Past Perfect or Past Simple?

Miss Bidart Mr. Acevedo

Name: ______________________________________ Grade: _______________ Date: ______________

Yesterday, I left school at 6pm and got home at 7:15pm.

When I got home, my husband had finished preparing dinner.

I. Read the dialogue below and circle the correct form of the verb.

a) Sarah: Tyler, I was / had been in your house yesterday, but you left/ had left. Did your mother tell/ Had your mother told you? b) Tyler: Yeah Sorry I didnt call/ hadnt called you, but when I got/ had got home I realized I forgot/ had forgotten all about my date with Joana. Can you believe it? c) Sarah: Oh dear! If she knew/ had known, she wouldnt have agreed to go out with you again. d) Tyler: Thats for sure. Dont even think of telling her. Say, I met/ had met Helen yesterday and she told/ had told me you posted/ had posted some nasty comments about her on Facebook. That isnt true, is it? e) Sarah: Of course not! You know I hate gossiping! II. Which tense? Simple Past or Past Perfect?
2. I ____________________
(go) to Wales. I __________

1. Where _______________ __________ (you/go) last summer holidays?

____________________ (be/
never) there before. 3. Really? Its a beautiful country!

4. Brazil? Wow!! Id love to go there! Unfortunately its too expensive. If I _________ ____________________ (save) more money, I would have been able to go there too.

I _____________________ (spend) my holidays in Brazil. I _________ _______________ (have) a holiday in Brazil before.

5. You should start saving money! Its really worth it! If I _________________ ________ (know) you wanted to go, I would have made you save some money.

6. Thats sweet of you.

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

When I _________ (come), they _________ already ___________ (eat) my water-melon. I _______ (look) at the vase my friend __________________ (break). When I _________ (arrive) at the party, Tom _______ already________ (go) home. The local cinema ________ (be) no longer open. It ___________(close) down. We ___________ (reach) the station when the rain _____________ (start). I _____________ (remember) that I ______________ (left) my umbrella at home. After Jack ____________ (turn off) the light, he ___________ (left) the room. John no longer ___________ (have) his car. He ______________ (sell) it. I __________ (finish) my homework before my mom _____________(return). Hardly _____ Julie ________ (enter) the house, when it _________ (start) to rain. He _________ (be) away for several months before his first letter ______ (come). After the sun ___________ (set), we ___________ (decide) to return home. I _____________ (want) to go to the cinema, because I _____________ (see) the film. He ____________ (not tell) us that he ______________ (take) the money. The boy _________ (be) in a bad mood because he ___________ (fail) the exam. Mr. Black ____________ (say) that he ______________ (buy) a new car. Everybody __________ (understand) that he ___________ (find out) the truth. I ____________ (be) a teacher for ten years since I _____________ (graduate) from college; after that I ___________ (become) a designer. People _________ (know) that he ___________ already ____________ (live) there for five years. Where ___________ they _____________ (live) before they __________ (move) to London? I ____________ (know) that my sister ____________ (go) to the party alone. Who ___________ (break) the window before I ___________ (return) home?

IV. Complete the sentences with a verb from the bubble.

1. I would have helped her if she 2. She didnt want to watch CSI because she that episode before. 3. He the project when he called me. 4. They into the Theatre and bought the tickets. 5. I didnt know what to eat, because I Moroccan food before. 6. He didnt know. No one him about it. 7. When we arrived, the doctor 8. I called you yesterday but you . 9. She such a beautiful painting.
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a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j)

had left had told had managed had asked had never seen didnt answer had seen had never tried had finished went

By the time the plane arrived I to park the car.

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V. Match each sentence to the right meaning.

a) They had coffee after they left the office.

1. They had had a cup of coffee when they left the office.
b) They had coffee before they left the office.

2. They had a cup of coffee when they had left the office.
c) His sis went out after he got home.

3. When I arrived home, my sis had gone out.

d) His sis was not at home when he arrived.

4. When I had arrived home, my sis went out.

e) She finished her essay at 3 oclock,

5. At 3 oclock yesterday I had finished my essay. 6. At 3 oclock yesterday I finished my essay. 7. Everybody had voted for the removal when I arrived. 8. Everybody voted for the removal when I had arrived.

neither before nor after.

f) She finished her essay before 3 oclock. g) They voted before he arrived. h) They voted after he arrived.