.

USE:

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

PAST PERFECT

USE:

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

SIGNAL WORDS

first

then

SIGNAL WORDS

already

up to then

before that day

A) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb, simple past or past perfect.

Mark __________ (arrive) after we __________ (leave).

John __________ (be) very sad because he __________ (fail) his exam.

Mary__________ (not/pass) the examination last year as she __________ (not/ study) hard enough.

The bus__________ (be) no longer there. It __________ (already/ leave)

The film__________ (just/start) when I __________ (arrive).

My mother asked me why I __________ (come) so late.

we went out as soon as we __________ (have) dinner.

When I got there, everyone__________ (already/leave)

Susan__________ (just/go out) when I __________ (call) at her house.

The moment after I told her not to, my daughter__________ (do) it again.

Fred __________ (not/tell) anybody how he __________ (get) into the house.

Sara __________ (go) to England last week. Before that, she __________ never__________ (be) outside
Portugal.

Yesterday I __________ (meet) a man who __________ (be) at school with my father.

B) 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 o´clock.

SIMPLE PAST

USE:

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

PAST PERFECT

USE:

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

SIGNAL WORDS

first

then

SIGNAL WORDS

already

up to then

before that day

B) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb, simple past or past perfect.

Mark __________ (arrive) after we __________ (leave).

John __________ (be) very sad because he __________ (fail) his exam.

Mary__________ (not/pass) the examination last year as she __________ (not/ study) hard enough.

The bus__________ (be) no longer there. It __________ (already/ leave)

The film__________ (just/start) when I __________ (arrive).

My mother asked me why I __________ (come) so late.

we went out as soon as we __________ (have) dinner.

When I got there, everyone__________ (already/leave)

Susan__________ (just/go out) when I __________ (call) at her house.

The moment after I told her not to, my daughter__________ (do) it again.

Fred __________ (not/tell) anybody how he __________ (get) into the house.

Sara __________ (go) to England last week. Before that, she __________ never__________ (be) outside
Portugal.

Yesterday I __________ (meet) a man who __________ (be) at school with my father.

B) Choose the correct verb tense- simple past or past perfect

o Fortunately, I saved /had saved my work before the computer crashed / had crashed.

o When they arrive / had arrived, we started / has started our meeting.

o Mark was / had been very tired because he didn´t sleep / hadn´t slept well.

o She read / had read the ads before warned / had warned her about them.

o 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 o´clock.

SIMPLE PAST