1.When their mother ………got…………………………….. home, the children ………………had eaten…………………….. all the sweets. (get; eat)

2.Yesterday I …………met………………………….. a man who …………had been……………………. at school with my grandmother. (meet; be)

3. It …………………started……….. to rain, and I ………remembered ……………………….. that I ………………hadn't closed…………………. my window. (start; remember; not close)

4I ……found…………. a letter on my desk that I …….hdan't opened….. (find; not open)

5.I …………had already told……Bob I couldn’t go to the theatre, but he ………bought……….. the tickets. (already tell; buy)

LOOK OUT!

We often use the present perfect to ask or talk about an experience and then the past simple to give specific information about it.

(Chúng ta thường dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành để hỏi hoặc nói về một trải nghiệm và sau đó dùng thì quá khứ đơn để cung cấp thông tin cụ thể về trải nghiệm đó.)

‘¹Have you gone to London?’ ‘Yes, I ² went there two years ago.’

(Bạn đã đến London chưa? Rồi, tôi đã đến đó hai năm trước.')

1 went

2 have never seen

3 left - had collected

4 had lent

5 had met

6 had said

7 had spent

8 had come - couldn't - had taken

1 had started

2  bought

3 had never taken

4 stayed - visited - had been - had liked - had decided

5 had been developing

6 had already discussed - had made - had phoned - felt - hadn't waited

7 had been running

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

18. The boy ..said.... (say) that he ......had done.... (do) all his homework before he .....went........ (go) to bed.

19. The children .....began........ (begin) to do the exercise after they ........had review.......... (review) all the rules.

20. He .......made....... (make) a report on the history of England after he .....had read...... (read) a lot of books about it.

18.said/had done/went

19.began/had review

20.made/had read

18. said/ had done/ went

19. began/ had review

20. made/ had read

1 took - was flying

2 was having - was reading

3 Have you ever eaten

4 had - lived

5 Have .... eaten - had bought

6 were jogging - bit

7 fell-broke

8 was driving - crashed

9 had promised- didn't come -was

10 Did the candidate make - didn't 

11 couldn't swim - was

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  *Rewrite the sentences with PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT

⦁ They arrived at the airport. Vietnam Airline cancelled the flight.

⦁ Before ……they arrived at the airport, VN Airline had cancelled the flight…………………………………………………………….

⦁ I could not go out. I broke my leg.

⦁ Because ……I broke my leg, I could not go out…………………………………………………………..

⦁ He took up a job. He left school.

⦁ After …………he had left school, he took up a job…………………………………………………………

⦁ She fell in love with him. They met in Cork.

⦁ Before ……she fell in love with him, they had met in Cork…………………………………………………………….

⦁ Marion did not recognize Jim. She did not say hello to him.

⦁ Because Marion did not recognize Jim, she did not say hello to him.………………………………………………………………..

⦁ Peter wrote me an e-mail. I understood the problem.

⦁ After ………Peter had written me an e-mail, I understood the problem.……………………………………………………………

⦁ Sue had a boyfriend. Then she met Greg at the disco.

⦁ Before …… Sue met Greg at the disco, Sue had a boyfriend..…………………………………………………………….

⦁ They changed the time. They did not let me know.

⦁ After ………They had changed the time, they let me know.……………………………………………………………

  *Rewrite the sentences with PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT

⦁ They arrived at the airport. Vietnam Airline cancelled the flight.

⦁ Before they arrived at the airport, Vietnam Airline had cancelled the flight.

⦁ I could not go out. I broke my leg.

⦁ Because  I broke my leg,  I could not go out. 

⦁ He took up a job. He left school.

⦁ After he had left school, he took up a job.

⦁ She fell in love with him. They met in Cork.

⦁ Before  she fell in love with him, they had met in Cork.

⦁ Marion did not recognize Jim. She did not say hello to him.

⦁ Because Marion did not recognize Jim, she did not say hello to him.

⦁ Peter wrote me an e-mail. I understood the problem.

⦁ After Peter had written me an e-mail, I understood the problem.

⦁ Sue had a boyfriend. Then she met Greg at the disco.

⦁ Before Sue met Greg at the disco, she had had a boyfriend.

⦁ They changed the time. They did not let me know.

⦁ After they had changed the time, they did not let me know.

1 remembered - had forgot 

2 has sold

3 Had you put - went

4 haven't seen

5 had done

6 realized - had forgot

7 have never seen

8 arrived - had just gone

9 was - had met

1. I suddenly (remember)..remembered.. that I (forget)./have forgotten... my keys.

2. Bill no longer has his car. He (sell)..has sold.. it.

3. (Have/you/put)...Have you put. off the fire before  you (go)..went.. out.

4. I was very pleased to see Mary again. I (not see). haven't seen... for a long time.

5. I thanked her for everything she (doh)....has done for me.

6. When I got to the office, I (realize)... realized. I (forget)....have forgetten to lock the door.

7. Who is that women? I (never seen)....have never seen her before.

8. Tom was not at home when I (arrive)..arrived.. He (just go)...has just gone. out.

9. She said it (be)...was. the first time she (meet).has met... such a man.

I. Put the verb in brackets in the Past simple, Past perfect or present perfect.

1. I suddenly (remember).. remembered.. that I (forget)..  had  forgot.. my keys.

2. Bill no longer has his car. He (sell)..had sold.. it.

3. (Have/you/put).. had you put.. off the fire before  you (go)..went.. out.

4. I was very pleased to see Mary again. I (not see).. haven't seen.. for a long time.

5. I thanked her for everything she (do).. has done.. for me.

6. When I got to the office, I (realize).. realized.. I (forget)..  had forgotten.. to lock the door.

7. Who is that women? I (never seen). have never seen... her before.

8. Tom was not at home when I (arrive). arrived... He (just go).. has just gone.. out.

9. She said it (be).... the first time she (meet).... such a man.

1 My uncle and aunt had already got engaged (already/get engaged) before they emigrated (emigrate) to Australia.

(Chú và dì của tôi đã đính hôn trước khi họ di cư sang Úc.)

2 I couldn't (not/can) buy anything because I had forgotten (forget) my wallet.

(Tôi không thể mua bất cứ thứ gì vì tôi đã quên ví của mình.)

3 Robert was (be) upset because he had split up (split up) with his girlfriend.

(Robert rất buồn vì anh ấy đã chia tay bạn gái.)

4 Kelly had started (start) her first business before she left (leave) university.

(Kelly bắt đầu công việc kinh doanh đầu tiên trước khi rời trường đại học.)

5 As soon as Sara inherited (inherit) the money from her grandmother, she bought (buy) a car.

(Ngay sau khi Sara được thừa hưởng số tiền từ bà ngoại, cô ấy đã mua một chiếc ô tô.)

6 By the time Joe retired (retire), he had become (become) a grandfather.

(Vào thời điểm Joe nghỉ hưu, anh ấy đã trở thành ông ngoại.)

7 After Fred had settled down (settle down) in London, he decided (decide) to have a change of career.

(Sau khi Fred ổn định cuộc sống ở London, anh ấy quyết định thay đổi nghề nghiệp.)

8 We spent (spend) the weekend moving house, so we went (go) to bed very early on Sunday.

(Chúng tôi dành cả ngày cuối tuần để chuyển nhà, vì vậy chúng tôi đi ngủ rất sớm vào Chủ nhật.)