PAST PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

After Fred ________ his holiday in Italy he ______ to learn Italian.

• has spent / wantied

• haved / want

• had spent / wanted

• spent / had spent

Jill ________ Dad at work before she _______ for her trip.

• hasn't phoned / leave

• has phones / left

• had phoned / leave

• had phoned / left

Susan turned on the radio after she had _____ the dishes.

When she ________ the match ______ already ________ .

• arrived / had / started

• arrived / had / startid

• arrives / had / startted

• arrived / had / started

fter the man ____________ home he ______ the cat.

• had not / feeds

• hasn't comed / fed

• had come / fed

• hadn't came / feed

She watched a video after the children had gone to bed.

• watched / hads gone

• watchied / had gone

• watched / has goes

• watched / had gone

The past perfect simple is used to

• past events in the order in which they occured.

• Sequence events in the past to show which event happened first.

You just want to tell what happened some time in the past or do you want to tell what had happened before/up to a certain time in the past? what to use?

• Simple Past and Past Perfect

• Present Perfect and Past Simple

• Simple past

• Past Perfect

Before they ______(start) the party, they _________-(invite) some friends.

• start / invites

• started / have invited

• started / had invited

• start / has invited

I ________ very tired because I had studied too much.