PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT

Ex. 1. Put in the simple past or past perfect.

1. I _____________(be) sorry that I ______________(not be) nicer to him.

2. Nobody ___________(come) to the meeting because Angela ________(forget) to tell people about it.

3. I ____________(see) her before somewhere – I _____________ (know).

4. Because he _______________(not check) the oil for so long, the car ___________(break) down.

5. She couldn’t find the book that I ________________ (lend) you.

6. All the people we _____________(invite) turned up, and some that we ____________(not invite).

7. They ______________ (never find) where he _________(hide) the money.

8. It was a firm that I __________________ (never hear) of.

9. When she _____________(come) in, we all knew where she ________ (be).

10. The lesson ______________(already start) when I ____________ (arrive).

11. Lisa ____________(give) me a lift because I __________(miss) the bus.

12. I ___________(thank) her for everything she ___________(do).

13. When I got to the office, I __________(realize) that I ___________ (forget) to lock the front door.

14. When they ___________(finish) their work, they _____________(go) home.

15. I ________________(call) you at 8.00, but you just _____________(go) out.

16. I took my family to Paris last year. I ___________(be) there as a student, so I _______________(know) my way around.

17. When I _____________ (listen) to the news, I _______________(go) to bed.

Ex. 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect.

I went to school reunion last week. I (be) very surprised – so many things 1)__________(change). They 2) _____________(knock down) the old gymnasium, and the library3) _________________(disappear). I 4)___________(walk) slowly round the school. Everything 5) _______________(seem) much smaller, although they 6)_______________(build) some impressive new buildings. I 7)___________(meet) lots of my old schools friends, too, and they 8)____________(not stay) the same either. Some of them 9)_______________(move) to London, and most of them 10)______________(get) married. I 11)_________________(talk) to the headmaster for a while – he 12)__________________(not leave). He 13)___________(say) that he 14)__________________(remember) the boy who 15)______________(attend) the school since he 16)_______________(start) working there in 1978. But when I 17)_____________(ask) him what my name was, he 18)_____________(have to) confess that he 19)________________(forget) – that 20)__________________(make) me realize that I 21)__________(change) too!