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Grammar: Past simple, past perfect
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Use the correct tense (past simple or past perfect) in the sentence.
If there are two words in the sentence, use a dash (-) to seperate your two answers.
Question 1
1.
If you use 'played' and 'had played' in one sentence, it means that 'had played' happened longer ago.
True
False
Question 2
2.
Yesterday I
(prepare)
lunch for my brother.
had prepared
prepared
had prepare
prepare
Question 3
3.
Select all the Past Perfect verbs.
played
had played
have worked
had given
had go
had to go
had had
Question 4
4.
Fill in the Past Simple: Yesterday I
(give)
him some money.
Question 5
5.
Fill in the Past Perfect: Before I left I
(give)
him some money yesterday.
Question 6
6.
Columbus
(arrive)
in the New World in 1492.
Question 7
7.
She watched a video after the children
(go)
to bed.
Question 8
8.
Colin
(leave)
for Brazil this morning.
Question 9
9.
Before he
(sing)
a song he
(play)
the guitar.
(Write: answer1 - answer2)
Question 10
10.
Before Emma laid the table, she
(have)
a talk with her mother.
Question 11
11.
They
(ride)
their bikes before they
(meet)
their friends.
(Write: answer1 - answer2)
Question 12
12.
After Fred
(spend)
his holiday in Italy he
(want)
to learn Italian.
(Write: answer1 - answer2)
Question 13
13.
She told me that Frank
(tidy)
his room.
Question 14
14.
Last winter Robin
(stay)
with his father in the Alps for three days.
Question 15
15.
After Eric
(make)
breakfast he
(phone)
his friend.
Question 16
16.
She
(do)
a language course in Paris last summer.
Question 17
17.
He noticed that Peter
(paint)
the old chair.
Question 18
18.
Three people
(visit)
him in hospital last Friday.
Question 19
19.
She asked me if I
(learn)
the new words.