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Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense – Past Perfect or Simple Past. Show example.
Past simple and past perfect exercises for intermediate level esl. Present perfect and past perfect in English.
This free exercise is about making the past perfect tense in English - it looks at the positive and negative forms.
Exercises. Complete the sentences using the past perfect simple. Example: Paul (forget) …………… his wallet so he couldn’t pay the bill. → Paul had forgotten his wallet so he couldn’t pay the bill. We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather (plant) many years before. had + past participle.
Exercise on Past Perfect Simple. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple). The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) . He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997. When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.
Choose the past perfect or past simple tense in this free English grammar exercise.
Past perfect. Exercise 1. Read the order in which the events happened and then choose between the past simple or past perfect forms to complete the sentences. 1 First, I wrote a letter. Second, I showed him the letter. ⇒ I showed him a letter that I . 2 First, I wrote a letter.