Past Perfect and Past Simple
Choose the past perfect or the past simple.
1. We had already eaten when John ________________________________
(come) home.
2. Last year Juan ________________________________ (pass) all his exams.
3. When I ________________________ (get) to the airport, I
discovered I had forgotten my passport.
4. I went to the library, then I ________________________________ (buy) some milk
and went home.
5. I opened my handbag to find that I ________________________________
(forgot) my credit card.
6. When we ________________________________ (arrive) at the station, the train
had already left.
7. We got home to find that someone ________________________________
(break) into the house.
8. I opened the fridge to find someone
______________________________ (eat) all my chocolate.
9. I had known my husband for three years when we
____________________________ (get) married.
10. Julie was very pleased to see that John
________________________________ (clean) the kitchen.
11. It ________________________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the grass was
completely dead.
12. When he ________________________________ (arrive) at the party, Julie had
just left.
13. After arriving home, I realised I ________________________________
(not / buy) any milk.
14. The laundry was wet. It ________________________________ (rain) while I was
out.
15. William felt ill last night because he
________________________________ (eat) too many cakes.
16. Keiko _______ (meet) William last
September.
May be freely copied for personal or classroom use.
17. First, I tidied the flat, then I ___________________________ (sit) down and
had a cup of coffee.
18. John ________________________ (play) the piano when he was a child,
but he doesn't play now.
19. When I opened the curtains, the sun was shining but the ground was white. It __________ (snow) during the night.
20. When Julie got home from her holiday, her flat was a mess. John ____________ (have) a party.