PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT (Advanced) (EXERCISE A2E4)

1. Put the verbs into the past simple or the past perfect.

    (A) Silvia ____________ (not hear) the answer phone message last night so she _____________

          (not know) she had ___________ (pass) the exam.

    (B) When I ____________ (see) Steven yesterday he ____________ (look) as if he __________

           (not sleep) for weeks.

(C)    Ginnie ____________ (feel) nervous about the journey because it ___________ (be) the  

First time she ___________ (drive) at night.

(D)   My grandmother ____________ (never fly) before, so she ____________ (not be) sure what 

            to do at the airport yesterday.

(E)    The next man to me was reading the sports section of a newspaper. I ___________ (want) to

       know if my team ___________ (win) at the weekend. I ___________ (look) and _________

       (read) the result. They _________ (lost) again!

Choose the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).

1.         The wind ____________________ away the leaves that we ___________________.

(i)     blew      (ii) had blown                                         (i) collected   (ii) had collected

2.         She _______________________   away the letter that she _____________________.

(i)     threw    (ii) had thrown                                 (i) wrote      (ii) had written

ANSWERS:

1. Put the verbs into the past simple or the past perfect.

    (A) Silvia did not hear (not hear) the answer phone message last night so she did not know

          (not know) she had passed (pass) the exam.

    (B) When I saw (see) Steven yesterday he looked (look) as if he had not slept (not sleep) for

           weeks.

(C)  Ginnie  felt (feel) nervous about the journey because it was (be) the first time she had driven

(drive) at night.

(D)  My grandmother had never flown  (never fly) before, so she was not (not be) sure what 

            to do at the airport yesterday.

(E)   The next man to me was reading the sports section of a newspaper. I wanted (want) to

       know if my team had won (win) at the weekend. I looked (look) and read (read) the result.

       They had lost (lost) again!

2.         Choose the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).

       (A) The wind blew away the leaves that we had collected.

(i)     blew      (ii) had blown                     (i) collected   (ii) had collected

      (B)     She threw away the letter that she had written.

(i)     threw    (ii) had thrown             (i) wrote      (ii) had written

  

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