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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 14

1Change into English!"When the vaccine was discovered, everyone had become zombies."
2It describes completed events that took place in the past before another past event
3Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. I ..... (never go) abroad until I ..... (go) to France.
4A: "Why was the meeting canceled?" B: "Everyone ..... the room before the manager ..... "
5Mandy ..... (be) sick last week because she ..... (eat) some contaminated food.
6Since every penny of the grant ..... spent on equipment, we started looking for volunteers to do the cleaning.A. had been B. would have been C. have been D. was
7If they ..... to the concert, they could have seen their favorite band.
8Jake ..... the email two minutes after he ..... it. (to answer/to receive)
9I ..... him for a long time before I ..... his family.
10We use the Past perfect tense to express that one action happened ..... another action in the past.
11If he hadn't forgotten his wallet, he ..... dinner.
12By the time we finally ..... the entrance to the cinema, they ..... out all of the tickets.
13EXERCISE 5: Select either the past simple or the past perfect form for the verbs in parentheses.6. After she (spend) all her money she (ask) her father to help her.
14All the tickets (be) ..... sold before the concert (begin) .....
15When do we use past perfect or past perfect progressive in "that clauses"?
16Construct a sentence using both past simple and past perfect tenses.
17I (see) her before somewhere-I (know).
18Choose the correct form:The telegram ..... just as I ..... the house yesterday.
19By the time we ....., the party ..... (arrive, finish)
20PAST PERFECT TENSE TELLS US SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE PAST ..... ANOTHER THING HAPPENED
21The car ..... very dirty. Nobody ..... it for weeks.
22She ..... just ..... (enter) the room when the door ..... (open) and Jason ..... (enter).
23Before the police ..... the thief, he had stolen two cellphones.
24Yesterday when I ..... at the station, the train ..... for 15 minutes.
25If they ..... earlier, they wouldn't have missed the flight.
26Complete the sentence:By the time we arrived, the concert ..... already started.
27One past before another $\rightarrow$
28Had the plane taken off on time, we wouldn't have been late for the opening of the seminar. This means that we were late because the fight .....
29She ..... in China before she ..... to Los Angeles.
30Which tenses are these?"When we arrived, he had already gone home."
31They had just been living in that house for two years when ..... by fire.
32Which verb tense is used to describe an action in the past that happened before another action in the past. Formed with the subject + had + past participle.
33Choose Past Simple or Past Perfect By the time we arrived, the bus ..... (leave).
34PAST PERFECT/PAST SIMPLE. Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense:'Yesterday, the teacher (ask) ..... me why I (not do) ..... my homework.'
35Which time expression is often used in Past Perfect Tense?
36Dennis Tito already (complete) ..... 900 hours of training by the time he (fly) ..... into space in 2001.
37Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer. Past simple vs. past continuous. In 2010, Asley ..... with his parents.
38If Ann ..... (apply) for a job, she ..... (get) it
39Choose the correct answer. They had watched the football match .....
40I had finished my work before Akriti ..... to see me.
41[A32] Mike had worked at the grocery store for several years before he ..... his promotion.
42Past perfect is not used to .....
43I ..... already ..... my lunch when he arrived.
44Yesterday a boy ..... the snowman that we .....
45After she ..... (hear) the sad news, she ..... (begin) to cry.
46If the concert ..... sold out, we wouldn't have been able to get tickets.
47After Siti Awaliah ..... her homework, she ..... games.
48Tenses yang menjelaskan tentang sesuatu yang terjadi saat sebelum waktu spesifik atau untuk menegaskan peristiwa yang lebih dahulu terjadi adalah?
49She ..... (not / eat) anything because she ..... (already / have) lunch.
50I ..... (not / recognise) many people at my old school reunion because they ..... (change) a lot.
51Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense to show a cause?
52After the manager ..... (answer) his phone, he ..... (enter) the office.
53GRAMMARChoose the correct form of the verb in these sentences.6, I was bored because Steve told/ had told us this story many times before
54Which sentence best explains the difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect?
55Christine had (gone, went) to camp over the summer.
56Which tense happens before in the past?
57Choose the right answer I haven't been to Moscow since we ..... to Kiev.
58We had had that car for ten years before it ..... down.
59If we have two actions that happened in the past and we want to show what action took place first, we use this tense of the verb.
60After her mother ....., she ..... an introvert.
61True or False:The past perfect tense is used to describe an action completed after another past action.