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Past Perfect Vs Simple PastSet 9

1But of course I was hungry; I ..... anything since lunch and I ..... a race in the morning.
2Louis had done his project even before the teacher ..... for it.
3What is the difference between 'I had eaten' and 'I ate'?
4Make a sentence with past perfect and past simple.last night: be / at a club / the night beforeearlier this morning: sleep / all morning
5Which sentence does not use the past perfect tense?
6The manager explained that the meeting ..... postponed until Friday.
7If he ..... earlier, he wouldn't have missed the flight.
8The mechanics ..... (finish) repairing the car by the time my dad ..... (arrive) to take the car home yesterday.
9I ..... into a very old friend yesterday; in fact, we ..... each other for several years.
10We use the past perfect tense to talk or write about?
11By the time he ..... her, she ..... someone new
12The baby had been crying for fifteen minutes before her mother ..... her cry.
13They (live) for ten years in India before they (decide) to return to Nepal.
14Until recently, the first European who ..... to the New World ..... to be Christopher Columbus, who was a famous Italian navigator.
15If he ..... the webcam, everyone ..... his face.
16The doctor (tell) ..... me not to climb trees after I (break) ..... my leg.
17CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER WITH "THE PAST PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST".I ..... (PLAN) to become a teacher, but instead he ..... (GET) a job as a manager.
18By the time the train ..... (arrive) ..... we ..... (buy) the tickets.
19It's about time we ..... action.
20PAST PERFECT + PAST SIMPLE:HE ..... (BE) HAPPY BECAUSE HE ..... (SCORE) A GOAL).
21The red car ..... to Jim for 3 years before he ..... it.
22You would ..... cooking by last month.
23The tallest man in the world ..... a celebrity before he ..... of an infection.
24When Rose ..... in the kitchen, Dad ..... to sleep.
25By the time the webinar started, several students already ..... the instructions on Moodle.
26The motorcycle ..... to George for years before Tina ..... it last week.a. belonged / had bought b. was belonging / has boughtc. had belonged / bought d. had been belonging / bought
27We had been watching TV for hours before we ..... what time it was.
28They ..... where to meet because nobody ..... them.
29William ..... ill last night because he ..... too many cakes.
30By the time she arrived, we had already finished/finished our meeting.
31We ..... the mobile phone that Marwin .....
32Select the perfect tense verb that best completes the sentence.Lola ..... her umbrella when it began to rain.
33True or False:Words like 'already, ' 'never, ' and 'by the time' are often used with the past perfect tense to make the sequence of events clearer.
34I met her at yesterday's party, but I ..... her by sight for years before that.
35Before my grandfather died last year, he ..... (give) advice to me. Since then, I ..... (do) his advice.
36Daniel and Benjamin were discussing verb tenses and Arjun wondered: True or False: The past perfect is used for an event that occurred before another event in the past.
37It is used for an event that occurred before another event in the past.
38My father ..... (visit) the place before he ..... (build) a house there.
39She ..... (learn) English before she ..... (fly) to America for work.
40Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.My parents ..... (not believe) me when I told them I ..... (pass) every one of my exams.
41We use the ( ..... ) to describe a completed action that happened before another time in the past.
42We had had lunch before she ......
43Identify the error in the sentenceIn 1964, after a report of the surgeon-general on the dangers of (A) smoking, cigarette packets have been made (B) to carry (C) a health warning. No error (D)
44Put the verb in the correct tense: Past Simple, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous. We (leave) ..... before my parents (come) ..... back. Choose the correct pair.
45Daisy ..... (try) to change her mother's attitude for some months when an exciting event ..... (happen).
46'After' should be followed by
47DESCRIBE AN ACTION THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION IN THE PAST.
48I ..... well in the exam because I ..... a lot.
49Barbara ..... in Greece for three year before she ..... to Italy.
50When I ..... the new teacher, I was so surprised. I ..... his class before!
51It is used to express actions in past that happened before another action.
52Choose the correct pair of verbs that will complete the following sentences.Nicole finally (choose) a course to take before she (reach) Grade 11.
53EXERCISE 12: Correct the errors.14. Having studied Greek for several years, Sarah's pronunciation was easy to understand.
54....., the chess players began the game.
55We had already eaten when John ..... (come) home.
56After I had done my homework, I went to my football training.
57You can use past perfect to talk about future actions.True or false?
58My sister (not see) ..... the note that I (lay) ..... on the kitchen table for her.
59The last bus ..... by the time Carol ..... to the bus stop, so he took a taxi.
60The students (clean) ..... their classroom by the time their adviser (arrive) .....
61Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Anna ..... (live) in Australia for years before she ..... (move) to Canada.