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

I. Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect:
1.   They (go)..........home after they (finish)..........their work
2.   She said that she (already, see)..........Dr. Rice
3.   After taking a bath, he (go)..........to bed
4.   He told me he (not / eat)..........such kind of food before
5.   When he came to the stadium, the match (already / begin)..........
6.   Before she (watch)..........TV, she (do)..........homework
7.   What (be)..........he when he (be)..........young?
8.   After they (go).........., I (sit)..........down and (rest)..........
9.   Yesterday, john (go)..........to the store before he (g0)..........home.
10. She (win)..........the gold medal in 1986
11. Our teacher (tell)..........us yesterday that he (visit)..........England in 1970

Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Perfect

1. She said that she (already/see) ...... Dr.Rice

2. After taking a bath, he (go) ....... to bed

4. He told me he (not/eat) ...... such kind of food before

5. When he came to the stadium, the match (already/begin) .......

6. Before she (watch) ..... TV,she (do) ........ homework

7. What (be) ...... he when he (be) young?

8. After they (go) ....... , I (sit) ....... down and (rest) ........

9. Yesterday, John (go) ..... to the the store before he (go) .... home

10. Our teacher (tell) ....... US yesterday that he (visit) ....... England in 1970.

Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past perfect tense.

1/ They (go) __________ home after they (finish) __________ their study.

2/ He (do) _________ nothing before he (see) ___________ me.

3/ He (thank) __________ me for what I (do) __________ for him.

4/ I (be) __________ sorry that I (hurt) __________ him.

5/ After they (go) __________ , I (sit) __________ down and (rest) __________.

6/ When I (arrive)___________, the dinner (already, begin) ______________.

7/ My friend (not see) _______ me for many years when I (meet) _____ last week.

8/ He (learn) __________ English before he (leave) __________ for England.

9/ In England, he soon (remember) __________ all he (learn) __________.

10/ They (tell) __________ him they (not meet) __________ him before.

11/ He (ask) __________ why we (come) __________ so early.

12/ She (say) __________ that she (already, see) ___________ Dr. Rice.

13/ By the time Bill (get) __________ there, the meeting (start) __________.

14/ When we (arrive) __________ at our place, we (find) __________ that a burglar (break) ____________ in.

15/ Almost everybody (leave) _______ for home by the time we (arrive) _______.

Exercise 01: Put the verbs into correct form. (past simple or past perfect)
1. She (come) ………….. back home after she (finish) ………… their work.
2. Before my son (go) ……………….. to bed, he (read) …………………… a novel.
3. When I came to the stadium, the match (start) ………………………………….
5. Last night, Peter (go) ……….. to the supermarket before he (go) ……… home
6. Tom ……………… (give) me the book yesterday but I knew he ……………… (not read) it
7. When I arrived home I realized that I ……………… (not phone) my grandparents
8. The postman ……………… (come) after I ……………… (leave) the office
9. When the old lady ……………… (return) to her flat, she ……………… (see) that burglars
……………… (break) into.
10. My grandmother ………… (make) some cheese sandwiches when I ………… (get) home at 5.30.
11. By the time Linda ………… (park) her car, her boyfriend …………… (drink) two cups of coffee
12. My dog ……………… (be) hungry because he ……………… (have) nothing to eat since breakfast
13. I ……………… (recognize) him because I ……………… (see) his photo in the newspaper before

Give the right forms of the verbs in backets :Past Simple or Past perfect.

1.They(go).........home after they(finish).........their work.

2.She said that she (already,see).....................Dr.Rice.

3.When we came to the stadium,the match (already,begin)..............................

4.They told me they (not,eat)...............................such kind of food before

5.He (ask)..........................why we (come)...........................so early

6.After they had gone,I (sit).......................down and (rest)..............................

7.Before she (watch)........................Tv,she (do)...............her homework.

8.After taking a bath,he (go)................................to bed

9.How(be)................he when he (be)......................young?

10.It was the first time I (ever,see).....................................such a beautiful girl.

Put the verb in brackets in the Past Simple , Past Perfect or Present perfect.

11. What you (.......) do there before you ............ (return) home?

12. When I .......... (come) to his house yesterday, his mother ............ (tell) me that he ............ (go) to the cinema with his friend two hours before.

13. He ............ (go) to England after he ......... (study) E for two years.

14. Before they ......... (go) very far, they ......... (find) that they ................. (lose) their way.

15. When their father ............ (get) home from work, they ................ (tell) him that they already .......... (cook) the dinner.

16. By the time he ............ (return) home from England, they already ................ (build) a new house for him.

17. When Peter ............ arrive) at the cinema, the film already .......... start.