (arrive) ..... in Rome a week ago.
18If you ..... your homework, you ..... your teacher the right answer.
19Choose the part that needs correction in the following question.When we arrived at the airport, the plane has taken off.
20They didn't know that he ..... from the University in 1990 and then ..... abroad.
21When he ..... at the party, Julie ..... just .....
22He had never heard about Halloween. He took part in a Halloween party last year. (before)
23PAST OR PAST PERFECT?About 8 months after my first skydive, I ..... to do it again.
24If the alien in Lifted ..... more lessons, he wouldn't have failed the test.
25I ..... to bed when the phone and I stayed awake for hours after that.
26Error correction:Jason had played in a band called Jetsam before he had joined Metallica.
27That day when we were in the restaurant each one ..... what he ......
28The past: habitual events and specific incidents: Right or wrong?I wasn't surprised when my car broke down-it had made a funny noise all morning.
29Had they finished dinner when you came?
30For what purpose is the Past Perfect tense primarily used?
31Choose Past Simple or Past Perfect: When I got to the cinema, the film ..... (start).
32In 2005 my brother ..... the school, but my sister ..... it one year earlier.
33They ..... to get married last month although they ..... each other for only six weeks.
34By the time I ..... into my own apartment, I ..... high school.
35I ..... (i) ..... the flat after I ..... (ii) ..... the windows.
36She ..... promoted because she ..... a lot of good work.
37They ..... hours in the car by the time they ..... at the station.
38Ronald Reagan ..... president for 8 years before he ......
39After we ..... (eat) breakfast we ..... (go) to school.
40Mr. Brown ..... to me 2 hours ago to return the book which he ......
41They ..... (be) sad because their team ..... (lose) the game.
42..... resigned, we would have been force to sack him
43Select "Correct" if the verb tense is correct; correct the verb tense if it is incorrect.The waiter had brought our menus before we all sit down.
44The Cambrian ..... an important moment in the history of life on earth and a time of radical evolutionary experimentation when many animals first ..... in the fossil record.
45Identify the sentence that shows the correct sequence using past and past perfect tenses:
46We could have done something if they ..... us earlier.
47"Action taking place before a certain time in the past " is the characteristic of:
48True or False: Past perfect tense is used to describe actions that happened before other actions in the past.
49A description of the first of two past actions to take place.
50What tense does have the following feature?is used to talk about an action that happened before another past action
51If she ..... the invitation, she wouldn't have been there at the party.
52The library ..... by the time I ..... there.
53Which sentence best contrasts Past Simple and Present Perfect?
54After we ..... the cake, mum ..... in.
55Fill in the correct SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb.I woke up with a headache, but I (feel) ..... 1 ..... better after I (take) ..... 2 ..... some medicine.
56In "Mark came late to class because he had had a doctor's appointment" which event happened first?
57I was very tired yesterday because I ..... for two nights.
58What tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past?
59After he ..... to me for the second time, I ..... what he said.
60Identify the mistake. I was made to sit quietly by my examiner until everyone finished.
61Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.Everyone ..... (already start) eating by the time we ..... (get) home.