Past Perfect Tense & Past Perfect Continuous
A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:
1. They ……………………………. (go) home after they ………………………….. (finish) their work.
2. She ………………………………….. (just / go) out when I called her.
3. My brother ………………………………. (eat) all the pie before we got back.
4. He wondered why I …………………………………………. (not / visit) him before.
5. She said that she ……………………………………………. (already / see) the Pyramids.
6. The fire ………………………………………….. (spread) to the next building before the
firemen ………………………………………….. (arrive).
7. They drank small cups of coffee, after they ………………………………………. (finish) dinner.
8. He told me he ……………………………………………….. (catch) a young lion.
9. His mother …………………………………………. (worry) a lot about him before she
……………………………………… (hear) that he was asfe.
10. He ……………………………………………….. (already / learn) English before he
…………………………………………. (leave) for England, but before he arrived in England, he
……………………………………… (forget) some.
11. Mary ………………………………………….. (go) swimming after she ………………… (come) home.
After she ………………………………… (swim), she ……………………. (call) her friend Judy.
12. I ……………………………………… (go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I
……………………………… (not / go) to the theatre for a year. We …………………….. (have) a very
good time.
13. After they ……………… (finish) their breakfast, they ……………………(leave) for school.
14. Linda ……………………………………. (play) tennis after she ………………(do) her homework.
15. My father ……………………………. (water) the flowers after he ……………………….(clean) the car.
16.After he ………………………………….. (water) the flowers, he…………….. (have) dinner.
B) Combine the following sentences by using AFTER / BEFORE:
1. My mother took her umbrella. She went out.
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2. Frank called me. I went to school.
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3. I washed the dishes. I watched TV.
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4. She washed her hands. She had lunch.
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5. The boys bought a ball. They played football.
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6. My mother made a cake. The guests came.
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7. He put sugar in his tea. He drank it.
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8. I got up. I had breakfast.
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9. The children ran away. They broke the window.
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10. I fastened my seat belt. The plane took off.
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This morning, I just woke up and started thinking about this event. It was the Day of our city. I was invited to the centre of the city, for my friends knew that I liked the things like going to the festivals. This one has been organized by a company.
When I came there, everything had already been prepared. The centre of our city had been decorated with many things which surprised me much. Some my friends rang me up, because I didn't see them anywhere. Later, I realized that I had not been attentive. Though, I should admit there was very crowdy. Anyway, we've met. They said they had never found their city as such a nice one. Frankly, I was by their side.
So, as I said before, everything had been okay until... So, some time went by, and it started to rain. None expected it could rain that day. Anyways, it didn't make us unhappy. We've seen a great concert, thus everyone was satisfied.