Global MCQ Practice
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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 3

1Which tense emphasizes an action before another past point?
2Frame ..... from Anna for many months before she ..... him.
3The Past Perfect is used with the following time expressions:
4Last night: steal / jewellery 12:04 last night: leave / quietly
5Now that I ..... my notes, I ..... to continue writing my essay.
6She ..... him before the conference .....
7James was late for work this morning. He ..... (forget) to set his alarm clock. When he ..... (get) to work, his boss ..... (be) very angry.
8Put the verb in the correct tense: Past Simple, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous. When they (get) ..... home last night their children (already/go) ..... to bed. Choose the correct pair.
9PAST PERFECT/PAST SIMPLE. Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense:'By the time we (get) ..... to the stadium, the performance (already start) ....., so we missed the first two songs.'
10Use the Past Perfect or the Past Simple: They had finsihed their homework before they ..... (go) to the movies.
11The following statement is correct: "I had gone to bed when Brian started calling me, so I didn't hear my cellphone."
12They ..... (manage) to set up a tent before it ..... (rain).
13Before she ..... (lose) her wallet, she ..... (buy) some presents for her children.
14As soon as we get on the plane, the pilot told us to get off again.
15As soon as Jake ....., he ..... his mistake.
16Decide which of the following verbs in parentheses should be put in simple past and which should be in past perfect.Daisy ..... (spend) a few days with her friends when she ..... (find) her mother all alone.
17When I ..... home, I saw that the children ..... (ARRIVE, LEAVE)
18They ..... the gates before I ..... there.
19True or False:The question 'Had the game already started when you arrived?' correctly uses the past perfect to ask if one past event happened before another.
20Past Simple or Past Perfect? The teacher (correct) the tests that the pupiles (write).
21Choose the correct form: 'By the time she called, I (to finish) my work.'
22After I ..... (find) the wallet full of money, I immediately ..... (return) to the police.
23Fill in the correct SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb.I (make) ..... 1 ..... a fantastic lunch to take to work. I (put) ..... 2 ..... it in the staff fridge this morning.
24Differentiate between tenses: 'I had eaten' vs 'I ate'.
25Choose the correct answer according to the verb tense (past perfect and simple past). He had ..... (walk) his dog before he ..... (go) to work.
26Damir ..... asleep this morningbecause he ..... up late last night.
27To describe an action finishing before another past action
28Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms:By the time she ..... (get) to the station, the train ..... (leave).
29Fill in the correct SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb.I never (have) ..... 1 ..... a chance to eat it. When I went to the fridge, someone (eat) ..... 2 ..... it already.
30Choose the best verb tense to complete the following sentence.Yesterday I ..... my homework before I ..... football with my friends.
31Susan ..... on the radio after she ..... the dishes.
32The field trip ..... a hundred times more fun than I ..... before.
33Jane ..... ten pages when her computer .....
34Choose the well-formulated statement.
35The students ..... all required assignments before the lecturer announced the final grading criteria.
36After Michael ..... a deep breath, he ..... into the water
37Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer. Past simple vs. past continuous. When Mother Teresa ....., people from all over the world ..... her.
38She (watch) ..... a movie after the children (go) ..... to bed.
39Paul ..... the mess after his brother ..... out of bed
40Ann ..... (return) the books to the library immediately after she ..... (read) them.
41John ..... out when I ..... in the office.
42My uncle ..... his first job before he .....
43Before the students ..... the test they ..... off their mobiles. (to start/to switch)
44Yesterday I (feel) nervous as I (not prepare) my presentation carefully.
45(Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses.)SITUATION: I wanted to write my parents a letter last night, but I didn't have enough time.In other words:If I (have) ..... enough time, I (write) ..... my parents a letter last night.
46I hardly (finish) my lunch when he (come).
47Russia ..... earlier this week that it ..... all its troops out of Georgia.
48After my little brother ..... too much chocolate, he had a terrible stomachache.
49Yuki had studied English so it wasn't a problem by the time she got here Tense:
50He had lived in Edinburgh for 2 years before he ..... to Glasgow.
51She had lived in Tashkent for two years before she .....
52Combine the two ideas with one simple past event and one past perfect event. Use when or because:I texted her 5 times. She finally responded.
53She ..... (turn) off the light after she ..... (lock) all the doors.
54She had eaten her meal when he telephoned to invite her to the restaurant.Which action happened first: eating or inviting?
55George has been in business since he ..... college.
56Choose Past Simple or Past Perfect I ..... (not understand) the lesson because I ..... (not listen).
57The police ..... the scene when the ambulance .....
58In which situation is the past perfect tense the most appropriate choice?
59Cum rex exiisset, Salvius milites ad se vocavit.
60Yuka ..... English for eight years by the time she ..... from university.
61The guests ..... the party before I reached the restaurant.had left