Question

Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect: 1. They (go) ……………..home after they (finish) ………………… their work. 2. After taking a bath, he (go) ………………………….. to bed. 3. When he came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin) …………………………………. 4. Before she (watch) ………………….. TV, she (do)……………………. homework. 6. After they (go) ………………………, I (sit) ……………….. down and (rest) …………… 7. Yesterday, John (go) ………………….. to the store before he (go) ………………… home. 8. She (win) ………………………. the gold medal in 1986. 9. Alan (have)……….hardly(prepare)………..for dinner when her husband (go) ……..home 10. After I (wash)………………………….my clothes, I (sleep) …………………………… 11. When the policeman (blow)…………………………. his whistle the driver (stop)…………………………. the car. 12.I (not talk)…………………………. to him because when I (arrive)…………………………. he already (leave)………………………….. 13. He (live)…………………………. in the country for ten years when he first (come)…………………………. to London 14.The house (burn)…………………………. to the ground by the time the firemen (arrive)………………………….. 15. The lights (go)…………………………. out the moment he (get)…………………………. into the cinema. 16. The teacher (ask)…………………………. the boy why he (not do)…………………………. his homework. 17. They (be married)…………………………. for five years when they finally (have)…………………………. a child. 18. He (not eat)…………………………. until his parents (come)…………………………. home. 19. I already (hear)…………………………. about the accident when he (tell)…………………………. me about it. 20. Our guests (be)…………………………. still here when he (come)…………………………. back from school

Answer 1

Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect: 1. They (go) ……went………..home after they (finish) …………had finished……… their work. 2. After taking a bath, he (go) ……went…………………….. to bed. 3. When he came to the stadium, the match (already/ begin) ………had already begun…………………………. 4. Before she (watch) ………watched………….. TV, she (do)……had done………………. homework. 6. After they (go) ……………went…………, I (sit) ……had sat………….. down and (rest) …rested………… 7. Yesterday, John (go) ……had gone…………….. to the store before he (go) ……went…………… home. 8. She (win) …………won……………. the gold medal in 1986. 9. Alan (have)…had…….hardly(prepare)…prepared……..for dinner when her husband (go) …went…..home 10. After I (wash)………had washed………………….my clothes, I (sleep) …………slept………………… 11. When the policeman (blow)…………blew………………. his whistle the driver (stop)………stopped…………………. the car. 12.I (not talk)…………didn't talk………………. to him because when I (arrive)……arrived……………………. he already (leave)………had already left………………….. 13. He (live)…………had lived………………. in the country for ten years when he first (come)………came…………………. to London 14.The house (burn)………………had burnt…………. to the ground by the time the firemen (arrive)…arrived……………………….. 15. The lights (go)……………went……………. out the moment he (get)…………got………………. into the cinema. 16. The teacher (ask)…………asked………………. the boy why he (not do)…………didn't do………………. his homework. 17. They (be married)…………had  been married………………. for five years when they finally (have)……had……………………. a child. 18. He (not eat)…………didn't eat………………. until his parents (come)………came…………………. home. 19. I had already (hear)……………heard……………. about the accident when he (tell)…………told………………. me about it. 20. Our guests (be)………were…………………. still here when he (come)…………came………………. back from school