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Past Simple and Past Perfect

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    A game to practice past simple and past perfect - ESL learners
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  • When I arrived, Kate had dinner. When I arrived, John had had dinner. Who was hungry when I arrived?
    Kate.
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  • CORRECT THIS SENTENCE: When I got to the office, I remembered I left the keys at home.
    When I got to the office, I remembered I HAD LEFT the keys at home.
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  • I didn't want to go to that restaurant last night because I ________________ there many times! (be)
    HAD BEEN
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  • Martha figured it out when the movie ended. Lina had figured it out when the movie ended. Who understood the movie first?
    Lina.
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  • Bert had paid all the bills when the company cut off the electricity. George paid all the bills when the company cut off the electricity. Whose electricity was wrongly cut off?
    Bert's.
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  • By the time we ____________ there(get), the wedding _____________ (already/start). I was sad because I wanted to see it from the beginning!
    By the time we got there, the wedding had already started .
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  • I ________ (never/hear) of stroopwaffles before I ____________(was) in Amsterdam for the first time!
    had never heard / was
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  • I __________ (finish) all questions when the bell ________ (ring). Lucky me!
    had finished / rang
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  • Anya ________ (not/finish) all questions when the bell ________ (ring). Poor her!
    hadn't finished / rang
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  • Anna ____________ (never/see) a skeleton before she visited the Natural History Museum.
    had never seen
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  • The robbers ___________(leave) when the policemen ___________ (arrive), so they were not caught.
    HAD LEFT / ARRIVED
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  • Lucy was running out of sugar and went to the supermarket. Tom had run out of sugar and went to the supermarket. Who had NO sugar and went to the superkmarket?
    TOM.
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  • CORRECT THIS SENTENCE: I made lunch by the time my kids arrived, so we all had a great meal together.
    I HAD MADE lunch by the time my kids arrived, so we all had a great meal together.
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