EXERCISES: PAST SIMPLE Vs PAST PERFECT.

USE: When an action was completed in in the past in a definite time.

USE: For an action when there are two actions in the past: to show which one was first in the past.

SIGNAL WORDS: First Then

SIGNAL WORDS: - Already -Up to then -Before that day

I. Choose the correct verb tense- simple past or past perfect: Fortunately, I saved /had saved my work before the computer crashed / had crashed. When they arrive / had arrived, we started / has started our meeting. Mark was / had been very tired because he didn't sleep / hadn't slept well. She read / had read the ads before warned / had warned her about them. I was 7 had been 12.12 when the boss arrived/ had arrived at the factory. The workers finished / had finished their work by 12 oclock.

II. Complete the sentences with a verb from the cloud:

1. I would have helped her if she 2. She didnt want to watch CSI because she .that episode before. 3. He...the project when he called me. 4.They...into the theatre and bought the tickets. 5.I didnt know what to eat becausemoroccan before. 6.He didnt know. No onehim about it. 7.When we arrived, the doctor. 8.I called you yesterday but you 9.She...such a beautiful painting. 10.By the time the plane arrived I.to park the car, arrive to the crime scene , much of evidence

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III. Which tense? Simple past or Past Perfect?

IV.

Your Product: Choose four of the following shorts role plays and find a partner in

order to present the situation in front of your class. You have to mime the situation and the rest of the group has to find out the situation they are role-playing by making up sentences like: -Jane had already walked to the door when Andrew knocked on it.
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