Practice -Unit 6 (A)

Unit 6 (A)		Practice
Test your knowledge on Simple Past and Past Perfect Simple.
Form:  Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb)
	Simple Past		Past Perfect Simple
1.    I / go
2.    He / drive
3.    They / put
4.    You / feel
5.    She / stop
6.    They / work
7.    I / see
8.    She / tidy
9.    He / run
10.  You / buy
Use: When do we use which tense?
1.    ‘Already’ is a signal word for …                   Simple past  or past perfect. 2.    ‘before that day’ is a signal word for …       Simple past  or past perfect. 3.    ‘first’ is a signal word for  …                         Simple past  or past perfect. 4.    ‘up to then’ is a signal word for …               Simple past  or past perfect. 5.    ‘then’ is a signal word for …                         Simple past  or past perfect.
Choosing the correct form. Choose the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple)
1. We gave/had given away the flowers that we picked / had picked. 2. Wendy sent /had sent the letter that she wrote /had written. 3. The gardener watered / had watered the trees that he planted / had planted. 4. I got / had gotten into the taxi that my friend called / had called for me. 5.  She wanted / had wanted to wear the jumper that her mum just washed /had just washed.
Filling in the correct form. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect s.)
1.     Yesterday a boy _____________(destroy) the snowman that we _______________(build). 2.     Jimmy ________ (tell) us about the film that he ___________________ (see). 3.     We _____________ (find) the mobile phone that Marvin ______________ (lose). 4.     He ______________ (sing) a song that I ____________________(hear /never) before. 5.     Catharine ________________ (open) the window that I ______________ (close/just). 6.     He _______________ (find) a job two years after he _______________ school. 7.     William ___________ (live) in Boston for six years before he ________ (move) to New York. 8.     The blue car ____________ (cross) the street after the lights _______________ (turn) red. 9.     When James ___________ (try) to ring us, we _____________ (leave /already) the house. 10.  After Joanna ___________ (finish) her presentation, we __________ (ask) our questions. 11.   On her first day at the driving school, we ___________ (be) very nervous because we ________________ (drive / not) a car before. 12.   When I __________ (arrive) in London last year, I ______________(never/be) there before.