INGLÉS BACHILLERATO RAFA CANO

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE vs PAST SIMPLE

AFTER + PAST PERFECT, (la otra frase en PAST SIMPLE)
BEFORE + PAST SIMPLE, (la otra frase en PAST PERFECT)
BY THE TIME + PAST SIMPLE, (la otra frase en PAST PERFECT)
Others: WHEN , AS SOON AS, UNTIL, ...

1. Brian __________________ (win) two silver medals before he finally

_______________(win) the gold.
2. Why _______________________ (you/ not tell) me that you
__________________ (win) a gold medal?
3. As soon as they ___________________ (recruit) thousands of people in Kenya,
they ______________________ (begin) planting the trees.
4. By the time I ___________________ (get) into the house, the phone
_____________________ (stop) ringing.
5. A whale-ship ___________________ (rescue) many of the passengers and crew
after their ship ___________________ (sink).
6. After the musicians ______________________ (give) the concert in Milan, they
_____________________ (fly) to Greece to give another one.
7. By the time I _____________________ (phone) up about the newspaper
advertisement, they ____________________ (rent out) the flat.
8. The city ___________________ (be) in ruins because the earthquake
______________________ (destroy) most of the buildings.
9. When children __________________ (collect) enough money, they
____________________ (buy) part of the rain forest of Costa Rica to save it.
10. Although he ____________________(not book) a room previously, the hotel
_______________________ (accommodate) him without problem.
11. He _______________________ (decide) to resign his job before the boss
_______________________ (fire) him.
12. Alice ______________________ (manage) for years on her own before she
finally ______________________ (decide) to get a housemaid.
13. After she _____________________ (count) the money, she
__________________(deposit) it in her bank account.
14. Peter __________________ (be) alone in the world. His parents
_________________________ (die) in an accident ten years earlier.