PAST PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE PRACTICE

1.- Write the past participle (3rd form) of the following irregular verbs.
1. speak -
2. catch -
3. eat -
4. understand -
5. begin -

2.- Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. I lost the key that he ________________ (give) to me.
2. She told me that she ________________ (see) a ghost.
3. I went downstairs because I _______________ (hear) a noise.
4. When they came home, Sue _______________ (cook) dinner already.
5. We could not send you a postcard because we ______________ (forget) our address book.

3.- Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we ______________ (not / order) .
2. He went to Alaska where he ______________ (not / be) before.
3. She put on the red dress, which she ______________ (not / wear) for ages.
4. He _____________ (not / play) tennis before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he ______________ (not / help) her with the shopping.

4.- Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (you / finish) your homework before you went to the cinema?
2. (why / you / clean) the bathroom before you bathed the dog?
3. (you / have) breakfast before you came here?
4. (she / find) a place to stay when she went to Boston?
5. (where / she / live) before she moved to Chicago?
5.- Complete the quiz.
Betty _____ (work) in a bank before she _____ (go) back to schoo

I _____ already _____ (drink) two cups of coffee by the time my husband ____ (wake up)

They _____ never _____ (see) a 3D movie before 2009 when they _____ (see) "Avatar" for the
first time.

She _____ (enjoy) the beach when it _____ (start) to rain.

He _____ (be) healthy all his life before he _____ (have) the heart attack.I _____ (be)
exhausted because I _____ (sleep, not) well.

They _____ never _____ (own) a house before they _____ (buy) the house next door.

Bill said that he _____ (run) in three marathons last year.

______you ever _____ (be) to a big city before you _____ (go) to New York?

Andy told us he _____ (mean) to call us for weeks.

6.- Complete the sentences with past perfect simple.

1. We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather .................. (plant) many years before.
2. When we arrived, the show ...................... (start/already) .
3. We went to a place where I .....................(be/never) before.
4. The teacher wanted to know whether we ......................... (read) the book.
5. Yesterday I met a friend that I ......................(see/not) for ages.
7.- Completa las preguntas con el past perfect simple.
1. (your husband/make/dinner) ...................... when you got home?
2. (Lisa/finish/her homework) .......................when she went out with her friends?
3. (you/have/breakfast) ............................ when you started to work?
4. (What/he/do) .......................... that made you so upset with him the other day?
5. (she/move/to London/already) .......................... when she met her boyfriend?
8.- Fill in the correct form of the past perfect simple or past simple as in the examples.
1. After Loren had turned on the alarm, she locked the door. (turn on)
2. By the time Simone arrived, the police had already left. (arrive)
3. Had you known about the contract they signed? (know)
1. After the company _____Joe, he began to work on his first project. (hire)
2. _____you _______ the news before you saw it on TV? (hear)
3. Michael didnt want to see the movie because he _______ the book yet. (not read)
4. The concert ______ already _______when we _______ the stadium. (begin/ enter)
5. Until Anne ________ Mark, she ____ never ______in love. (meet, be)
6. Bill __________ for years before he finally _______. (smoke/ quit)
7. _______ Sara ever _______to London by herself before then? (drive)
8. How many fish ______ the boys _____ by the time it started raining? (catch)
9. You ________ them to go to the beach, hadnt you? (forbid)
10.The girls _______ in weeks? Thats why they ______ so much afterwards. (exercise / hurt)

9.-Do the same as above

1. After Sofie ______________ (finish) her work, she ______________ (go) to lunch.
2. I _____________ (wash) the floor when the painter ______________ (go).
3. Harold ______________ (know) about it for a while.
4. I _____________ (say) anything until she ______________ (finish) talking.
5. After she _____________ (move out), I ____________ (find) her notes.
6. Before I _____________ (know) it, she _____________ (run out) the door.
7. By the time he ______________ (phone) her, she _____________ (find) someone new.
8. By the time Doris _______________ (get) to the party, everyone ______________ (go) home.
9. Everyone had gone home by the time Doris had got to the party.
10.I ____________ (have) enough of his complaining.
11.After I ____________ (use) the phone, I _____________ (pay) the bill.
12.It ____________ (happen) so quickly that I (notice).
13.We ____________ (just/get) home, when we ____________ the blast outside.

Negative and Interrogative

1. I ___________ (not eat) at that restaurant before today.
2. Samantha _____________ (not have) time to explain her side of the story.
3. (My friends/ever/ go) _______________ to France?
4. My friends _____________ (never/be) to the USA either.
5. (you/clean up)______________ the mess by the time they came home?
6. (Adam/ ever/ speak) ______________ to the boss before he was fired?
7. How much _____________ (he/drink) before you got to him?