4. PowerPoint Presentations Susana Méndez
The action described by the PAST PERFECT
happened BEFORE another action in the PAST.
“
“When I got to the station, the train had left”
1- Train
left
2- I
arrived
Present
5. Put the verbs into the correct form (past
perfect simple or simple past).
1.The storm (destroy )the sandcastle that we
(build) .
2.He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
3.When she (go) out to play, she (do /
already) her homework.
4.My brother (eat) all of the cake that our
mum (make) .
5.The doctor (take off )the plaster that he (put
on) six weeks before.
6.The waiter (bring) a drink that I (not / order)
7.I (can not) remember the poem we (learn)
the week before.
8.The children (collect) the apples that (fall)
from the tree.
9.(he / phone) Angie before he (go) to see her
in London?
10.She (not / ride) a horse before that day.
PowerPoint Presentations Susana Méndez
1. Destroyed, had
built
2. Hadn´t been
3. Went, had already
done
4. Ate, had made
5. Took off, had put
on
6. Brought, hadn´t
ordered
7. Could not, had
learnt
8. Collected, had
fallen
9. Had he phoned,
went
10.Hadn´t ridden
6. Put the verbs into the correct form (past
perfect simple or simple past).
1.The storm (destroy )the sandcastle that we
(build) .
2.He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
3.When she (go) out to play, she (do /
already) her homework.
4.My brother (eat) all of the cake that our
mum (make) .
5.The doctor (take off )the plaster that he (put
on) six weeks before.
6.The waiter (bring) a drink that I (not / order)
7.I (can not) remember the poem we (learn)
the week before.
8.The children (collect) the apples that (fall)
from the tree.
9.(he / phone) Angie before he (go) to see her
in London?
10.She (not / ride) a horse before that day.
PowerPoint Presentations Susana Méndez
1. Destroyed, had
built
2. Hadn´t been
3. Went, had already
done
4. Ate, had made
5. Took off, had put
on
6. Brought, hadn´t
ordered
7. Could not, had
learnt
8. Collected, had
fallen
9. Had he phoned,
went
10.Hadn´t ridden