Question

PAST PERFECT Vs. SIMPLE PAST


Make sentences using the past perfect affirmative or negative:

1. When I arrived at the cinema, the film had started (start).

2. She ____________________ (live) in China before she went to Thailand.

3. After they ____________________ (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

4. If you ____________________ (listen) to me, you would have got the job.

5. Julie didn’t arrive until after I ____________________ (leave).

6. When we ____________________ (finish) dinner, we went out.

7. The garden was dead because it ____________________ (be) dry all summer.

8. He ____________________ (meet) her before somewhere.

9. We were late for the plane because we ____________________ (forgot) our passports.

10. She told me that she ____________________ (study) a lot before the exam.

11. The grass was yellow because it ___________________ (not / rain) all summer.

Answer 1

She had lived
3 had eaten
4. Had listened
5. I had left
6. Had finished
7. Had been
8. Had met
9. Had forgotten
10. Had studied
11. Had not rained