past perfect and simple past

My grandad _____________________ work in a factory but before that, he ___________________ his studies of mechanics.

• did / had studied

• used to / finished

• got used to / has finished

• used to / had finished

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

Before he __________________, the president of the company ____________________ many new businesses in Korea and Japan.

• retire / used to start

• had retired / started

• retired / had started

• used to retire / used to start

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

Mike wanted to settle down when he was 30, but he ___________________ all around the world years before.

• travelled

• has travelled

• had travelled

• travels

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

_____________________ to help migrants coming from Syria when you worked in the NGO (Non-Governmental-Organization)?

• Did you use

• Did you used

• Did you get used

• Were you used

People in the island of Okinawa ___________________ healthy lives so they ___________________ centenarians.

• have / became

• had / became

• had / had became

• had had / became

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Before parents _________________ the app called Dinner Time, children ________________ with their mobile phones at mealtimes.

• discovered / used to play

• used to discover / played

• had discovered / played

In 1888 Jean Calmet __________________ Vincent Van Gogh, who ___________________ her shop to buy some pencils.

• had met / came into

• meet / come into

• met / had come into

• meets / came into

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

My uncle ______________________ his first job before he _________________.

• didn't get / married

• hadn't got / had married

• had got / married

• couldn't get / had married

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Anne _______ to the supermarket and _______ some milk.

• go- went

• went - bought

• gone - bought

• went - buy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I ______ to the shop to buy the shirt I _____ the day before.

• had gone  /   saw
• been   /  had bought 
• went  /  had seen

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D