Grammar Quiz | Group A

UNIT 9 LESSON 9A
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

1 Choose the correct option.

0 By the time I arrived / had arrived, my friends
already left / had already left the exhibition.
1 After I saw / had seen the painting, I knew /
had known I had to buy it.
2 Fortunately, I took / had taken the photos before
it started / had started raining.
3 I already sent / had already sent the invitations
when I realised / had realised I hadn’t signed
them.
4 I never gave / had never given a speech before
I spoke / had spoken at the Modern Art gallery.
5 Marie and David became / had become world-
famous photographers after they were /
had been in a programme on Discovery
Channel.
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2 Complete the text with the correct Past

Perfect or Past Simple forms of the verbs in
brackets.

SOCIAL MEDIA HELPS POLICE ARREST

STREET ARTIST
The police in Winnipeg, Canada, had a problem.
There 0 had been (be) a lot of complaints about
graffiti in the previous few weeks, with pictures of
the same image appearing on bridges, signs and
homes. But who 1 ___________ (paint) them? The
police didn’t know how to find the person
responsible. Then, one day they 2 ___________
(receive) a call from a town resident. He reported
that a few weeks earlier the same image
3
___________ (appear) on a local person’s
Facebook page. The police 4 ___________ (check)
the web page and 5 ___________ (discover) who
the graffiti artist was.
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TOTAL ___ / 15

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