Question

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT? SIMPLE PAST TENSE We use Simple Past Tense to express action or actions started and finished at a specific time in the past. Examples: I watched TV last night. Henry painted the fence all day long yesterday. A) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use Past Simple. 1. We (go) on a cruise holiday last (be) really fantastic. (collect) all the trash in (throw) it June.lt 2. Logan the school garden and into the trash can. 3. Florence and lemonade at lunch. 4. Mr.Edwards center and bag. up. 6. Teresa (eat) two sandwiches (drink) two glasses of 5. Benjamin hadn't known the answer to the question so he .(not raise) his hand 7. James (drive) to the city (buy) a new leather (write) a letter for her aunt .(put) it in an in Whales and envelope yesterday afternoon. (get up) early, (wash) his face and teeth. (brush) his PAST PERFECT TENSE We use Past Perfect Tense to express that an action or actions happened before something else happened. Examples :I had eaten dinner before they came Tilly had seen that film before it was on TV. B) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use Past Perfect. 1. They (finish) answering the questions before the bell rang. 2. When Matthew arrived at home, his wife (cook) the meal. 3. Mrs.Lawrence (open) the window before she went to bed. 4. Before Darcy entered this competition she ( practice) for two months. 5. Dexter .(not see) a skeleton before he visited the museum with his friends. 6. When the earthquake happened, we (not finish) our work at the office. (take) a shower before the 7. Simon guests arrived for the party. 8. The thief (jump) out of the window by the time a opened the door. (not watch) a horror film before we went to the movies last Wednesday. 10. Mrs.Reid (work) for the company for 30 years when she retired last year. 9. I C) Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences carefully and circle the correct options. 1. The robbers left/ had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived / had arrived. 2. When the rain started / had started, the Atkinsons finished / had finished planting trees. 3. By the time Rebecca went/ had gone into the store, she got/ had gotten soaked. 4. Darcey saw / had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday. 5. Mr.Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved to Peking. 6. Sonny fainted/had fainted by the time the ambulance reached / had reached the hospital. 7. When my mother brought/ had brought me an apple, I finished / had finished my homework. 8. Mrs.Wilkinson refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a terrible accident on the highway about a year ago. 9. I didn't think / hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw / had seen that ad on TV. 10. My uncle didn't try/ hadn't tried Italian food before went/ had gone to that restaurant., даю 30​

Answer 1

A) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use Past Simple.

We went on a cruise holiday last June. It was really fantastic.

Logan collected the trash in the school garden and threw it into the trash can.

Florence ate lunch and drank lemonade.

Mr. Edwards bagged up the center.

Benjamin hadn't known the answer to the question so he did not raise his hand.

Teresa ate two sandwiches and drank two glasses of Whales.

James drove to the city yesterday afternoon to buy a new leather bag. He wrote a letter for her aunt, put it in an envelope, and mailed it.

B) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use Past Perfect.

They had finished answering the questions before the bell rang.

When Matthew arrived at home, his wife had cooked the meal.

Mrs. Lawrence had opened the window before she went to bed.

Before Darcy entered this competition she had practiced for two months.

Dexter had not seen a skeleton before he visited the museum with his friends.

When the earthquake happened, we had not finished our work at the office.

Simon had taken a shower before his guests arrived for the party.

The thief had jumped out of the window by the time a police officer opened the door.

I had not watched a horror film before we went to the movies last Wednesday.

Mrs. Reid had worked for the company for 30 years when she retired last year.

C) Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences carefully and circle the correct options.

The robbers had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived.

When the rain started, the Atkinsons had finished planting trees.

By the time Rebecca went into the store, she had gotten soaked.

Darcy had seen this castle before she came again last Sunday.

Mr. Palmer hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved to Peking.

Sonny had fainted by the time the ambulance reached the hospital.

When my mother brought me an apple, I had finished my homework.

Mrs. Wilkinson refused to drive the car because she had had a terrible accident on the highway about a year ago.

I hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw that ad on TV.

My uncle hadn't tried Italian food before he went to that restaurant.