SIMPLE PAST: IT IS USED TO DESCRIBE ACTIONS AND STATES IN A

COMPLETE PERIOD OF TIME

TIME EXPRESSIONS USED WITH THE SIMPLE PAST: WE USE AGO, LAST: IN: IN
SEPTEMBER, AT: AT 8:00, YESTERDAY, WHEN,

PAST PERFECT: IT IS USED TO SHOW THAT ONE PAST EVENT HAPPENED

BEFORE ANOTHER PAST EVENT. THE PAST PERFECT IS
USED WITH THE EARLIER EVENT.
TIME EXPRESSIONS USED WITH THE PAST PERFECT: AFTER, BY THE TIME,
BEFORE,SINCE,FOR, ALREADY, YET, JUST

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH AFTER OR BEFORE

1. THEY WATCHED T.V.....after....... THEY HAD DONE THEIR HOMEWORK

2- SHE CALLED HER MOTHER....after............ SHE HAD WON THE LOTTERY
3. SHE HAD HAD A SHOWER .....before............. SHE WENT TO BED
4-.before............. I HAD LOCKED THE DOOR, I LEFT
5-....before.......... HE CALLED THE DOCTOR, HE HAD HAD AN ASPIRIN
6-WE ARRIVED AT SUE’S HOUSE...after.......... SHE HAD LEFT

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH PAST PERFECT

1-HARRY HAD A STOMACHACHE, BECAUSE HE. had eaten.... TOO MUCH CAKE(EAT)
2-BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED TO THE THEATRE, THE PLAY .had already
started................ (ALREADY/START)
3. HELEN WASN’T AT HOME, BECAUSE SHE ....had gone.......... TO THE BAKER’S (GO)
4- THEY ...had studied........... HARD BEFORE THEY HAD THE TEST. (STUDY)
5- THE CHILDREN ...had eaten........... ALL THE SANDWICHES BY THE TIME I ARRIVED
HOME (EAT)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH SIMPLE PAST

1- SHE...was.......... SAD BECAUSE SHE HAD FALLEN THE TEST. (BE)

2- BY THE TIME I ...got......... THERE, HE HAD ALREADY LEFT. (GET)
3- SHE ..phoned........... PETER, BUT HE HAD GONE TO THE SUPERMARKET (PHONE)
4- HE ..invited............ SALLY TO THE CINEMA, BUT SHE HAD ALREADY SEEN THE
FILM(INVITE)
5- HER MOTHER ..made...... HER A SANDWICH , BUT SHE DIDN’T WANT TO EAT
IT BECAUSE SHE HAD ALREADY HAD LUNCH. (MAKE)
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT

1- SHE ...had turned off................... THE COMPUTER BEFORE SHE LEFT (TURN OFF)
2- I CLOSED THE DOOR AND THEN I REMEMBERED THAT I´d left ............... THE KEYS
ON THE TABLE (LEAVE)
3- AFTER WE HAD WASHED THE GRAPES, WE ..ate......... THEM (EAT)
4- HE´d tidied ................ ALL HIS ROOM BEFORE HE WENT OUT. (TIDY)
5- AS SOON AS PETER HAD PAID FOR THE MEAL, THEY ...left......... (LEAVE)
6- .had you ever used.......... A COMPUTER BEFORE YOU GOT THIS JOB? ( YOU/
EVER/USE)

MATCH AND WRITE THE SENTENCES

1- WE DIDN’T LEAVE a
2- WHEN SHE PICKED UP THE PHONE e
3-BY THE TIME I HAD REACHED YOUR HOUSE d
4- SALLY HAD LIVED IN PARIS b
5- PHILL HAD JUST WASHED THE CAR c

A- WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN. 1

B- BEFORE SHE MOVED TO MADRID. 4
C- UNTIL WE HAD LOCKED THE DOOR 5
D-YOU HAD ALREADY LEFT. 3
E- IT HAD STOPPED RINGING 2

COMPLETE THE SENTENTECES WITH THE SUITABLE VERB TENSE

1-WHEN I .....turned....................(TURN ON) THE T.V MY FAVOURITE PROGRAMME

.......had finished............(FINISH)
2- WHEN BOB..returned................(RETURN) FROM WORK HE DISCOVERED THAT
SOMEBODY...had stolen..............(STEAL) HIS CAR.
3- SALLY ......failed................(FAIL) HER EXAMS, BECAUSE SHE.....had
studied..............(STUDY) THE WRONG LESSON.
4- THE TRAIN....had left.............(LEAVE) WHEN TIM ....arrived................(ARRIVE) AT
THE STATION
5- THE CHILDREN ......were..........(BE) EXCITED BECAUSE THEY ..hadn´t
seen.....................(NOT SEE) A LION BEFORE
6- SALLY...had already finished...................(ALREADY/SEND) 10 E-MAILS WHEN THE
COMPUTER crashed............... (CRASH)

KARYME OSEGUERA 0801200412655