PAST PERFECT and PAST SIMPLE

When I arrived at the cinema, the film .......

• had started

• has started

• started

• start

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

By the time Jeanne Calment ________, she had lost all her family members.

• become a centenarian

• becomes a centenarian

• had become a centenarian

• became a centenarian

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The toddler ______ walking before he said his first word.

• begins

• began

• has begun

• had begun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I ________ such a beautiful sunset before I went to the island.

• has never seen

• had never seen

• had saw

• has seen

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Vincent Van Gogh had painted many remarkable artworks before he _______ at the age of 37.

• dies

• died

• has died

• had died

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

All the flowers in the garden were dead because it ________ too much during the summer.

• had rained

• rained

• was raining

• rains

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Carla _________ in Spain for many years before she went to Mexico in 2015.

• lives

• lived

• had lived

• is living

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Okinawan centenarians had led healthy lives before they ________.

• had retired

• retired

• retires

• were retiring

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The lights went off because we ________ the electricity bill.

• didn't pay

• hadn't paid

• not paid

• haven't pay

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

By the time my brother settled down in Bilbao, he ______ all around the world.

• has travelled

• was travelling

• travelled

• had travelled

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D