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Tenses: Past Simple vs Past Perfect. (Author-Bouabdellah)
Downloadable worksheets:
ALL ENGLISH TENSES (ACTIVE VOICE) - COMPLETE GRAMMAR-GUIDE IN A CHART FORMAT WITH FORM, USE, EXAMPLES AND TIME PHRASES (4 pages) FOR ALL LEVELS
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
5256
MULTIPLE CHOICE - FOUR TENSES 1
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5173
THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
4125
TEST YOUR GRAMMAR. ALL THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TENSES.
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
3523
FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
3536
Worksheet: Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
3147
Technicum Si-Tarek of Relizane
Second Year Pupils -
Scientific Streams
Reference sheet � 05
Unit IV:
Budding Scientist
The Past Perfect and the Simple Past
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Exercise 01:
Add a sentence with the
past perfect
using the notes.���������������������������������������������
Eg:
Claire looked very suntanned when I saw her last week.
� She
'd
just
been
on holiday.��
� (just / be on holiday)
1-
We rushed to the station, but we were too late.
�
(the train /just / go)
2-
I didn't have an umbrella, but that didn't matter.
�
(the rain / stop)
3-
When I got to the concert hall, they wouldn't let me in.
�
(forget / my ticket)
4-
Someone got the number of the car the raiders used.
�
(steal/ it�/a week before)
5-
I was really pleased to see Rachel again yesterday.
�
(not see / her / for ages)
Exercise 02:
Daniel
is telling the story of how he forgot his passport. Put the verbs into the correct form.�
(past perfect /�simple past�/ past continuous)
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It (0)
�(happen) last August at the airport. A few weeks before, a group of us (1)�
(decide) to go to Greece together for a holiday.
We (2)�
(wait) in the queue at passport control when suddenly I (3)�
(realize) that I (4)�
(forget) my passport. It (5)�
�(be) quite a shock. I (6)�
(hurry) to a phone and (7)�
(ring) my parents. They (8)�
(work) in the garden, but luckily my mother (9)�
(hear) the phone. They (10)�
(find) the passport and immediately (11)�
(drive) to the airport with it. I (12)�
(meet) them at the information desk. We (13)�
(have) no time to talk, but I (14)�
(say) goodbye to them earlier that morning. I (15)�
(run) all
the way to the plane. I (16)�
(be) just in time. When I (17)�
(get) there, the passengers (18)�
(sit) in their seats ready for take-off. When they (19)�
(see) me, everyone (20)�
(start) clapping.