PAST PERFECT-PAST SIMPLE

Grammar - ESL

 

PAST PERFECT -PAST SIMPLE– TEST

Name:
1. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.

1.After they ate / had eaten dinner, they watched a film.

2.By the time the teacher arrived / had arrived, the students sat / had sat down.

3.I didn't want dessert because I already ate / had already eaten.

4.Tom was nervous because he never flew / had never flown before.

5.When the police arrived / had arrived, the thief escaped / had escaped.

 

2. WRITE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT.

1.Before Jack _____________ (move) to London, he _____________ (live) in Manchester for five years.

2.When I _____________ (open) my bag, I realized that I _____________ (leave) my wallet at home.

3. When Mary __________ (arrive) at school, the lesson __________ already __________ (not/start).

4.John __________ (be) angry because his brother __________ (take) his computer.

5 After we __________ (eat) dinner, we __________ (watch) a film.

6 By the time I __________ (get) home, my parents __________ (go) to bed.

7 Sarah __________ (finish) her project before she __________ (go) to the party.

8 When the police __________ (arrive), the thief __________ (leave).

 

3. WHICH ACTION HAPPENED FIRST? UNDERLINE

1.After they had finished the project, they presented it to the class.

2.When I opened the fridge, I realized that someone had eaten the cake.

3.By the time the police arrived, the thief had escaped.

4.Lucy had bought a new dress before she went to the party.

5.After Jack had taken a shower, he went to bed.

 

4. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT.

THE LOST PHONE

Yesterday, Emma _________ (go) to the shopping centre with her friends. When she _______ (arrive), she realized that she _______ (leave) her phone at home.

She _____(feel) worried because she ______ (need) her phone to call her mother.

After she ______ (buy) some clothes, she _________ (decide) to go home.

When she ________ (get) home, she _______ (find) her phone on the kitchen table. Her little brother ________ (put) it there because he ______ (find) it in the living room.

Emma __________ (be) very happy because she __________ (think) she had lost her phone.

5.TURN THESE SENTENCES INTO NEGATIVE-AFFIRMATIVE-INTERROG.

  1. Sarah __________ (finish) her homework before dinner.

NEGATIVE:

INTERROGATIVE:

 

  1. They __________ (leave) the house before the rain started.

NEGATIVE:

INTERROGATIVE:

 

  1. Peter __________ (clean) his bedroom.

NEGATIVE:

INTERROGATIVE:

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