Period: 6 Grammar SIMPLE PAST TENSE - PAST PERFECT TENSE Exercise 1: Choose and circle the best answer 1. The film _____ when we arrived at the cinema. A. has begun B. begun C. had begun D. begins 2. They _____ running their own company in 1980. A. started B. have started C. are starting D. start 3. Almost everybody _______ for home by the time we arrived. A. left B. leaves C. had left D. will left 4. My father _____ for HCM from 1995 to 2005 A. was working B. has worked C. had worked D. worked 5. The games _____ before we came A. start B. started C. had started D. have started Exercise 2: Error identification 1.She told me she studied a lot before the exam A B C D 2. When the students heard the bell, they get up and left A B C D 3. We came after the games have started A B C D 4. After they went, we sat down and rested A B C D 5. She lived in China before she went to Thailand. A B C D 6. He had done nothing to prepare for a party before he see me. A B C D 7. It’s time since we last do something to help him. A B C D 8.There is a lot of grass in the garden last summer. A B C D 9. They went home with their friends after they finished their work A B C D Exercise 3: Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. I suddenly remembered I ( leave) _____________my wallet on the bus. 2. Two days ago they (paint)_____________ a picture of Hanoi. 3. Almost everybody had left for home by the time we (arrive) _____________. 4. He (learn) __________ English before he (leave) __________ for England 5. When I got to the office, I (realize) ___________ that I (forget) _____________to lock the door.