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PAst simple vs past perfect, Ejercicios de Inglés

Past simple and past perfect practice

Tipo: Ejercicios

2020/2021

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Past Simple or Past Perfect
A. Complete the gaps using past simple or past perfect.
1. When I_________ (come), they _________ already ___________ (eat) my water-
melon.
2. I _______ (look) at the vase my friend __________________ (break).
3. When I _________ (arrive) at the party, Tom _______ already________ (go) home.
4. The local cinema ________ (be) no longer open. It ___________(close) down.
5. We ___________ (reach) the station when the rain _____________ (start).
6. I _____________ (remember) that I ______________ (left) my umbrella at home.
7. After jack ____________ (turn off) the light, he ___________ (left) the room.
8. John no longer ___________ (have) his car. He ______________ (sell) it.
9. I __________ (finish) my homework before my mom _____________(return).
10. Hardly _____ Julie ________ (enter) the house, when it _________ (start) to rain.
11. He _________ (be) away for several months before his first letter ______ (come).
12. After the sun ___________ (set), we ___________ (decide) to return home.
13. I _____________ (want) to go to the cinema, because I _____________ (see) the film.
14. He ____________ (not tell) us that he ______________ (take) the money.
15. The boy _________ (be) in a bad mood because he ___________ (fail) the exam.
16. Mr. black ____________ (say) that he ______________ (buy) a new car.
17. everybody __________ (understand) that he ___________ (find out) the truth.
18. People _________ (know) that he ___________ already ____________ (live) there for five years.
19. Where ___________ they _____________ (live) before they __________ (move) to London?
20. I ____________ (know) that my sister ____________ (go) to the party alone.
21. Who ___________ (break) the window before I ___________ (return) home?
22. By the time she ________(get) to the cinema her boyfriend ________(already/buy) the tickets.
23. She ________(already/ study) German before she ________(move) to Berlin.
24. When they ________(enter) the room the concert ________(already / begin)
25. My son only ________(play) computer games after he ________(finish) studying.
26. I ________(send) a message to my friends before I ________ (meet) them.
27. They ________(not have) much fun by the time Lauren ________(arrive).
28. He ________(call) her four times before she ________(answer) the phone.
29. Jason ________(find) a new job when he ________(go) to London.
30. After we ________(pay) we ________(leave) the restaurant.
31. She ________(lose) the handbag her mother ________(give) her for her birthday.
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Past Simple or Past Perfect

A. Complete the gaps using past simple or past perfect.

  1. When I_________ (come), they _________ already ___________ (eat) my water- melon.
  2. I _______ (look) at the vase my friend __________________ (break).
  3. When I _________ (arrive) at the party, Tom _______ already________ (go) home.
  4. The local cinema ________ (be) no longer open. It ___________(close) down.
  5. We ___________ (reach) the station when the rain _____________ (start).
  6. I _____________ (remember) that I ______________ (left) my umbrella at home.
  7. After jack ____________ (turn off) the light, he ___________ (left) the room.
  8. John no longer ___________ (have) his car. He ______________ (sell) it.
  9. I __________ (finish) my homework before my mom _____________(return).
  10. Hardly _____ Julie ________ (enter) the house, when it _________ (start) to rain.
  11. He _________ (be) away for several months before his first letter ______ (come).
  12. After the sun ___________ (set), we ___________ (decide) to return home.
  13. I _____________ (want) to go to the cinema, because I _____________ (see) the film.
  14. He ____________ (not tell) us that he ______________ (take) the money.
  15. The boy _________ (be) in a bad mood because he ___________ (fail) the exam.
  16. Mr. black ____________ (say) that he ______________ (buy) a new car.
  17. everybody __________ (understand) that he ___________ (find out) the truth.
  18. People _________ (know) that he ___________ already ____________ (live) there for five years.
  19. Where ___________ they _____________ (live) before they __________ (move) to London?
  20. I ____________ (know) that my sister ____________ (go) to the party alone.
  21. Who ___________ (break) the window before I ___________ (return) home?
  22. By the time she ________(get) to the cinema her boyfriend ________(already/buy) the tickets.
  23. She ________(already/ study) German before she ________(move) to Berlin.
  24. When they ________(enter) the room the concert ________(already / begin)
  25. My son only ________(play) computer games after he ________(finish) studying.
  26. I ________(send) a message to my friends before I ________ (meet) them.
  27. They ________(not have) much fun by the time Lauren ________(arrive).
  28. He ________(call) her four times before she ________(answer) the phone.
  29. Jason ________(find) a new job when he ________(go) to London.
  30. After we ________(pay) we ________(leave) the restaurant.
  31. She ________(lose) the handbag her mother ________(give) her for her birthday.
  1. Julia ________(go) to the doctor because she ________(not eat) well for five days.
  2. When he ________(reach) the station the train ________(already / leave).
    1. When the plane ________(land) they ________(already/ arrive) to the airport. B- Write the two sentences as one. Use when , before or after and the past perfect in either the first or the second part of the sentence.I took the book back to the library. I read it.
  • / took the book back to the library when I had read it.The students did the experiment. They wrote a report on it.
  • After the students had done the experiment, they wrote a report on it. 1 Nick saved enough money. He bought a motor bike.

2 Mark put all the dishes away. He dried them.


3 I looked both ways. I pulled out into the road.


4 The golfers went into the clubhouse. They played the last hole.


B. Circle the correct verb. A. When I introduced Sue and Tim at my party, they were sure they 1 met / had met before. They^2 finally discovered / had finally discovered they^3 were / had been on the same holiday the year before. B. I was looking for my mobile yesterday morning, but I couldn’t find it. I was sure I^4 didn’t lose / hadn’t lost it, because I^5 saw / had seen it twenty minutes before. Then I realized that I^6 left / had left it in my trouser pocket, and I^7 put / had put my trousers in the washing machine! C. Last week my neighbor was on holiday. One night I^8 heard / had heard a strange noise in her house. I^9 went / had gone to have a look, and found that someone^10 broke / had broken into the house. Luckily, he (or she!) 11 already left / had already left when I got there, and they^12 didn’t steal / hadn’t stolen much- just the TV.