5th Year HA Past Perfect Practice
5th Year HA Past Perfect Practice
5th Year HA Past Perfect Practice
EXERCISES:
A) Choose the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).
1. The removal van had arrived/ arrived before they finished/ had finished packing.
2. Before they had moved/ moved to this town, they had lived/ lived in Chicago.
3. After the kids had eaten/ ate their lunch, they had taken/ took a little nap.
4. Soon after sunrise we had cycled/ cycled to an observation point that I had never heard/
never heard of before.
5. By the time I had come/ came home, my mother had already prepared/ already prepared
dinner.
6. After Monica had finished/ finished her homework, she had gone out/ went out to play with her
friends.
7. By the time we had got/ got to the cinema the film had started/ started so we missed the first
five minutes.
8. When I rang the bell there was no answer. The neighbour had told/ told me that they had gone
out/ went out about half an hour ago.
9. I had seen/ saw Casablanca for the first time last night. I hadn’t seen/ saw it before.
10. I had spent/ spent a week in Miami recently. I hadn’t been/ wasn’t there before.
B) Complete the sentences with the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).
1. The wind _____________ (blow) away the leaves that we __________________ (collect).
2. She ________________ (throw) away the letter that she __________________ (write).
3. They _____________ (show) me the pictures, they ____________ (take) during their holidays.
4. In the evening, the children _________________ (tell) their daddy what they
_____________________ (see) at the zoo.
5. The boy ________________ (be) sorry for what he ______________________ (do).
6. Jenny _____________ (come) home, ____________ (sit) down and ___________ (switch) on
the telly.
7. Before that day in winter, the African boy ____________________ (never see) snow in his life.
8. We ___________ (go) to London because the Queen ___________________ (invite) us for
tea.
9. He ______________ (hear) the news, ______________ (go) the telephone and
_________________ (call) a friend.
10. Jane __________________ (already / type) ten pages when her computer
_________________ (break down).
11. By the time he ______________ (arrive) at the pub, they ________________ (run) out of
beer.
12. Before that day we _________________________ (never / think) of going to Japan.
C) Join the two sentences to make one sentence. Then, match each one with a photo.
1. He recorded 37 top 20 albums. He died in 1977.
When he died in 1977, he had recorded 37 top 20 albums.
2. She acted in Spain for many years. Then she moved to Hollywood.
Before __________________________________________________________________________.
3. They were together for eleven years. Then the group decided to split up.
When ___________________________________________________________________________.
4. He performed his first role as Luke in Growing Pains. Then, he went on to make movies such as
Titanic and Gangs of New York.
After ___________________________________________________________________________.
5. She began as a soap opera star. In recent years, she became a pop icon.
When __________________________________________________________________________.
6. He sang in Take That for six years. Then he decided to become a solo artist.
By the time ______________________________________________________________________.
D) Look at the cues and write sentences using PAST SIMPLE and PAST PERFECT and the
conjunction given:
E) Read this article about talk show host and actress Oprah Winfrey and fill in the blanks with
either the simple past or the past perfect tense.
G) Look at the cues and write sentences using PAST SIMPLE and PAST PERFECT and the
conjunction given:
1. Tim (GO) to bed early last night / he (NOT SLEEP) well the night before. BECAUSE
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H) Fill in the blanks with Simple Past or Past Perfect Tenses.