Activity 4: Simple Past or Past Perfect? Read the
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sentences carefully and circle the correct option.
1. The robbers left/ had left the bank when the
policemen finally arrived / had arrived.
2. When the rain started / had started, the Atkinsons finished / had finished planting
trees.
3. By the time Rebecca went / had gone into the store, she got / had got soaked.
Darcey saw / had seen this castle before she came / had come again last Sunday.
5. Mr.Palmer didn't speak / hadn't spoken any Chinese before he moved / had moved to
4.
Peking
6. Sonny got / had got fainted by the time the ambulance reached / had reached the
hospital.
7. When my mother brought / had brought me an apple, I finished / had finished my
homework.
8. Mrs. Wilkinson refused / had refused to drive the car because she had / had had a
terrible accident on the highway about a year ago.
9. I didn't think / hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw / had seen that ad
on TV.
10. My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food before went / had gone to that
restaurant.
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Explanation:
1.had left, arrived
2.started, had finished
3.had gone, got
4. had seen, came
5. speak, had moved
6. got, had reached
7.brought, had finished
8. refused, had had
9. think, had seen
10. try, had gone