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Past Perfect

  •  English    12     Public
    Students recognize past statements and complete sentences using the Simple Past or the Past Perfect
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  • The Great Smog of 1952 _____ (make) about 100,000 people sick before it _____ (end).
    had made - ended
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  • After the smog _____ (end), the government _____ (pass) a law to clean up the air.
    had ended - passed
  •  15
  • Approximately 200,000 antelope _____ (die) because the weather _____ (become) hotter.
    died - had become
  •  15
  • Human populations _____ (decrease), so wild boars _____ (become) a problem.
    had decreased - became
  •  15
  • The Nile Perch _____ (be) a river fish before it _____ (be) brought to Lake Victoria.
    had been - was
  •  15
  • The lake _____ (not have) such a large predator before the perch _____ (arrive).
    hadn't had - arrived
  •  15
  • By the late 1980s, the perch population _____ (grow) enormously.
    had grown
  •  15
  • James _____ (call) his mother after he ____ (finish) playing soccer.
    called - had finished
  •  15
  • Before the sun _____ (go down), Rita _____ (find) a good place to watch the fireworks.
    went down - had found
  •  15
  • I _____ (not go) home in the morning because I _____ (lose) my keys.
    didn't go - had lost
  •  15
  • We _____ (not study) the past participle verbs before we _____ (take) the exam, so he terribly _____ (fail).
    hadn't studied - took - failed
  •  25
  • He _____ (not clean) the car because he _____ (think) it would rain, but it _____ (not rain) in the end.
    hadn't cleaned - thought - didn't rain
  •  25