GROUP 1 SURNAME

ENGLISH TEST
A. Simple past or past perfect? Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. The girl ………………………………..(not say) anything until she ………………………………..(finish) talking.

2. After arriving home, I……………………………………….(realise) I…………………………………………. (buy) any milk.

3. They ………………………………………………… (ride) their bikes before they …………………………………… ( meet) their friends

4. By the time Tom……………………………………. (phone) her, she …………………………………..(forget) his name.

5. Jill…………………………………………………. (phone) Dad at work before she …………………………………… (leave) for her trip.

6. After Sofie ………………………………………….(finish) her work, she………………………………………..(go) to lunch.

7. My mother………………………………….(wash) the floor when the painter …………………………………………….(go)

8. Susan …………………………………………..( turn on) the radio after she……………………………………………… (wash) the dishes.

9. When she ………………………………………………. (arrive) the match ………………………………………(not start).

B. Look at the two actions. Circle the action the came first and write a sentence in the past perfect tense and Because

1. I didn’t get up early. I didn’t study the night before. 3. She had a headache for two days. She stayed at home..

2. The girls didn’t go to the park. It rained a lot at night. 4. We went to London. Carol invited us for tea.

C. Turn the sentences into affirmative (+) negative (-) or interrogative form (?)

1. I made sandwiches (-)(+) 3. The boys had had breakfast (-)(?)

2. We didn’t write the essay. (+) (?) 4. Had she been away? (+) (-)

GROUP 2 SURNAME

ENGLISH TEST
A. Simple past or past perfect? Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. When I …………………………………..(come) back from school, my mother ………………………………………….(tidy) my room.

2. Maria…………………………………(not go) to the supermarket because she …………………………………………………… (lose) her purse.

3. After Fred ……………………………… (spend) his holiday in Italy he ……………………………………. (want) to learn Italian.

4. By the time the fire fighters……………………..……. (arrive), the fire ……………………………………………………..(destroy)many huts.

5. When he (wake up) ………………………………………………………..his mother …………………………………………………(already / prepare)

6. Before I………………………………………………. knew it, she ……………………………………………(run) out the door.

7. When she ………………………………………….(start) to learn English, she ………………………………….(already / learn) French.

8. When I arrived home last night, I ……………………………… (discover) that Jane…………………………… (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

9. It……………………………………………(be) cloudy for days before it finally……………………………………………(begin) to rain.

B. Look at the two actions. Circle the action the came first and write a sentence in the past perfect tense and Because

1. The girl cried. The train left. 3. William ate too many cakes. He felt ill last night.

2. My brother went out. I had dinner alone. 4. She didn’t watch TV. Lights went out.

C. Turn the sentences into affirmative (+) negative (-) or interrogative form (?)

1. He heard the news. (?) (-) 3. I didn’t buy new clothes. (+) (?)

2. Mary had written two books (?) (-) 4. They hadn’t eaten vegetables. (+) (?)
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had already prepared

breakfast.

Jane (already / type)

ten pages when her computer (crash)

Before that day we (never / think)

of going to Japan.

They (not / know)

where to meet because nobody (tell)

them.

[.]I

(to be) very tired because I

(to study) too much.

After Sofie had finished her work, she went to lunch.

I washed the floor when the painter had gone.

After she had moved out, I found her notes.

We’d just gotten home, when we heard the blast outside.

After the man

(to come) home he

(to feed) the cat.

Before he

(to sing) a song he

(to play) the guitar.

She

(to watch) a video after the children

(to go) to bed.

After Eric

(to make) breakfast he

(to phone) his friend.

I
(to be) very tired because I

(to study) too much.