PAST PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
1. Match the sentences on the left with their answers on
the right.
a. Why did you decide to be part
1. Back where I had found it
of
before I used it.
[Link]?
2. No, I had lost my username and
b. Why were you so sad
password, but now I’ve got
yesterday?
them.
3. I realised I had spent too much
c. Where did you put my laptop?
time on myself.
d. You didn’t join the Zoom
4. It had closed down after all.
meeting yesterday.
e. Didn’t you have dinner at that 5. My best friend had made some
Mexican restaurant last night? unpleasant remarks.
2. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the past simple or
past perfect.
a. Mikhail passed the casting to get the part because he ________________
(practise) a lot in the weeks before.
b. I ________________ (never go) out with a girl before, so I felt very nervous
on my first date.
c. Leni ________________ (be) really sad because no one had answered her
application.
d. We stayed at home last night because we ________________ (arrange) to
binge watch Netflix together.
e. Thierry felt much better after he ________________ (tell) his parents about his
decision.
3. Choose the correct option to complete the text.
a. Susan is a 16-year-old teen who wanted / had wanted to make a
difference after she watched / had watched a report on local TV on
the living conditions of homeless people in her city.
b. She didn’t know / hadn’t known much
about the issue before she witnessed /
had witnessed the harsh reality in that
report.
c. A few weeks later she launched / had
launched a fundraising campaign because
she saw / had seen how successful these
could be.
d. Before she presented / had presented the
idea online, though, she did / had done her
research to get some statistic data on the
homeless population.
PAST PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
e. As she planned / had planned it so
carefully, the campaign ended / had
ended up gathering around £4,000 in a
few weeks and she was really proud to
be able to make a difference in some
homeless people’s lives.
SOLUÇÕES
1.
a. 3; b. 5; c. 1; d. 2; e. 4
2.
a. passed; had practised; b. had never gone out; felt; c. was; had answered; d. stayed; had
arranged; e. felt; had told or told
3.
a. decided; b. wanted; c. had watched/watched; d. didn’t know; e. had witnessed/witnessed; f.
launched; g. had seen;
h. presented; i. had done; j. organised; k. had gathered;
l. published; m. had planned; n. ended