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Tenses: Past Simple vs Past Perfect. (Author-Bouabdellah)




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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.