Question

Exercise 2: WRITE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT?

1.- Barbara …………… (live) in Greece for three years before she ………… (move)

to Italy.

2.-My team …………….. (not win) the football match because they …………….

(play) badly.

3.-The teacher ……………. (punish) the student because he …….……. (be) very

naughty.

4.-By winter, the new soap opera ……………. (become) the most popular show

on TV.

5.-He …………… (mug) three passengers by the time the police ……………..

(arrive)

6.-The pirates ……………. (hijack) an enormous ship two months ago in Somalia.

7.-The captain of the ship ………………….(surrender) because he ………… (hate)

violence.

8.-The journalist …………. (interview) the famous actress before the

TV…………. (come)

9.-Everyone ……………. (leave) the train before the bomb ……………… (explode)

10.- By the time my mum …………..… (prepare) lunch, we ………….. (lay) the table.

Exercise 3: Complete the text with verbs in brackets. Use Past

Simple or Past Perfect:

In March 1999, thieves …………….. (steal) diamonds jewellery from

Woolworth, a famous jewellery shop in Boston. The thieves were very smart.

Before the robbery, they ………… (hide) in the building next door and …………

(cut) a hole through the wall.

They used it to get into the shop. By the time the guard at the

entrance………. (see) them, they ………….. (already/take) the very expensive

jewellery from the safe.

A man from the neighbourhood …………. (hear) some noises in the shop and he

………. (call) the police but when they …………… (arrive) to the shop, the thieves

……………. (escape)​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. lived ; moved

2.not won ; played

3.punished ; were

4.became

5.mugged ; arrived

6.hijacked

7.surrendered ; hated

8.interviewed

9.

Answer 2

Answer:  

1. Barbara lived in Greece for three years before she moved to Italy.

2. My team did not win the football match because they played badly.

3. The teacher punished the student because he was.

4. By winter, the new soap opera became the most popular show on TV.

5. He mugged three passengers by the time the police arrived.

6. The pirates hijacked an enormous ship two months ago in Somalia.

7. The captain of the ship surrendered because he hated violence.

8. The journalist interviewed the famous actress before the TV had come.

9. Everyone left the train before the bomb exploded.

10. By the time my mum prepared lunch, we laid the table.

EXERCISE 3

In March 1999, thieves stole diamonds jewelry from Woolworth, a famous jewelry shop in Boston. The thieves were very smart.

Before the robbery, they hid in the building next door and cut a hole through the wall.

They used it to get into the shop. By the time the guard at the entrance saw them, they had already taken the expensive jewelry from the safe.

A man from the neighborhood heard some noises in the shop and he called the police but when they arrived at the shop, the thieves escaped.