Grammar test. Past perfect or past simple.

Past Perfect and Past Simple

1. Put the verb in the Past Perfect tense.

1. They _____(  eat) he arrived.
2. Jennifer ____ (buy) the house before the market crashed.
3. Our boss ___ (not make) the decision yet when management changed their mind.
4. The students _____(write) the report , but the teacher made them do it again.
5. Mark ______( want) to go to New York ,  but his wife changed his mind.

2. Past Simple or Past  Perfect ?

1.The robbers left / had left the bank when the policemen arrived / had arrived.

2.When the rain started / had started ,the Simpsons finished / had finished planting trees.

3.Darcey saw/had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday.

4.Mr.Palmer didn’t speak / hadn’t spoken any Chinese before he moved to Peking.

5.Sonny got / had got fainted by the time the ambulance reached / had reached the hospital.

3. Choose the correct variant.

1. Kate …. to  bed before her mother …

1.     went , come     b) had gone, came    c) had gone ,had come

2. He …. Him a glass of warm milk before the doctor ….

1.     give, gave   b) had given , had come    c) had given , came

3. I….. the room by 5 o’clock.

1.     have cleaned      b) cleaned            c) had cleaned

4. Before I …. for a walk , I …my lessons.

1.     went ,did     b)went , have done      c) went, had done

5. After I …an aspirin , I … much better.

1.     took, felt     b) had taken ,felt        c) have taken, felt