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D.Education
01C. Simple Past-Past Perfect

Dimitris Sclias

Grammar 3
1. Remember -> Simple past -> I went - did I go ? - I didn't go.
 
2. Past perfect ->  I had + Past participle -> I had gone
 
I had gone     had I gone ?     I had not gone  (hadn't gone)
You had gone   had you gone ?   you had not gone     "
He had gone    had he gone ?    he had not gone      "
She had gone   had she gone ?   she had not gone     "
It had gone    had it gone ?    it had not gone      "
We had gone    had we gone ?    we had not gone      "
You had gone   had you gone?    you had not gone     "
They had gone  had they gone ?  they had not gone    "
 
 Ι had gone - I'd gone,  had not -> hadn't
 

Examples :
-> He said that he had lived in Spain for ten years.
-> If you had driven carefully, you wouldn't have had an accident.
-> I would rather you had told me the truth.
-> When we got home they had already eaten.
-> They had finished their work before we arrived.
-> After they had had dinner, they went to bed.
-> As soon as he had finished, he went for a coffee.
-> When they had done their homework, they went out to play.
-> Helen had told me the news before you came here.
-> We had just gone into the house, when the earthquake began.
-> Mr. Black had just got out of the car, when it got fire.
-> No sooner had I gone home than they called me back to work.
-> Had I met her, I would have told you.
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question 1

When we got to the station, the bus had.......... .

A left
B had left
C leave

question 2

………….John tell you that he had met them in Canada?

A Had
B Has
C Did

question 3

Had Mary told you about it ? No, ……… .

A she wouldn't
B she didn't
C she hadn't

question 4

Peter.........glad, because he had passed the driving test.

A will be
B had be
C was

question 5

Mary asked me if I...........her sister before noon.

A have seen
B had seen
C had saw

question 6

After the children.............they went to bed.

A have eaten
B will eat
C had eaten

question 7

He..........after he had thought about it.

A answer
B answered
C will answer

question 8

I didn't go with them, because I..........the film before.

A had seen
B will see
C would see

question 9

…………..they travelled to Sweden before you met them?

A Did
B Have
C Had

question 10

We..........them, after they had finished the work.

A have paid
B paid
C will pay

question 11

When Mary went shopping the super market had..........closed.

A yet
B still
C already

question 12

Had they……….when you got Home?

A have arrived
B arrived
C arrive

question 13

They.............dinner before I went home.

A have
B will have
C had had

question 14

They said that they..............to Africa next year.

A had gone
B have gone
C would go

question 15

I asked them if they...........to Paris the previous year.

A had gone
B have gone
C will go

question 16

Bob was angry because somebody.............his car.

A will steal
B would steal
C had stolen

question 17

Had they……….to Japan before China ?

A be
B been
C have been

question 18

Tom............hard before he passed the test.

A has studied
B had studied
C would study

question 19

Had they reached home when the rain…………?

A started
B has started
C will start

question 20

…………you speak to her if you see her ?

A Had
B Do
C Will

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