Question

completa las siguientes oraciones en pasado simple y perfecto.
Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Perfect of the verbs in
brackets.
1. The children _________ (not eat) for days so they ___________ (be)
extremely hungry.

2. She __________ (not want) to go to the cinema because she
____________________ (already / see) the film.

3. I ___________________ (just / buy) a dress when a thief ____________
(steal) my bag.

4. My niece __________________ (go) to London three times by the time she
______ (be) sixteen.
5. I ___________ (think) I ____________ (read) that book before, but I
hadn’t.
6. When we ________ (get) home my wife realized she _____________ (lose)
her purse.

7. The geese ______________(fly) from Michigan to Florida before the first
snow _______(fall)

8. The Wilsons ___________ (lose) their house because they _____________
(not, save) enough money to pay their taxes.

9. Carl___________________ (not, sleep) long enough when his
mother__________ (wake) him up.

10.The mechanic________________ (not, fix) the engine yet when I
___________ (call) him last Saturday.

11. Dexter __________ (not see) a skeleton before he ________(visit)the
museum with his friends.

12. When the earthquake happened, we ________ (not finish) our work at the
office.

13. Mrs. Reid _____________ (work) for the company for 30 years when she
got __________ (get) retired last year.

14. Mrs. Wilkinson_____________ (refuse) to drive the car because she
_______________ (have) a terrible accident on the highway about a year
ago.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1 hadn't eaten / were

2 didn't want / had already seen

3 had just bougth / stole

4 had gone / was

5 thougth / had read

6 got / had lost

7 flew / had fallen

8 lost / hadn't saved

9 hadn't slept / woke him

10 hadn't fixed / called

11 hadn't seen / visited

12 hadn't finished

13 had worked / got

14 had refused / had