Practice 2 (The past perfect vs. The past simple) SVIP

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When I arrived at the cinema, the film ________.

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I ________ this room only half an hour ago, and you have already made a mess!

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I ___________ some coffee on my shirt yesterday, and now I can't get it off!

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After they ________ the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

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I got to work this morning and was angry when I saw that no one ________ yet.

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Dean ________ the waiter, but the waiter ________ him.

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By the time we reached Frankfurt, I ________ very tired of driving.

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There was a terrible atmosphere in the room. They ________ an argument just before I ________.

Match two halves of the sentences.

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3. We

4. Last week, I

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5. When Emilio

6. We

Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it.

1. By the time I had come back from my business trip, a lot of things had changed.

2. I was seeing a bad accident on my way here. Two cars had crashed on the crossroads.

3. As soon as I shut the front door, I had realised that I had left my key in the house.

4. My father had watered all the plants in the garden by the time my mother had come home.