SIMPLE PAST: IT IS USED TO DESCRIBE ACTIONS AND STATES IN A

COMPLETE PERIOD OF TIME

TIME EXPRESSIONS USED WITH THE SIMPLE PAST: WE USE AGO, LAST: IN: IN SEPTEMBER, AT: AT 8:00, YESTERDAY,WHEN,

PAST PERFECT: IT IS USED TO SHOW THAT ONE PAST EVENT HAPPENED

BEFORE ANOTHER PAST EVENT. THE PAST PERFECT IS

USED WITH THE EARLIER EVENT.

TIME EXPRESSIONS USED WITH THE PAST PERFECT: AFTER, BY THE TIME, BEFORE,SINCE,FOR, ALREADY, YET, JUST

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH AFTER OR BEFORE

1. THEY WATCHED T.V.............. THEY HAD DONE THEIR HOMEWORK

2- SHE CALLED HER MOTHER................ SHE HAD WON THE LOTTERY

3. SHE HAD HAD A SHOWER .................. SHE WENT TO BED

4-.............. I HAD LOCKED THE DOOR, I LEFT

5-.............. HE CALLED THE DOCTOR, HE HAD HAD AN ASPIRIN

6-WE ARRIVED AT SUE'S HOUSE............. SHE HAD LEFT

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH PAST PERFECT

1-HARRY HAD A STOMACHACHE, BECAUSE HE .................... TOO MUCH CAKE(EAT)

2-BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED TO THE THEATRE, THE PLAY .................... (ALREADY/START)

3. HELEN WASN'T AT HOME, BECAUSE SHE ....................... TO THE BAKER'S (GO)

4- THEY ............... HARD BEFORE THEY HAD THE TEST. (STUDY)

5- THE CHILDREN ............... ALL THE SANDWICHES BY THE TIME I ARRIVED HOME (EAT)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH SIMPLE PAST

1- SHE............. SAD BECAUSE SHE HAD FALLEN THE TEST. (BE)

2- BY THE TIME I ............ THERE, HE HAD ALREADY LEFT. (GET)

3- SHE ............. PETER, BUT HE HAD GONE TO THE SUPERMARKET (PHONE)

4- HE .............. SALLY TO THE CINEMA, BUT SHE HAD ALREADY SEEN THE FILM(INVITE)

5- HER MOTHER .............. HER A SANDWICH , BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO EAT IT BECAUSE SHE HAD ALREADY HAD LUNCH. (MAKE)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT

1- SHE ...................... THE COMPUTER BEFORE SHE LEFT (TURN OFF)

2- I CLOSED THE DOOR AND THEN I REMEMBERED THAT I ............... THE KEYS ON THE TABLE (LEAVE)

3- AFTER WE HAD WASHED THE GRAPES, WE ........... THEM (EAT)

4- HE ................ ALL HIS ROOM BEFORE HE WENT OUT. (TIDY)

5- AS SOON AS PETER HAD PAID FOR THE MEAL, THEY ............ (LEAVE)

6- .................... A COMPUTER BEFORE YOU GOT THIS JOB? ( YOU/ EVER/USE)

MATCH AND WRITE THE SENTENCES

1- WE DIDN'T LEAVE

2- WHEN SHE PICKED UP THE PHONE

3-BY THE TIME I HAD REACHED YOUR HOUSE

4- SALLY HAD LIVED IN PARIS

5- PHILL HAD JUST WASHED THE CAR

A- WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN.

B- BEFORE SHE MOVED TO MADRID.

C- UNTIL WE HAD LOCKED THE DOOR

D-YOU HAD ALREADY LEFT.

E- IT HAD STOPPED RINGING

COMPLETE THE SENTENTECES WITH THE SUITABLE VERB TENSE

1-WHEN I .........................(TURN ON) THE T.V MY FAVOURITE PROGRAMME ...................(FINISH)

2- WHEN BOB..................(RETURN) FROM WORK HE DISCOVERED THAT SOMEBODY.................(STEAL) HIS CAR.

3- SALLY ......................(FAIL) HER EXAMS, BECAUSE SHE...................(STUDY) THE WRONG LESSON.

4- THE TRAIN.................(LEAVE) WHEN TIM ....................(ARRIVE) AT THE STATION.

5- THE CHILDREN ................(BE) EXCITED BECAUSE THEY .......................(NOT SEE) A LION BEFORE

6- SALLY......................(ALREADY/SEND) 10 E-MAILS WHEN THE COMPUTER............... (CRASH)

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