Name: PAMELA SARZO CACHI COURSE: INTERMEDIATE

PAST PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE

1. After Fred ……spend…………. his holiday in Italy he ………wanted……. to learn Italian.(spend/want)

2. Jill …………called…………... Dad at work before she ………left………… for her trip.(phone/leave)
3. Susan ………turned on ……………… the radio after she ………had washed……… the dishes.(turn
on/wash)
4. When she …arrived………… the match ……………started……………………...(arrive/ already
start)
5. After the man ……had came……… home he ……fed…………. the cat.(come/feed)
6. Before he ……sang………. a song he …had played……………… the guitar.(sing/play)
7. She …washed……………..a video after the children ……went…………. to bed.(watch/go)
8. After Eric ……had…made……………. breakfast he ……called……… his friend.(make/phone)
9. I …was………. very tired because I ………studied…………….. too much.(be/study)
10. They …had…rode……………. their bikes before they ……met………….. their friends.(ride/meet)

Fill in past simple or past perfect simple.

1. After they …had seen……………. (see) the Tower, they ……went………….. (go) to Westminster
Abbey.
2. He ……asked………… (ask) me which animals I ………………… (see) in Africa.
3. After Columbus ……had discovered……………. (discover) America,
he ……………returned…. (return) to Spain.
4. Before they ………moved………(move) to Liverpool, they ………had sofd……….. (sell) everything.
5. After he ……had worked……….(work) very hard, he …………fell…….. (fall) ill.
6. She ……opened………. (open) the box after she ……………had found….. (find) the key.
7. They ……went………………(go) to a restaurant after they …had sailed………………. (sail).
8. Before they ……started………. (start) the party, they ………………had invited……. (invite) some
friends.
9. After she ………had washed…….. (wash) the curtains, she ………cleaned…… (clean) the windows.
10. They ……went……………… (go) for a sightseeing tour after the bus …………had
arreves……. (arrive).
11. Before he ………had mowed………. (mow) the lawn, he ……had picked……………… (pick) some
roses.
12. After he …had finished…………….. (finish) school, he ………worked…………. (work) for a
magazine.
13. They ………drank………….(drink) a cup of tea after they ………had finished…… (finish) lunch.
14. He ……had asked……… (ask) me for her telephone number before
he …………phoned…….. (phone) her.
15. My sister ……had eaten……… (eat) all the chocolate before my
parents ……came………….. (come) home.

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).

1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we …… had built…….(built) .

2. He ………had not been………. (not/be)to Cape Town before 1997.

3. When she went out to play, ……had already done……………..(do)her homework.

4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mother ……had made………… (make).

5. The doctor took off the plaster that he ……had put on……………(put on) six weeks before.

6. The waiter brought a drink that I ………had not ordered…………… (order).

7. I could not remember the poem we ………had learned…………(learn) the week before.

8. The children collected the chestnuts that …had fallen………….(fall) from the tree.

9. …Had he phoned……………………..(he/phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?

10. She ………had not ridden………………(not/ride) a horse before that day.

1. After the company ___had hired__Joe, he began to work on his first project. (hire)

2. _Had____you ____heard___ the news before you saw it on TV? (hear)

3. Michael didn’t want to see the movie because he _hadn’t read___ the book yet. (not read)

4. The concert ____had__ already _begun______when we __entered_____ the stadium. (begin/ enter)

5. Until Anne ___met_____ Mark, she _had___ never _been_____in love. (meet, be)

6. Bill ____had smoked______ for years before he finally ___quit____. (smoke/ quit)

7. ___Had____ Sara ever __driven_____to London by herself before then? (drive)

8. How many fish ___had___ the boys __caught___ by the time it started raining? (catch)

9. You ____had forbidden____ them to go to the beach, hadn’t you? (forbid)

10. The girls ____ hadn’t exercised___ in weeks? That’s why they __hurt____ so much afterwards. (exercise / hurt)