(9th Gr) Date: ______
A Work page - Past Perfect (1)
A. Fill in with the past si:mple or past per:fect active or passive
1.The classroom ______(clean up) before the teacher ______(arrive) .
2. It ______(begin) to rain before they ______(get) home.
3. He ______(arrive) at the party after most of the people
______(already/leave) .
4.The dog ______(take away) because he was vicious.
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5. By the time we ______(arrive), the concert ______(start) .
6. They ______(be) ready for hours by the time I arrived.
7. The boys ______(never see) snow before their trip to the Hermon.
8. The report ______(not complete) yet when the boss ______(arrive).
9. We ______(be) glad we ______(learn) French before our trip to Paris.
10.The baby ______( have) a cold for a week before herparents ______(call)the doctor.
11. She ______(find) the pen that she ______(lose) theday before.
12. She ______(give back) ______the book she ______(borrow).
13. The exam ______(be) much easier than we ______(expect) .
14.Dinner ______(serve) by the time that my uncle ______(come) home.
15. I ______(not write) to him until I ______(receive) his answer to my last letter.
B. Writethequestions
1.______
Yes, she had known him for a long time before they gotmarried.
2. ______
No, I hadn't heard of that book before.
3. ______
No, we hadn't made up our minds yet.
4. ______
I had studied for many years before I came here.
5. ______
We had planned to stay for a few weeks.
6. ______
Yes, the project had been cornpleted.
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(9th-Gr) Date: ______
A Work Page - Past Perfect (2)
A Fill in with the past per fect or the past simple
1. I ______(wait) until everybody ______(leave).
2. The teacher ______(be) very angry when he ______(see)what the boys ______(do).
3. I ______(not be) there five minutes when all the lights ______(go) out.
4. When I ______(show) him what I ______(write), he ______
(say) it ______(be) very good.
5. By the time we ______(get) there, most of the guests ______(arrive).
6. He ______(thank) me forwhat I ______(do) and ______(say) I ' ______(be) a great help to him.
B. Complete the paragraph. Use the past simplee and the pastperfect
Althouqhhel)______(study)Englishbeforehe 2)______(go)to England, he never 3)______(hear)the language spoken so quickly. At first he4)______(not/can/understand) anything, but when he 5)______(be) there about six months and6)______(study) daily the words in the local newspaper,he 7)______(enroll) at the University. By the end ofthe second year, he 8)______(master) the language.
C. Put in the passt simple or past perfect
1. Uri: Did you ask Dan about Dafna?
Gil: He 1)______(tell) me that he 2)______(never/meet) her.
2. Mr. Cohen: Did you discuss the project with your nephew?
Mr. Levi: No, I even 3)______(not see) him when I 4)______(come) to his house, he 5)______(already /leave) .
3. Galit: What did Miriam say about the book?
Tal: She 6)______(1ike) my present. She 7)______(say)
she 8)______(never /read) such an interestingbook.
4. "Why did you take an umbrella?" asked Gil. Ilan answered, "I9)______(take) an umbrella because-the radio 10)______(forecast) rain. However, by the time I 11)______(leave) the house, the rain 12)______(stop).
5. "Whyis the refrigerator empty?" asked Dan. "I 13) ______(run) to the store to buy some groceries an hour ago, butwhen I 14)______( get) there it 15)______(already/close)," answered Ma.
6. "Why didn't you eat at home?" asked Ben. "The family16)______( finish) dinner by the time we 17)______(arrive),"said Ruth.
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