PAST PERFECT TENSE

I. Use Simple Past and Past Perfect Tense for the Verb 1 in the brackets !

Think about First Action Logically in Past Perfect and then the Second
Action in Past Tense ! (Had you taken medicine first or Was be cured
directly at the first place?)

1. Class had already begun (already,begin) by the time I got (get) there, so I
took (take) a seat quietly in the back.
2. I felt (feel) a little better after I took (take) the medicine.
3. I was (be) broke because I had spent (spend) all my money on clothes.
4. Jane got (get) furious because she had been overslept (oversleep) and had
missed
(miss) the bus.
5. Before his accident, Peter had been (be) the best player in his team.
6. I was (be) very nervous as I waited in the departure lounge. I had never
flown (never/fly) before.
7. Jack wanted (want) a new challenge in his work. He had done (do) the same
job for ten years.
8. I didn’t know (not/know) his name, but the face was familiar. I was sure I
had seen (see) somewhere before.
9. The cats got (get) reward to have “a fish party” after they had eaten
(eat) a lot of rats in Chinese Village.
10. Beethoven was (be) in difficult time to live and work with his deaf before he
had composed (compose) the greatest masterpiece the “Ninth Symphony.”
11. Sven’s teachers at school was (be) astonished that Sven had created
(create) the “Sasser Virus”.
12. I felt (feel) shocked because a burglar broke (break) into my flat and stole
(steal) my fur coat.
13. Bill no longer has (have) his car, He sold (sell) it.
14. By the time we arrived (arrive) at the cinema late, the film had already
begun (already/begin).
15. There was a car by the side of the road. It had broken (break) down and the
driver was trying to repair it. So we stopped (stop) to see if we could help.

16. Complete the news story with the verbs in the correct tense – Past Simple or
Past Perfect !

Last week, police in Germany 1) had gone (go) to a man’s house to arrest
him. They 2) had received (receive) an anonymous phone call the night
before. Apparently, the man had stolen several cars in the city. However,
while the police were going in through the front door of the suspect’s house,
he escaped out of the back door and ran into a neighbor’s garden.
Unfortunately for him, he 3) left (leave) his dog, ‘Baldy’, in his house. Then
one of the police officers 4) told (tell) the dog to find its owner.

II. If you understand Past Perfect and Past Tense well, you can be able to answer
these statements correctly ! (write yes or no)

1. When they came to the kitchen, someone had been there before.
Did they see someone in the kitchen? No

2. When the group band started singing, everybody had left the room.
Did the group band see the audiences? No

3. When the group band started singing, everybody left the room.
Did the group band still see the audiences? Yes

4. The actress drove away when the photographers arrived.

Did the photographers still see the actress when they arrived? Yes

5. The actress had driven away when the photographers arrived.

Did the photographers see the actress when they arrived? No

6. He almost missed the plane. All of the other passengers had already
boarded.

Did the plane take off by the time he got to the airport? No
Was he late to get in to the plane? Yes