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Past Perfect or Past Simple

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    Do the exercises and choose Past Simple or Past Perfect
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  • Make your example: I helped my mother about the house after...
    your example
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: When Lisa _______ (arrive) at the airport she ____________ (discover) she _________ (forget) her passport.
    arrived / discovered / had forgotten
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: They ____________ (get) home to find that somebody __________ (break) into their house.
    got / had broken
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: Lisa ___________ (know) her husband for two years when they ____________ (get) married.
    had known / got
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: Jillian ____________ (be) very pleased to see that Jack ______________ (clean) the kitchen.
    was / had cleaned
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: When Neil ___________ (arrive) at the party he __________ (learn) that Judith ___________ (just / leave).
    arrived / learnt / had just left
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: Bill ___________ (feel) sick last night because he __________ (eat) too many cakes at the party.
    felt / had eaten
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  • Correct a mistake: My sister Molly lived in London before she had moved to New Zealand.
    My sister Molly had lived in London before she moved to New Zealand.
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  • Correct a mistake: After Nick ate the sandwiches, he drank some juice.
    After Nick had eaten the sandwiches, he drank some juice.
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  • Correct a mistake: Before Sam went to work, he had a shower.
    Before Sam went to work, he had had a shower.
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  • Correct a mistake: As Neil missed the bus, he walked home.
    As Neil had missed the bus, he walked home.
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  • Correct a mistake: Sandy just started to watch TV when the phone rang.
    Sandy had just started to watch TV when the phone rang.
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: After Jack (open) his presents, he (go) to the zoo with his family.
    After Jack had opened his presents, he went to the zoo with his family.
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: After they (see) the Tower, they (go) to Westminster Abbey.
    After they had seen the Tower, they went to Westminster Abbey.
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  • Past Simple or Past Perfect: He (ask) me which animals I (see) in Africa.
    He asked me which animals I had seen in Africa.
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  • Make your example: They argued a lot after he ...
    your example
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