SIMPLE PAST + PAST PERFECT

1. Helen went to bed after she .................. her favorite TV programme.

• A. watched

• B. to watch

• C. had watched

• D. watching

2. He ...................... all the ice-cream before I opened the fridge.

• A. ate

• B. had eaten

• C. eat

• D. eating

3. My father bought a new car after he .................... it a few times.

• A. tried

• B. tries

• C. had tried

• D. to tried

4. She ......................... a new book afer the market had crashed.

• A. bought

• B. buys

• C. had bought

• D. buying

5. He had seen this castle before she ...................... again last Sunday.

• A. comes

• B. came

• C. is coming

• D. had come

6. Sonny ..................... fainted by the time the ambulance reached the hospital.

• A. had got

• B. gets

• C. got

• D. has got

7. Dad drove me home after I ........................ into the water.

• A. falled

• B. has falled

• C. fall

• D. had falled

8. We ...................... two big Macs before we went home.

• A. eat

• B. ate

• C. had eaten

• D. has eaten

9. Before the 1990s, trams ........................ popular means of transport in Ha Noi.

• A. were

• B. had been

• C. are

• D. have been

10. By the time we arrived, the store .........................

• A. had closed

• B. closed

• C. closes

• D. has closed