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Grammar 3-2 Past Perfect Simple, Exams of English Language

Grammar 3-2 Past Perfect Simple LEX04B1 (Ingles IV)

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2021/2022

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1. Read the situations and complete the sentences in the Past Perfect
Simple with the verbs in parentheses:
a.
My finger was bleeding so I put on a band aid. I had cut (cut) myself.
b.
We went to the store to buy a new dishwasher. Ours had broken (break).
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1. Read the situations and complete the sentences in the Past Perfect

Simple with the verbs in parentheses:

a.

My finger was bleeding so I put on a band aid. I had cut (cut) myself.

b.

We went to the store to buy a new dishwasher. Ours had broken (break).

Grammar 3-2 Past Perfect Simple

c.

He looked very different the last time we saw him. He had gained (gain) a lot of weight.

d.

I opened the door and entered the classroom. Everyone looked at me angrily. I had interrupted (interrupt) the class.

g.

The town was flooded. The ocean’s waves had gone (go) over the walls.

h.

Three days after the earthquake, I was told some sad news. About 8, people had died (die) in the disaster.

i.

We had an amazing view of the fireworks last night. We had climbed (climb) onto the roof to see them.

j.

My brother came down for dinner walking in pain. He had hurt (hurt) himself in his soccer game earlier in the day.

2. Complete the following sentences with the Past Simple and Past

Perfect:

a.

The fire (start) because someone (leave) a burning cigarette on the ground. The fire started because someone had left a burning cigarette on the ground.

b.

He (be) in pain because he (fall down) two days earlier. He was in pain because he had fallen two days earlier.

c.

When we (drive) around the city, we (see) that the earthquake (cause) a lot of damage. When we drove around the city, we saw that the earthquake had caused a lot of damage.

d.

I (be) hungry when I (come) to school. I (not eat) breakfast yet. I was hungry when I came to school. I had not ate breakfast yet.

e.

I (feel) better because I (take) some medicine. I felt better cause I had took some medicine.

f.

When we (go) skiing, there (be) so much snow on the mountain. There (be) a blizzard the night before. When we went skiing, there was so much snow on the mountain. He had been a blizzard the night before.

g.

I (be) very relaxed because I (just spend) an hour in the jacuzzi. I was very relaxed because I had just spent an hour in the jacuzzi.

h.

When the hurricane (arrive), most of the people (already leave) the city. When the hurricane arrived, most of the people had already left the city.

i.

The tsunami (appear) because there (be) a large earthquake earlier in the day. The tsunami appeared because there had been a large earthquake earlier in the day.

j.

My friend (not come) with me to the gym because he (hurt) his back at work. My friend not came with me to the gym because he had hurt his back at work.

3. Complete the verbs in the sentences in either the Past Simple or

Past Perfect Simple. Use the order of events as indicated by the

numbers to help you decide which grammar tense to use:

  1. I ate breakfast.
  2. I made my lunch.
  3. I took a shower.

a. It didn’t take me long to get ready after I took my shower because I had already eaten breakfast and made my lunch.

  1. We decided to meet at 3 PM.
  2. I arrived at Starbucks at 2:55 PM.
  3. Joe arrived at 3:15 PM.

b. When I arrived five minutes early for our meeting, I didn’t see Joe at the coffee shop. We had decided to meet at 3 PM. He finally arrived about twenty minutes later.

  1. I went to the park to fly my kite because it was windy.
  2. The wind stopped.
  3. I arrived at the park.

d. When I arrived at the park, the wind had stopped. I had gone to the park to fly my kite because it had been windy earlier.

  1. Andrea went home.
  2. We got to the party.
  3. We left.

e. When we got to John’s party, we didn’t see Andrea because she had already gone home. We left an hour later.

b.

“What were you doing (you / do) when I called? You didn’t answer (not / answer).”

“I was working (work) on my garden outside. I didn’t hear (not / hear) the phone.”

c.

“Did you cook (you / cook) dinner when you got (get) home?”

“No, I didn’t have to. My wife had already finish (already / finish) cooking dinner when I got (get) home.”

e.

“This morning, something really strange happened (happen) on my way to work.”

“Oh yeah? What was it (it / be)?”

“Well, while I was riding (ride) the train, everyone on the train suddenly started (start) singing.

“Oh, that’s called a flash mob. I’ve only seen them on YouTube.”

f.

“Here’s the money you lent (lend) me, Sue. Thanks.”

“Oh yeah! It’s a good thing you remembered (remember) because I had forgotten (forget) all about that money.”

“Really?”

5. Complete the following sentences about yourself:

a. While I was coming to school today, I did my homework on the bus.

b. When I went to bed last night,

c. I’d already eaten breakfast when

d. It was raining when

e. When I woke up this morning

f. Before I came to class,

g. I’d never seen anything like it when

h. When I started studying at this school,