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Past Simple vs Past Perfect

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    Use this game to test your students knowledge of the Past Simple vs the Past Perfect.
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  • When the police ____________ (arrive), the car ____________ (go)
    - arrived - had gone
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  • When she ____________ (get) to the shop, it ____________ (close)
    - got - had closed
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  • The train ____________ (leave) when he ____________ (come) to the station
    - had left - came
  •  15
  • I ___________ (know) that he ____________ (not learn) the poem
    - knew - had not learned
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  • Arthur ____________ (not know) that we ____________ (arrive)
    - did not know - had arrived
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  • When I __________ (come), I ____________ (see) that mam ____________ (cook) dinner
    - came - saw - had cooked
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  • My friend ____________ (study) English before he ____________ (enter) the university
    - had studied - entered
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  • The car ____________ (go) when I ____________ (look) into the street
    - had gone - looked
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  • He ____________ (take) the decision before I ____________ (come)
    - had taken - came
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  • I ____________ (think) he ____________ (do) his homework
    - thought - had done
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  • Alan __________ (hope) they ____________ (not come) yet
    - hoped - had not come
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  • When he ____________ (find) his purse, someone ____________ (take) all the money
    - found - had taken
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  • Cathy ____________ (say) that she ____________ (find) a puppy
    - said - had found
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  • They already ____________ (leave) when the accident ____________ (happen)
    - had left - happened
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  • I ____________ (not can) get in because I ____________ (forget) my keys
    - could not - had forgotten
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  • I ____________ (know) I ____________ (see) that man somewhere before
    - knew - had seen
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