GRAMMAR QUIZ 8.
2 ● GROUP A
Name: _______________________________
Class: _______________________________
Total: _________/15
8.2 Past Perfect
1 Choose the correct option.
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X: Have you heard / Had you heard the
1
news? Someone tried / had tried to steal a
painting from the museum last night!
Y: Really?
X: Yes, and it isn’t the first robbery there.
When the staff came back to work after
Christmas, they found out that someone
2
broke in / had broken in during the
holidays.
Y: So did they find out what happened? How
did the robbers get in?
3
X: Well, it seems someone has forgotten /
had forgotten to switch on the alarm
before they went home.
Y: Oh dear – that was bad!
X: Yes, but luckily the police 4 discovered / had
5
discovered that the robbers didn’t take /
hadn’t taken anything.
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© Pearson 2020 PHOTOCOPIABLE Focus 2 SECOND EDITION (A2+/B1)
2 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past
Simple and the Past Perfect.
0 Hilary’s friends didn’t recognise (not /
recognise) her because she had lost (lose) a
lot of weight.
1 When I _____________________ (come)
to my best friend’s birthday party, some of
the guests _____________________
(already / leave).
2 She _____________________ (never / see)
a lion before she _____________________
(go) to the zoo.
3 On my way to school, I ________________
(realise) I _____________________ (not
pack) my English notebook.
4 When we _______________ (get) to the
basketball court, the other team
____________________ (not / arrive) yet.
5 I totally _______________ (forget) that I
_____________________ (not / switch off)
the lights.
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