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    SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST PERFECT TENSE

    We use Simple Past Tense to express action or actions


    We use Past Perfect Tense to express that an action or
    actions happened before something else happened.
    started and finished at a specific time in
    Examples :I had eaten dinner before they came Tilly
    Examples : I watched TV last night. had seen that film before it was on TV.

    Henry painted the fence all day long yesterday.

    A) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms


    B) Fill
    of in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs
    in brackets.Use Past Perfect.
    in brackets.Use Past Simple.
    1. They ________ (finish) answering the questions
    1. We ________ (go) on a cruise holiday last before the bell rang.
    2. When Matthew arrived at home , his wife
    June.It ________ (be) really fantastic.
    2. Logan ________ (collect) all the rubbish________
    in the (cook) the meal.
    3. Mrs.Lawrence ________ (open) the window before
    school garden and ________ (throw)she went to bed.
    the litter bin. 4. Before Darcy entered this competition she
    3. Florence ________ (eat) two sandwiches ________
    and (practise) for two months.
    5. Dexter ________ (not see) a skeleton before he
    ________ (drink) two glasses ofvisited
    lemonade
    the museum with his friends.
    at lunch. 6. When the earthquake happened , we
    ________
    4. Mr.Edwards ________ (drive) to the city center (not finish) our work at the office.
    7. Simon ________ (take) a shower before the guests
    and ________ (buy) a new leatherarrived
    bag. for the party.

    5. Benjamin hadn't known the 8. The to


    answer thief
    the________ (jump) out of the window by
    the time a opened the door.
    question so he ________ (not raise)
    9. I ________ (not watch) a horror film before we
    6. Teresa ________ (write) a letter for herwent
    aunttointhe cinema last Wednesday.
    Whales and ________ (put) it in an 10.
    envelope
    Mrs.Reid ________ (work) for the company for 30
    yesterday afternoon. years when she got retired last year.
    7. James ________ (get up) early , ________
    (wash) his face and ________ (brush)
    C) Past Simple or Past Perfect? Read the sentences carefully and circle the correct options.
    1. The robbers left / had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived / had arrived.

    2. When the rain started / had started , the Atkinsons finished / had finished planting trees.
    3. By the time Rebecca went / had gone into the store , she got / had got soaked.

    4. Darcey saw / had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday.
    5. Mr.Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved to Peking.

    PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT?

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