منتديات دفاتر التربوية التعليمية المغربية

Form
Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb).

Simple Past

Past Perfect

they / work

I / see

she / tidy

he / run

you / buy

Use
When do we use which tense?
1. If we give past events in the order in which they occured, we use
a-simple past/b-past perfect

2-If from a certain time in the past we look back to what had happened before, we use

a-simple past /b-past perfect
Filling in the correct form
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple).
1. William (live)in Boston for six years before he (move)to New York.
2. The blue car (cross)the street after the lights (turn)red.
3. When James (try)to ring us, we (leave / already)the house.
4. After Joanna (finish)her presentation, we (ask)our questions.
5. On her first day at the driving school, we (be)very nervous because we (drive / not)a car before.
Text
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or pas perfect simple).
1. It (be)a cold and rainy Sunday, so I (decide)to finish the essay that I (start)writing a few days before.
2. I (switch)on the com****r and (open)the document.
3. Then I (begin)looking for my notes that I (handwrite)on a sheet of paper.
4. But the notes (be)not on my desk and I (can / not)remember where I (put)them.
5. I (turn)the whole house upside down.
6. And where (find / I)my notes?
7. I (leave)them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of papers and magazines.
8. Now that I (find)my notes, I (want)to continue writing my essay.
9. First I (know / not)what to write but then I (have)lots of ideas.
10. I (complete / almost)my essay when my com****r suddenly (crash)and I (notice)that I (forget)to save the document.
11. After I (reboot)my com****r, I (see)that at least 5 of the pages I (type)(be)missing.
12. So I (have)to start all over again

ANSWERS

Form
Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb).

Simple Past

Past Perfect

they / work
they workedsimply add 'ed'
they had workedthey + had + 'ed'
I / see
I sawsecond column of irregular verbs
irregular verb (see-saw-seen)
I had seenI + had + third column of irregular verbs
irregular verb (see-saw-seen)
she / tidy
she tidied'y' becomes 'i', then add 'ed'
she had tidiedthey + had + 'ed'; Note: 'y' becomes 'i'
he / run
he ransecond column of irregular verbs
irregular verb (run-ran-run)
he had runhe + had + third column of irregular verbs
irregular verb (run-ran-run)
you / buy
you boughtsecond column of irregular verbs
(buy-bought-bought)
you had boughtyou + have + third column of irregular verbs
irregular verb (buy-bought-bought)

Use
When do we use which tense?
1. If we give past events in the order in which they occured, we use ... Simple Past
2. If from a certain time in the past we look back to what had happened before, we use ... Past Perfect
Filling in the correct form
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple).
1. William had lived in Boston for six years before he moved1st gap: looking back on what had happened before a certain time in the past = Past Perfect
2nd gap: simple past action = Simple Pastto New York.
2. The blue car crossed the street after the lights had turned1st gap: simple past action = Simple Past
2nd gap: looking back on what had happened up to that time in the past = Past Perfectred.
3. When James tried to ring us, we had already left1st gap: simple past action = Simple Past
2nd gap: looking back on what had happened up to that time in the past = Past Perfectthe house.
4. After Joanna had finished her presentation, we asked1st gap: looking back on what had happened before a certain time in the past = Past Perfect
2nd gap: simple past action = Simple Pastour questions.
5. On her first day at the driving school, we were very nervous because we had not driven1st gap: simple past action = Simple Past
2nd gap: looking back on what had happened up to that time in the past = Past Perfecta car before.
Text
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or pas perfect simple).
1. It was a cold and rainy Sunday, so I decided to finish the essay that I had started1st/2nd gap: normal order of the events in the story = Simple Past
3rd gap: looking back on what had happened before = Past Perfectwriting a few days before.
2. I switched on the com****r and openednormal order of the events in the story = Simple Pastthe document.
3. Then I began looking for my notes that I had handwritten1 the story = Simple Past
2nd gap: looking back on what had happened before = Past Perfecton a sheet of paper.
4. But the notes were not on my desk and I could not remember where I had put1
3rd gap: looking back on what had happened before = Past Perfectthem.
5. I turned the whole house upside down.
6. And where did I find my notes?
7. I had leftlooking back on what had happened before them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of papers and magazines.
8. Now that I had found my notes, I wantedto continue writing my essay.
9. First I did not know what to write but then I had lots of ideas.
10. I had almost completed my essay when my com****r suddenly crashed and I noticed that I had forgotten to save the document.
11. After I had rebooted my com****r, I saw that at least 5 of the pages I had typedwere tmissing.
12. So I had to start all over againBas du formulaire

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