III.Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past perfect

1.The film ………………. (already / end) by the time he ………………….(arrive)

2. I ………………..(go) downstairs because I ……………………(hear) a noise.

3. We (cannot/ send) ………………… you a postcard because we ………………… (forget) our address

 4. ………………… (you / finish) your homework before you went to the cinema.

5. I went to the box office at lunchtime, but they ………………….(already / sell) all the tickets

6. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ……………………..(go) straight to bed.

7. I felt better by the summer, but the doctor warned me not ot do too much . I ………………………(be) very ill.

8. Mai………………. (live) in Hai Phong for five years before she ……………….(move) to Ha Noi three years ago.

9. Phong ………………………(tell) me yesterday that he (learn) ………………….French for a year.

10. Ms. Hong (work) …………………… at our school for twenty years before she …………….(retire) last June.

VII. Put the verbs in brackets into past simple or past perfect. 

1. By the time the firefighters _________ (arrive), the fire _________ (already destroy) over  50 hectares of pine forests.  

2. Two people _________ (report) that flames _________ (trap) them inside a smoke-filled  apartment.  

3. It _________ (rain) all morning before the tornado _________ (touch) down. 

4. They _________ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody _________  (tell) them.  

5. _________ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire _________ (start)? 

6. The post _________ (not arrive) when I _________ (leave) home this morning. 

7*. It _________ (be) cloudy for days before it _________ (start) to rain heavily and _________ (flood) the whole city.  

8*. When I _________ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I _________ (leave) my ticket at  home. 

9*. After Tom and his neighbours _________ (put out) the fire, the fire engines _________  (arrive) at the cottage.  

10*. She _________ (recognize) the warning signs that she _________ (learn) in a school  lesson on tsunami two days before.  

11*. By the time the rescuers _________ (arrive), they _________ (run) out of food and  water.  

12*. The rescue team _________ (find) the child after they _________ (search) for ten hours.

VI/ Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences
50. I (find)________ my pen after I (buy)________ a new one.
51. Most people (leave)________ before the volcano (erupt)________.
52. By the time we (arrive)________ at the canyon, it (stop)________ snowing.
53. They (spend)________ the night in the flooded area before help (arrive)________.
54. Simon (get)________ lost because he (not take)________ a map with him.
55. Food and medical supplies (deliver)________ later this afternoon.

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.
1. We (sit) ………………… down to the table only when all the guests (arrive) …………………    
2. There (be) ………………… a curious expression on his face I never (see) ………………… before.
3. He (be) ………………… a teacher at the University, as his father (be) ………………… before him.
4. There (be) ………………… silence after she (go) …………………
5. From downstairs (come) ………………… the sound of a radio playing a song he never (hear)………………… before.
6. Very deliberately and carefully Poirot (retell) ………………… the conversation he (hold) ………………… with Saitrana at Wessex House.
7. When I (arrive) ................... home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) .................... a beautifulcandlelight dinner.
8. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) ............................................without me. My boss (be)..........................furious with me and he (fire).................................... me.
9. When I (turn)..........................the radio on yesterday, I (hear).......................a song that was popular when I was in high school. I (not/ hear)..........................the song in years, and it (bring)...........................back some great memories.
10. Last week, I (run)...............................into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (not/ see)................................each other in years, and both of us (change)..................................a great deal. I (enjoy)...........................talking
to her so much that I (ask).............................her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

I) Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect or past perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The bus got stuck in traffic, so, by the time we got to the cinema, we ___________ (miss) the start of the film.

2. Clara ___________ (perform) in small-town theatres for years before she got her first role in a Hollywood film.

3. Audiences were amazed when they first saw the film Citizen Kane. They ___________ (not see) anything like it before. 

4. The flight was so long I ___________ (watch) five films from beginning to end by the time we landed. 

5. My little brother started crying in the cinema because he thought I ___________ (eat) all of his ice cream. 

6. It wasn’t until we left the cinema that I noticed my sister’s eyes were red. She ___________ (cry) all the way through the film. 

1. Most people (leave)                    before the volcano (erupt)                   .

2. By the time we (arrive)                    at the canyon, it (stop)                   snowing.

3. They (spend)                   the night in the flooded area before help (arrive)                   .

4. Simon (get)                    lost because he (not take)                   a map with him.

5. I (find)                   my pen after I (buy)                    a new one.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: the past simple or the past perfect tense.

Before he (wake up)     , his mother (prepare)    breakfast.
We (go)      to London last month.
By the time the doctor (arrive)    , the patient (die)    .
Before that day we (never/ think)    of traveling to Japan.
I (know)     him a long time before I (meet)     his family.
It (be)     cloudy for days before it (begin)     to rain.
The car (break)     down last Sunday.
Martha (turn)     off the light and (go)     to bed.
He (buy)     a new car last month, but he doesn't really like it.
The robbers (attack)    him 20 minutes ago.

Bài 1 :Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple tense os past perfect tense

1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (collect).................... some moon dust samples before they (return)............. to Earth.

2. By the time Yang Liwei (become)................. the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program in 2003, NASA already (send).................... over 100 people.

3. After the spaceship Soyuz 37 (be)............. in orbit around the earth, Pham Tuan and Viktor Gorbatko (conduct)...................some experiments.

4. When we (arrive)..................... in Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle already (launch)................. into space.

5. Dennis Tito already (complete)............... 900 hours of training by the time he (fly)...............into space in 2001.

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Complete the sentence with the past simple or past perfect form of the verb in brackets.

1. As soon as I.... (download) the document, I knew I .......(make) a mistake.

2.By the time the firemen.... (arrive), the fire ......(destroy)three houses.

3.When I last.... (speak) to her, she still .....(not finish)her assignment

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

5.After they (go) …………, I (sit) ….…….. down and (watch)………….TV