Test 19

Past Perfect / Past Simple

Open the brackets.

1. They (to finish) work by 7.

2. Ed (to visit) us yesterday.

3. We (to do)it after we (to return) from vacation.

4. You (lo learn) English before you (to come) there?

5. Mike (to start) to play chess when he (to be) five.

6. The children (not to have) dinner before mother (to phone).

7. Why Jane (not to visit) us before she (to leave)?

8. Chris said he just (to loose) his key-ring.

9. The rain (not to stop) by the time lessons (to be) over?

10. They (to arrive) in time because they (to take) a taxi.

11. We never (to see) Safary Park until we (to arrive) to Kenia.

12. After Sally (to write) all the letters, she (to post) them.

II. Choose the correct answer.

1. He … dinner when the phone rang.

A. had hardly finished B. hardly finished
2. I saw many people when I... the door.
A. had opened B. opened

3. Katy was very sad because she … her purse at home.

A. forgot B. had forgotten

4. Last year they went to Brazil. They … to this country before.

A. never were B. had never been

5. I wanted to open the window but someone else … it.

A. did B. had done.

6. Who... there before you?

A. had been B. was

7. Ewa... sorry that she... such a mistake.

A. had been; made B. was; had made

8. No sooner... work than his friend came.

A. he started B. had he start!

9. Last week they won the championship. Prior to that time, they... the prise.

A. didn't win B. hadn't won

10. It... the first time Tina... the horse.

A. had been; rode B. was; had ridden

Test 20

Past Simple / Past Perfect

I. Open the brackets.

1. We (to check) our dictations before the teacher (to take) them.

2. Peter said he always (to want) to go to China.

3. Laura (to be) glad that her parents (to phone) her.

4. I (to tell) Rick that I (to give) all the discs to my brother.

5. Antony (to see) Claire yesterday. He (not to see)her in years.

6. Hardly Terry (to open) the door, when his dog (to run) into the house.

7. When they (to see) road accident, they (to call) thepolice.

8. I (not to recognize) Anna because she (to change) greatly.

9. Bob (to be) a shop assistant before he (to become) a businessman.

10. When she (to see) that her child (to tear) the book which she(to buy) for him, she (to be) upset.

II. Correct the errors if necessary.

1. I was sorry that I forgot to phone them.

2. He went to Britain for the first time to study at university.

3.She felt better after she took the medicine.

4. My family had visited three countries last year.

5. It was ten o`clock. He had finished his report.

6. Did they clean the house by 6 o`clock?

7. Last summer Jane went to Turkey.

8. Barry said he didn`t see her before.

9. It stopped raining before we left the house.

10. We had had coffee before we started to work.

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