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PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT

The document provides examples and exercises for practicing the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It includes examples sentences where the verbs need to be filled in using either the past simple or past perfect tense. There are also multiple choice questions and exercises where students must select the correct tense or rewrite sentences using a different tense. The focus is on understanding when to use the past simple versus present perfect tense to talk about completed actions and durations of time.

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PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT

The document provides examples and exercises for practicing the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It includes examples sentences where the verbs need to be filled in using either the past simple or past perfect tense. There are also multiple choice questions and exercises where students must select the correct tense or rewrite sentences using a different tense. The focus is on understanding when to use the past simple versus present perfect tense to talk about completed actions and durations of time.

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PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT

Ex1: Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense Past Perfect or Simple Past.

Example: Pat _________ (to live) in London before he _________ (to move) to Rome.

Answer: Pat had lived in London before he moved to Rome.

1) I _________  (be) very tired because I _________  (study) too much.


2) Jill _________  (phone) Dad at work before she _________  (leave) for her trip.
3) They _________  (ride) their bikes before they _________  (meet) their friends.
4) When she _________  (arrive) the match _________  already _________  (start).
5) After Eric _________  (make) breakfast he _________  (phone) his friend.
6) After the man _________  (come) home he _________  (feed) the cat.
7) Before he _________  (sing) a song he _________  (play) the guitar.
8) Susan _________ (turn on) the radio after she _________ (wash) the dishes.
9) She _________ (watch) a video after the children _________ (go) to bed.
10) After Fred _________ (spend) his holiday in Italy he _________ (want) to learn Italian.

Ex2: Simple Past/Past Perfect

I can't believe I (get) _________that apartment. I (submit) _________my application last week,


but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show) _________up to take a look
around, there were at least twenty other people who (arrive) _________before me. Most of them
(fill, already) _________out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could
still apply, so I did.

I (try) _________to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They
(want) _________me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I
(have) _________some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I
(end) _________up listing my father as a reference.

It was total luck that he (decide) _________to give me the apartment. It turns out that the
landlord and my father (go) _________to high school together. He decided that I could have the
apartment before he (look) _________at my credit report. I really lucked out!

Ex3: Choose the correct answer.


1. After Diego ____ lunch, he ____ to some music for a while. 
A) finished / had listened  B) had finished/listened 
C) finished / listened  D) had finished /had listened
2. Peter ___ his homework when the phone ____ . 
A) had just finished/rang  B) had just finished/had rung 
C) just finished/rang  D) just finished/had rung
3. I ___ anything because the doctor ___ me an injection for the pain before he started working on
me.
A) didn't feel/gave  B) hadn't felt/had given  C) didn't feel/had given D) hadn't felt/gave
4. The streets ___ wet yesterday because it ____ early in the morning. 
A) had been/rained  B) were/rained  C) had been/had rained  D) were/had rained
5. When Danny and Cecelia ___ , they ___ each other for two weeks.
A) had gotten married/only knew  B) had gotten married/had only known 
C) got married/had only known  D) got married/only knew
6. Lee's manager ____ to convince him to stay, but he ____ to quit.
A) tried/had already decided  B) had tried/had already decided 
C) had tried/already decided  D) tried/already decided
7) Jennifer ____ in several other cities when she _____ to move to New York City.
A) lived/decided  B) lived/had decided 
C) had lived/decided  D) had lived/had decided
8) Elena _____ her bicycle for only a short time before somebody_____ it. 
A) had had/stole  B) had had/had stolen  C) had/stole  D) had/had stolen
9. I ___ sick for several days, so I ___ to see the doctor.
A) had felt/had gone  B) felt/had gone  C) felt/went  D) had felt/went
10. The movie ____ by the time we ____ to the theater.
A) had already started/had gotten  B) already started/gotten 
C) had already started/got  D) already started/had gotten
Ex4: Rewrite these sentences.
1. We moved to this area 10 years ago.
-> We have______________________________________________________________________
2. How long is it since you late saw Mary?
-> How long_____________________________________________________________________
3. My father stopped smoking last year.
-> My father_____________________________________________________________________
4. How long have you been teaching at this school.
-> When ________________________________________________________________________
5. We have learnt English for 4 years.
-> We started ____________________________________________________________________
6. My father started to give up smoking last year.
-> My father has __________________________________________________________________
7. They have worked in that factory since 2001.
-> They started ___________________________________________________________________
8. Lan hasn’t written to Maria for a month.
-> Lan didn’t ____________________________________________________________________
9. I haven’t seen her for a long time.
-> I didn’t _______________________________________________________________________
10. How long has he worked in this company?
-> How long ago__________________________________________________________________

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