Global MCQ Practice
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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 4

1Which of the following pairs shows simple past and past perfect tenses correctly?
2It's about time you learnt how to use that computer
3SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The children (collect) ..... the chestnuts that (fall) ..... from the tree,
4By the time we ..... the letter, Tom ..... for Paris.
5The author had died before his book .....
6If we are highlighting that the action or event in the past perfect tense came before another action or event, this second verb is often (but not always) in the past simple tense.
7Complete the sentences with the correct past simple and past perfect verb form: use the words in brackets. a) When she ..... (arrive) home he ..... (already cook) dinner
8Last time the wood ..... (chop) before it ..... (deliver) to us.
9Last month: paint / best picture last week: win / $ 1000
10Before I ..... him, I ..... a lot about his story. (meet/ know)
11After Mary ..... the room, she ..... the floor.
12A: Why were you so tired yesterday?B: I ..... for two hours before the exam started.
13The telegram ..... just as I ..... the house yesterday.
14My mother ..... really angry with me because I ..... all my exams.
15Choose the correct transformation from present perfect to past perfect: "I have finished the project." $\rightarrow$
16..... is used to talk about an action completed before a given moment in the past.
17She (own) She (drive)
18Nobody (to expect) that the expedition (to be found).
19The past perfect tense is to talk about:
20After Sofie (finish) taking a bath, she (go) to lunch.
21She ..... well yesterday because she ..... too much.
22We use the past perfect simple to show the relationship between two past actions. It shows that one action happened ..... another.
23When do we use a past perfect e.g. had eaten?
24I ..... (go) to the store after I ..... (finish) my work. (Simple Past vs. Past Perfect)
25The house ..... to the ground by the time the firemen .....
26By the time ..... my keys, I ..... the bus.
27Jimmy ..... the film that he ..... us about.
28In a sentence describing two past events, which tense is used for the action that occurred first?
29Which verb tense expresses an action that took place before some other past action?
30(Peter/ come) to see you after he (finish) his work?
31If she ..... about this, she wouldn't have married him.
32The area looked as though it .....
33I ..... (not enjoy) the film very much because I ..... (already read) the book
34Combine the two ideas with one simple past event and one past perfect event. Use when or because:There was no dessert. We forgot to buy ice cream.
35Before Aunt May (move) to Masbate, she (learn) to speak Cebuano.
36Completed actions that happened before other events in the past
37Before Jennifer ..... to Australia, she ..... learning English.
38The car which ..... by the thieves ..... yesterday by a 10 year old child.
39If the ball ..... the line, that would have been the end of the game.
40What tense refers to an action that was completed before another action also completed in the past? Example: I had done exercise before.
41After they ..... (arrive) to the airport, they ..... (wait) for their plane
42We had already had dinner when Nick ..... (to come) home.
43We use past perfect .....
44Which sentence is NOT in the Past Perfect?
45I ..... my best friend in 2015, but we ..... each other before that.
46After Jim ..... his homework he ..... to his friend.
47If they ..... a car, they ..... have gone on a road trip.
48We use the past perfect to refer to actions that happened ..... a specific time or another action in the past.
49We ..... when John ..... home.
50By the time the ambulance ....., it was too late-the patient .....
51The verb or verb phrase?As they watched the instructor, the auto mechanics had learned how to clean an engine.
52Here are two events:1. The rain started. 2. We got inside. Which sentence best combines these to show that the rain started first?
53Complete the sentence with the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST PERFECT form of the verbs in brackets.Lena ..... me if I ..... married long. (ask, be)
54They ..... good preparations before they ..... their final examination yesterday.
55The guests ..... already ..... when she ..... there.
56She ..... never ..... a game jam before that weekend.
57If Aiden ..... studied, he wouldn't have failed his test ..... but here we are.
58She ..... snow until she ..... to Canada.
59The rain (stop) when I (wake) up.
60I ..... (tell) the police that I ..... (not see) the man in the photo before.
61Which is NOT a reason to use Past Perfect?