Test

Write the past participle (3rd form) of the following irregular verbs.

1. speak -
2. catch -

3. eat -

4. understand -

5. begin -

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. I lost the key that he (give) to me.

2. She told me that she (see) a ghost.

3. I went downstairs because I (hear) a noise.

4. When they came home, Sue (cook) dinner already.

5. We could not send you a postcard because we (forget) our address book.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) .

2. He went to Alaska where he (not / be) before.

3. She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear) for ages.

4. He (not / play) tennis before that day.

5. His mother was angry because he (not / help) her with the shopping.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (you / finish) your homework before you went to the cinema?

2. (why / you / clean) the bathroom before you bathed the dog?

3. (you / have) breakfast before you came here?

4. (she / find) a place to stay when she went to Boston?

5. (where / she / live) before she moved to Chicago?

 Test

Write the past participle (3rd form) of the following irregular verbs.

1. think -
2. sleep -

3. throw -

4. wear -

5. swim -

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. They spent their honeymoon in Paris where they (meet) two years before.
2. When Alice (do) the shopping, she picked her children up from school.

3. He showed us the place where he (hurt) his leg.

4. I looked at the photos that he (send) .

5. Yesterday I read an interesting article which my teacher (recommend) to

me.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. I (not / touch) a snake before that day.

2. Andy won the match although he (not / play) squash before.

3. When I left the house, I (not / have) breakfast yet.

4. Jim crashed into another car because he (not / realise) the red traffic light.

5. I worked on Saturday, so I (not / go) to the party the day before.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (what / you / say) before you opened the window?

 2. (he / speak) to you before he called us?

3. (you / switch) off the cooker before we left?

4. (you / take) the laundry in when it started to rain?

5. (who / live) in that house before the Smiths bought it?

Exercise on Past Perfect Simple

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).

had built
1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) .
2. He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.

3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.

4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) .

5. The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) six weeks before.

6. The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) .

7. I could not remember the poem we (learn) the week before.

8. The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) from the tree.

9. (he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?

10. She (not / ride) a horse before that day.

Put the verb in brackets into Past Simple or Past Perfect. (did or had done)
Example: I got up late because I (forget) _____ to set my alarm clock. (key = had
forgotten)

1.
After she (finish) breakfast she left the house.

2.
Before he came to Warsaw he (live) in Prague.

3.
He (spend) three years in Tahiti when he was a child.
4.
He started to read the newspaper he (buy) an hour
earlier.

5.
He told me he (never be) to Australia before.

6.
He told me he (never see) anything like that.

7.
I (write) a long letter to my mother yesterday.

8.
I couldn't get in because I (lose) my keys.

9.
I felt really stupid because I (make) a lot of mistakes.

10.
I paid for the window because my son (break) .

11.
I told him I didn't know who (steal) his pen.

12.
I told him twice that I (not know) him.

13.
I was feeling very thirsty because I (drink) too much
alcohol the night before.

14.
I was frightened because the police (come) for my
sister.

15.
I was hungry because I (not eat) since breakfast.

16.
The doctor examined her leg and (find) that she had
broken it.

17.
The movie (start already) when we arrived to the
cinema.

18. When I looked at the lorry I could see that somebody (drive)
into the back of it.

19.
When I saw her I knew we (never meet) before.

20.
When she (hear) the noise she turned to see what it
was.