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8 Past Perfect Simple / Past Simple

1 Read.

You won’t believe what happened yesterday morning! I woke up late because I had
forgotten to turn on my alarm. By the time I was ready, I had missed the bus and my
parents had already left for work, so I walked to school.
I decided to walk across Farmer Bob’s field because it’s faster. I climbed over the gate,
but before I had reached the other side, I saw a bull. It was looking at me! I think it was
angry because I had come into his field. I didn’t know what to do, so I just ran really fast!
In the end, I got to school early! The bell hadn’t rung yet by the time I arrived!

2 Complete the chart.

Past Perfect Simple

Positive Negative Question
I I I
he / she / it had left he / she / it had not left Had he / she / it left ?
we / you / they we / you / they we / you / they

Short form: I had ➝ I’d Short form: I had not ➝ I hadn’t

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O Past Perfect Simple χρησιμοποιείται για μία πράξη που έγινε στο παρελθόν πριν από κάποια άλλη ή για μία
πράξη που είχε ολοκληρωθεί πριν από μία συγκεκριμένη χρονική στιγμή. H πράξη που έγινε πρώτη μπαίνει σε
Past Perfect Simple, ενώ εκείνη που ακολούθησε μπαίνει σε Past Simple.
Συνήθως δεν χρησιμοποιούμε Past Perfect Simple μόνο του στην πρόταση. Τις περισσότερες φορές υπάρχει
και άλλο ρήμα στον Past Simple.
The meeting had finished by the time he arrived. (First the meeting finished and then he arrived.)
Time expressions
Οι παρακάτω χρονικές εκφράσεις χρησιμοποιούνται σε προτάσεις με ρήμα στον Past Perfect Simple.
after αφού because επειδή, γιατί
After Laura had given up tennis, she started swimming. I was tired because I hadn’t slept all night.
already ήδη before πριν
They had already gone to bed by the time Mum got home. We had heard the news before they posted it.
as soon as μόλις by the time μέχρι την ώρα που, ώσπου
As soon as Paul had finished his lunch, he went out. By the time we got to the cinema, the film had begun.
Σημείωση: Χρησιμοποιούμε Past Simple με τις εκφράσεις before και by the time και ακολουθεί ή προηγείται
ρήμα σε Past Perfect Simple για να συμπληρωθεί το νόημα της πρότασης.
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YOUR TURN
1 Complete the mini-dialogues. Use Past Perfect Simple.
Don: When did Sophia get so fit?
Beth: After she (1) had got (get) a hula hoop for her birthday.

Kate: Why was Amy upset?

Sammy: Because she (2) had left (leave) her glasses at home.

Betty: When did Dad come home?

Karen: After we (3) had already finished (already finish) dinner.

Rita: When did Mike and Judy go outside?

David: As soon as the rain (4) had stopped (stop).

Alex: Why was John tired?

Donna: Because he (5) had been (be) on a video chat for two hours.

Emma: Why did the runner lose the race?

Luke: Because she (6) hadn’t slept (not sleep) much the night before the race.

2 Complete using Past Perfect Simple. Then match to form sentences.

1. Before I saw the film The Secret Garden, 2 a. the play had already started (already start).
2. By the time Mary got to the theatre, 1 b. I had read (read) the book.
3. Ron was excited 6 c. because he hadn’t had (not have) time.
4. We didn’t see the game 5 d. after it had rained (rain) all night.
5. The road was wet 3 e. because he had won (win) a prize.
6. Alex didn’t post any photos yesterday 4 f. because they had sold (sell) all the
tickets.
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3 Sally went to Paris last month. Complete the sentences about her trip. Use Past Perfect Simple.
Then match the sentences to the pictures below.
1. She climbed up the monument of Arc de Triomphe right in the centre of the city because she
had seen (see) it in so many films about Paris.
2. Sally had always dreamt (always / dream) of seeing Paris from the Eiffel Tower so she climbed
to its top twice!
3. Sally had always wanted (always / want) to see the Mona Lisa so she visited the Louvre
Museum.
4. She went on a boat trip on the Seine River and it was amazing! She had never gone

(never / go) on a boat trip before!

