BTPast perfect tense

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>I. Past Perfect - Positive and Negative Make the positive or negative past perfect simple 1) When I arrived at the cinema, the film 2) She. (live) in China before she went to Thailand... 3) After they. (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick... 4) If you. (listen) to me, you would have got the job... 5) Julie didn’t arrive until after I 6) When we. (leave)... (finish) dinner, we went out... 7) The garden was dead because it 8) He. (start)... (be) dry all summer... (meet) her somewhere before... 9) We were late for the plane because we 10) She told me she. (study) a lot before the exam... 11) The grass was yellow because it 12) The lights went off because we 13) The children 14) They. (forget) our passports... (not/rain) all summer.. (not/pay) the electricity bill... (not/do) their homework, so they were in trouble.. (not/eat) so we went to a restaurant... 15) We couldn’t go into the concert because we. (not/bring) our tickets...

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> 16) She said that she 17) Julie and Anne 18) I 19) He 20) You. (not/visit) the UK before.. (not/meet) before the party... (not/have) breakfast when he arrived.. (not/use) email before, so I showed him how to use it.. (not/study) for the test, so you were very nervous.. II. Simple past and past perfect tense exercise 1. The patient ……………………. (die) before the doctor …………………… (arrive). 2. As the fire ……………. (break) out, people …………….. (hurry) out of their house. 3. I …………………… (meet) him yesterday. 4. I ……………… (recognize) him immediately as I …………….. him before. (see) 5. I wish I ………………….. (stay) with my friend during his last days. 6. If he ……………………. (apply) in time, he would have got the job. 7. By the time the firemen …………………. (arrive), the fire ………………….. (destroy) many huts. 8. Long before the chief guest ………… (arrive), the invitees ………….. (assemble). 9. I wish I ……………………. (send) my application in time. 10. I ………………… (not speak) to him, as I …………………. (not introduce) to him..

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