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Tenses PRACTICE (2): Focus on The Past Perfect tense




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Let's PRACTICE  

The Past Perfect Tense
 
 
 
 1) Try to learn about the past perfect (its form and use) throughout the following video tutorial:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2)  Exercises:  I- 

Put the verbs between brackets in the past perfect (simple/ continuous) or the past simple.

 

1.  When I (come)  back home, my family (have)  dinner.

2.  I  (do)  my homework before I (go)  to bed.

3.  The children (eat)  dinner by the time their father (come)  home.

4.  Helen (help)  her mother last night after she (finish)  her  homework.

5.  Frank (fall) down after he (throw)  the football.

6.  Mary (feed) her cat before she (have)  breakfast.

7.  Tom (be)  late for work last Monday because he (have)  an accident.

8.  The film  (begin)  as soon as I (switch on)  TV.

9.  The teacher  (not start)  the lesson until all students (be)  quiet.

10. They (wait)  for 30 minutes when the bus finally (arrive

 
 
 
II-   Choose the right option: 

 past perfect (simple/ continuous) or past simple.


 

1- Salma didn’t want to see a doctor because she (already, see)  one before.

2- Amine’s clothes were dirty because he (play)  football for a long time.

3- As soon as last Ramadan (come)  , my friend in Canada (go)  back home to Morocco

4- The train (already, leave)   by the time we (get)  to the station.

5- The patient (die)  when the ambulance (come


 
 
 
 
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