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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 13

1Before you came, I had finished my homework.
2After the boy ..... that the wallet was full of money yesterday, he ..... to the police and turned it in.
3Choose the right answer.8. He ..... the jacket before he ..... to the checkout to pay for it.
4Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in Past Simple or Past Perfect. e.g. I (recognize) ..... him because I (meet) ..... him at an exhibition earlier this year. X, X
5I haven't met him again since we ..... school ten years ago.
6I'd rather my friends ..... me on my last bithday.
7They had spent 2 days in the flooded area before the rescue workers .....
8He ..... in this school before he ..... for England.
9After the group London, they to Edinburgh. (to visit/to fly)
10Complete the sentences with the correct past simple and past perfect verb form: use the words in brackets. b) She (already leave) ..... before he ..... (get) home
11Sussie said she ..... the car before she ..... it.
12I ..... the burglar before the police ..... at the scene. The polieceman told me that I ..... a reward next week.
13Bill ..... sick last night because he ..... too many cakes at the party
14After she ..... the house, she ..... TV.
15Put the verb in the correct tense: Past Simple, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous. My mum (be) ..... worried about Miles because she (call) ..... him several times but he never answered. Choose the correct pair.
16Earlier that afternoon he ..... all the tickets that now he ..... in his hand.
17They (come) ..... back home after they (finish) ..... their work.
18An event happened in the past before another event in the past
19The robbers (leave) the bank when the policemen finally (arrive)
20Multiple choice: Which is correct? a) They had gone home before we arrived. b) They went home before we had arrived.
21Mary had given me Cristina's address before she .....
22[A27] Before I ..... to work, I hadn't watched the news, so I didn't see the big fire.
23PAST PERFECT + PAST SIMPLE:HER PARENTS ..... (CALL) HER AFTER THEY ..... (HEAR) THE NEWS.
24Which sentence shows an action that happened first before another past event?
25Choose A, B, C or D that needs correction: Nick asked Phong if he has gone to Nga's birthday party the previous night.
26She had been sleeping for ten hours when I ..... her.
27Sheena (visit) Thailand after she (study) the Thai culture.
28The pyramid ..... until 1925
29Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer. Past simple vs. past continuous. Why ..... she having dinner at 5pm?
30Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer. Past simple vs. past continuous. They ..... to the cinema when she met them yesterday.
31Which one(s) is/are INCORRECT?
32I ..... a jaguar before before I ..... the Amazon.
33Because we use the past perfect to highlight two separate points in the past, we often use the conjunctions before, when, because, until, or by the time to specify the order in which they occurred in time.
34If she ..... her glasses, she ..... the bus.
35If you want to express an action that happened before another action in the past, which tense should you use?
36Almost everybody (leave) ..... by the time we (arrive) .....
37Past Simple or Past Perfect: The doctor ..... at my foot and asked me about my family.
38By the time we ..... the station, the train .....
39BY THE TIME he ..... home, we had been watching TV for about one hour
40Choose Past Simple or Past Perfect:She was tired because she ..... (not sleep) well.
41If they (listen) ..... to me, we (be) ..... home earlier.
42"By the time the authorities arrived, the suspects had already fled the scene." What temporal relationship does past perfect establish?
43When James ..... to ring us, we ..... house.
44SECTION 1: GRAMMAR. Directions: Read the sentences below carefully. Then choose the correct word for each blank. If you had been a bit more careful, you ..... cut yourself.
45She said she ..... up and ..... into the theater without us.
46We ..... the room before our friends ..... to our house.
47When I ..... to the car park, I didn't know where I ..... my car.
48To many people, Jesse's participation in the 1936 Olympic games in Nazi Germany might have seemed ironic.
49Complete the sentence with the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST PERFECT form of the verbs in brackets.He ..... her number, but she ..... her phone. (ring, switch off)
50Our guests (be) ..... still here when he (come) ..... back fromschool.
51The plane (leave) when they (reach) the airport.
52I moved to this state last year, so If I ..... in Veracruz, I wouldn't be studying in this school.
53My sister ..... me a lift because I ..... the bus.
54Phuong worked part-time at the shopping mall when she had gone to college.
55EXERCISE 5: Select either the past simple or the past perfect form for the verbs in parentheses.3. When I (call) on my friend, he (go) out.
56They had locked the gates before I got there.
57Select past simple or past perfect simple for the sentence below."Mark travels a lot. When I first met him, he ..... (already / travel) to a multitude of countries around the world."
58When she (finish) her work, she (go) to the cinema.
59Kris ..... (give) me Angel's address before she ..... (leave).
60PAST OR PAST PERFECT?The students ..... the problem for a month by the time they had their test.
61His father told him it was high time he ..... his own living.