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Grammar: Past simple, past perfect

Last updated about 5 years ago
19 questions
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.
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If you use 'played' and 'had played' in one sentence, it means that 'had played' happened longer ago.

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Yesterday I (prepare) lunch for my brother.

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Select all the Past Perfect verbs.

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Fill in the Past Simple: Yesterday I (give) him some money.

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Fill in the Past Perfect: Before I left I (give) him some money yesterday.

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Columbus (arrive) in the New World in 1492.

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She watched a video after the children (go) to bed.

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Colin (leave) for Brazil this morning.

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Before he (sing) a song he (play) the guitar. (Write: answer1 - answer2)

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Before Emma laid the table, she (have) a talk with her mother.

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They (ride) their bikes before they (meet) their friends. (Write: answer1 - answer2)

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After Fred (spend) his holiday in Italy he (want) to learn Italian. (Write: answer1 - answer2)

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She told me that Frank (tidy) his room.

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Last winter Robin (stay) with his father in the Alps for three days.

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After Eric (make) breakfast he (phone) his friend.

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She (do) a language course in Paris last summer.

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He noticed that Peter (paint) the old chair.

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Three people (visit) him in hospital last Friday.

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She asked me if I (learn) the new words.