Past Simple or Past Perfect
Past Simple or Past Perfect
Past Simple or Past Perfect
1. Peter was Sally's best friend. She (know) him all her life.
2. The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain.
4. I was delighted when I found my keys. I (look) for them for hours.
5. She was exhausted because she (work) since eight o'clock that morning.
7. The passengers were cross because the airline (lose) everyone's bags.
8. I (not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately.
9. Exercise 3
10.Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in
brackets: past simple, past continuous or past perfect simple.
12.This story is based on true events that 1 (happen) many, many years ago in
Scotland. One day, Mr Clark 2 (walk) home with a smile on his face.
He 3 (carry) something very valuable in his hand: tickets for a long, long
journey.
13.After many years working and saving, Mr Clark 4 (save) all the money he
needed to take all his family to the United States. Earlier that afternoon he 5
(buy) all the tickets that now he 6 (hold) in his hand. It was the opportunity
of their lives. “The United States of America,” he repeated aloud just to see how nice
14.A few days before their departure, Mr Clark’s son 8 (play) in the street
and 11 (treat) the child’s wound. Then he 12 (hang) a yellow sheet
on their front door. That yellow sheet meant that they 13 (just/be)
quarantined. They 14 (have) to stay at home for two weeks because of the
possibility of rabies.
15.Five days later, Mr Clark was at the docks. He 15 (leave) the house and now
he 16 (watch) their ship leave to the United States without him or his
2. I (want / always) to travel. That's why I was delighted to go abroad with
them.
3. She was no stranger to him. They (be introduced) to each other a few days
before.
6. Did I tell you that when I saw you, I realised that we (meet / already) ?
7. James told me you (buy) the old vicarage two years before your son's
birth.
Put The Verbs Into The Correct Form (Past Perfect Or The Simple Past)
3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.
Put The Verbs Between Brackets In The Correct Tense (Past Perfect Simple Or Continuous.)
1. I (try) to get tickets for that play for months before my friend finally got them.
2. When I arrived at the theater, my friend (pick, already) up the tickets.
3. He was really angry because he (wait) for more than half an hour when I arrived.