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country and puts their geopolitical goal of lebensraum, or living space,
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GRAMMAR QUIZ
PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT
⚫ Choose the best answers.

1. Paula and James … their homework 9. My family and I … at home last

yet. Saturday.
a) haven’t finished
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2. … you and Sarah see the movie 10. (A) … you ever seen a ghost?
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yesterday?
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… John check his e-mail?
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balloon? last night.
a) flew a) was
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summer. night?
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a) for a) did / eat

b) was b) have / eat
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↑ c) did / ate

15 – 16 = Excellent 13 – 14 = Good 12 or Less = Study More!

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 PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT?
SIMPLE PAST TENSE &
PAST PERFECT TENSE
We use Simple Past Tense to express action or We use Past Perfect Tense to express that an
actions started and finished at a specific time in action or actions happened before something
the past. twirorouwoor else happened. manieri ou -wormarish wing
-hare/has (past perfect) I
present/past)
Examples : I watched TV last night. Examples :I had eaten dinner before they came
had + v.3 m
(past simple)
Henry painted the fence all day long yesterday. Tilly had seen that film before it was on TV.

A) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of B) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of
the verbs in brackets.Use Past Simple. the verbs in brackets.Use Past Perfect.
V. 2 - - - -

1. We ________ (go) on a cruise holiday last 1. They had finished(finish) answering the
________
I went
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June.It ________
was (be) really fantastic. questions before the bell rang.
& collected (collect) all the rubbish in
2. Logan ________ &
2. When Matthew arrived at home , his wife
had cooked
the school garden and ________
threw (throw) it ________ (cook) the meal.
into the litter bin. S
3. Mrs.Lawrence had opened(open) the window
________
I ate
3. Florence ________ (eat) two sandwiches
↓rank (drink) two glasses of
and ________
before she went to bed.
4. Before Darcy entered this competition she
lemonade at lunch. had practised(practise)
________ S for two months.
drove (drive) to the city
4. Mr.Edwards ________ 5. Dexter hadn't
________
seen (not see) a skeleton before
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ought (buy) a new leather
center and ________ he visited the museum with his friends.
bag. 6. When the earthquake happened , we
hadn't finished
5. Benjamin hadn't known the answer to the ________ (not finish) our work at the office.
question so he didn't raise
________ (not raise) his hand 7. Simon had taken
________ (take) a shower before the
up. guests arrived for the party.
wrote (write) a letter for her aunt
6. Teresa ________ had jumped
8. The thief ________ (jump) out of the
put (put) it in an
in Whales and ________ window by the time a opened the door.
envelope yesterday afternoon. hadn't watched
9. I ________ (not watch) a horror film before
washed
got
7. James ________
up (get up) early , ________
brushed (brush) his
(wash) his face and ________
we went to the cinema last Wednesday.
had worked
10. Mrs.Reid ________ (work) for the company
teeth. for 30 years when she got retired last year.

C) Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences carefully and circle the correct options.
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1. The robbers left / had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived / had arrived.
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2. When the rain started / had started , the Atkinsons finished / had finished planting trees.
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3. By the time Rebecca went / had gone into the store , she got / had got soaked.
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4. Darcey saw / had seen this castle&
before she came / had come again last Sunday.
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moved / had moved to Peking.
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got / had got fainted by the time the ambulance reached /T

6. Sonny& had reached the hospital.
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accident on the highway about a year ago.

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9. I didn't think / hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw / had seen that ad on TV.

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10. My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food - I
before went / had gone to that restaurant.

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