5. Sally went to La Villette Park because she had heard (heard) about the science
museum there and the special IMAX theatre with its round shape.
6. She visited the Versailles Palace outside Paris. She had never been (never / be) in a real
palace before!

a 2 b6 c1 d 5

e 3 f 4

4 Complete the sentences. Use Past Perfect Simple and the words given.
1. know / each other / for five years
Before they got married, Lily and Michael had known each other for five years.
2. get / the message / from her friend
Kate went to the park as soon as she had got the message from her friend.

3. send / the students / a nice video

Before the school year started, the new teacher had sent the students a nice video.

4. someone / steal / his bike

Tony called the police because someone had stolen his bike.

5. the game / start

By the time we arrived at the stadium, the game had started.

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5 Write what you had / hadn’t done by the time you were nine. Use Past Perfect Simple. The pictures below
can help you or you can use your own ideas.
about you

By the time I was nine …

1. I had / hadn’t learnt to swim.
2. I had / hadn’t drunk coffee.

3. I had / hadn’t visited another country.

4. I had / hadn’t sung karaoke.

5. I had / hadn’t had my own mobile phone.

6. I had / hadn’t read a book in English.

7. I had / hadn’t learnt to ride a bike.

1 learn to swim 2 drink coffee

3 visit another country 4 sing karaoke 5 have my own mobile phone

6 read a book in English 7 learn to ride a bike

TiP We use Past Perfect Simple for the action

6 Complete the sentences. Use Past Simple or that happened first and Past Simple for
Past Perfect Simple. the action that happened second.
1. Jerry went (go) to Japan after
he had finished (finish) school.
2. Hugh was (be) excited because his parents had bought (buy) him an iPad.
3. The film was so boring that Jill had fallen (fall) asleep by the time it ended
(end).
4. Gina had just got (just get) home when her friend came (come) to visit.
5. As soon as Tim had sent (send) Jane a message, she called (call) him back.
6. Sam started (start) learning Spanish after he had found (find) interesting
YouTube channels in Spanish.

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7 Read the text and circle the correct answers.

CLIMBING TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD


When Jordan Romero was just 13 years old, he (1) became / had become
the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. (2) After / When Jordan was
little, he saw pictures of the highest mountains around the world and he
(3) wanted / had wanted to climb them all. By the time he was 12, he had
(4) as soon as / already climbed four mountains – each one over 2,000
metres high! He (5) had done / done all this to prepare for
Mount Everest.
 few months before his 14th birthday, Jordan (6) decided / had decided
A
that he was ready. His father, step-mother and three guides (7) came /
had come with him. (8) By the time / Because Jordan got to the top, two
months (9) passed / had passed. As soon as he (10) had reached / reached
the top of the mountain, he called his mum. “I’m calling you from the top
of the world!” he said.

8 Circle the correct answer.

1. Iris cleaning after the guests had left.
a. had started b. started c. has started
2. Lisa arrived at school, the lesson had already started.
a. Because b. By the time c. As soon as
3. Emma didn’t go to the theatre with her class because she that play.
a. had already seen b. saw already c. had seen already
4. George the plants before he left the house.
a. watered b. has watered c. had watered
5. It snowed when we were in Canada. I had never seen snow .
a. since b. before c. yet
6. our team had won the cup, we put it in our classroom so that everyone could see it.
a. After b. Just c. By the time

9 Rewrite the sentences. Use the word in colour.

1. Jim finished his project so he played on his Xbox. had
Jim played on his Xbox because he had finished his project .
2. When her team scored a goal, Nina started jumping up and down. as soon as
Nina started jumping up and down as soon as her team had scored a goal.
3. They met in the city centre and then went to a café. had
After they had met in the city centre, they
went to a café.
4. We had no food left at the end of the party. eaten
By the time the party ended, everyone had eaten
all the food.
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THE BIG MATCH Tell your partner what had happened / hadn’t happened by the end
chat of the match yesterday. Use Past Perfect Simple and the words below. Then your
partner must look at the picture and say if this is true or false.
The Bears / score two goals The Tigers / not score any goals Player 8 / break his arm
two fans / start a fight a fan / throw a teddy bear onto the field Player 1 / not play
dog / walk onto the field journalist / take lots of selfies
The Bears coach / not finish his pizza

By the end of the match yesterday, the Bears had scored two goals.

False. The Bears had scored four goals.

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