Grade 10: Past Simple vs. Past Perfect Review

Past Perfect and Past Simple

Multiple Choice

Fraser _______ sushi before he _______ to Japan.

• never ate, had come

• came, had never eaten

• had come, never ate

• had never eaten, came

Multiple Choice

As soon as Yuka _______ washing the dishes, she _______ the TV on.

• finished, had turned

• turned, had finished

• had finished, turned

• had turned, finished

Multiple Choice

We went to Osaka, my friend _______ a lot about the city because she _______ there many times.

• was, had known

• had known, was

• knew, had been

• had been, knew

Multiple Choice

Before we _____ the station we saw that we had lost our way.

• reached

• had reached

Multiple Choice

Before the police _____ the thief, he had stolen two more watches.

• caught

• had caught

Multiple Choice

Dad drove me home after I _____ into the water.

• had fallen

• fell

Multiple Choice

We _____ two Big Macs before we went home.

• had eaten

• ate

Multiple Choice

The show ................... (start) when there ..................... (be) a problem with the lights.

• had started, was

• started, had been

• started, was

Multiple Choice

By the time we __________ (arrive) at the cinema, the movie __________ (start).

• had arrived, started

• arrived, has started

• arrived, had started

• have arrived, started

Multiple Choice

He __________ (go) out after he __________ (finish) his homework.

• went, had finished

• had gone, finished

• went, finished

• had gone, had finished

Multiple Choice

By the time his friend _____ the conclusions, Luke ______ all the assignment. 

• finished   /   had already sent

• sent  /  had already finished

• had send   /   finished

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They ......... (live) in Paris for 10 years before they ............... (move) home.

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

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

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Our economy __________ (not stand) a chance of developing before the government _______ (adopt) the open-door policy.

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

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She _____ (go) to Disneyland three times before her family ______ (move) to another state.

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After I ______ (complete) the form yesterday, I ______ (give) it to the secretary.

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Sarah ______ (drive) three hundred miles by the time she ________ (arrive) in Tacoma.