Practice

Case Study

Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Tense Simple or the Past Perfect Simple according to the meaning.

Yesterday morning she (to leave) the house in a hurry, but she (not to go) far before she( to discover) that it(to be)going to rain and she (to leave) the umbrella at home. She accordingly( to go) back to fetch it, but her mother (to tell) her that her brother (to take) it a few minutes before. The discovery of the art of writing (to enable) the ancient Egyptians to remember what their ancestors (to do) before them. It (to be) difficult to know an exact date in ancient times, because the calendar not yet ( to be) fixed.If his car (not to break down), he would have caught the train. When William (to stamp) and (to seal) the envelope, he (to go) back to the window and (to draw) a long breath. The Browns (to finish) packing by 5. More than a year (to pass) since he first (to think) of this idea.They wished they(not to be) met there by their neighbours. She no sooner (to reach) the door when she (to remember) about the book.

Solution:

had left, did not go, discovered, was, had left, went, told, had took, enabled, had done, was, had not been fixed, ,had not broken, had stamped, had sealed, went , drew, had finished, had passed, thought, had not met, had reached, remembered. Because we use Past Perfect Simple to express a past action that took place before a past moment or before another action in the past .

True-False Question

Choose the correct answer of the following sentences, taking into account the use of the Past Perfect Simple.

With just, already, hardly, scarcely, no sooner, we use The Past Perfect Simple.

True. False.

To express duration up to a certain moment in the past, we use Present Simple.

True. False.

With Since and For when the point of reference is past, we use Past Perfect Simple.

True. False.

With such verbs as: to expect, to hope, to intend, to mean, to think, we use Past Perfect Simple.

True. False.

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