USING THE PAST PERFECTCOMPARE THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT
Present Perfect
| I’m not hungry now. I have already eaten.
| The present perfect expresses an activity that occurred “before now” at an unspecified time in the past.
| Past Perfect
| I wasn’t hungry at 1:00 p.m. I had already eaten.
| The past perfect expresses an activity that occurred before another time in the past.
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Exercise 14: Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or the past perfect.
1. I’m not hungry. I have already eaten.
2. I was not hungry. I had already eaten.
3. It’s ten o’clock. I (finish, already) my homework, so I’m going to bed.
4. Last night I went to bed at ten o’clock. I (finish, already) my homework.
5. By the time I went to bed last night, I (finish, already) my homework.
6. It was late. The party (start, already) by the time I got there.
7. We’re late. The party (start, already).
8. Carol missed her plane yesterday because of a traffic jam on her way to the
airport. By the time she got to the airport her plane (leave, already).
Exercise 15: Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use the past progressive or the past perfect.
1. It’s ten o’clock. I (finished, already) my homework, so I’m going to bed.
2.Last night I went to bed at ten o’clock. I (finish, already) my homework.
3. Last night I went to bed at ten o’clock. I (finish, already) my homework.
4. By the time I went to bed last night, I (finish, already) my homework.
5. I was late. The party (start, already) by the time I got there.
6. We’re late. The party (start, already) .
7. Carol missed her plane yesterday because of a traffic jam on her way to the
airport. By the time she got to the airport her plane (leave, already).
8. When I left for school this morning it (rain), so I used my umbrella.
9. By the time class was over this morning the rain (stop), so I didn’t need my
umbrella anymore.
10. Last night I started to study at 7:30. I finished studying at 9:00. Dick came at
9:30. By the time Dick came I (finish) my homework.
11. When I walked into the kitchen after dinner last night, my wife (wash) the
dishes, so I picked up a dish towel to help her.
12. By the time I walked into the kitchen after dinner tonight my husband
(wash, already) the dishes and (put) them away.
Exercise 16: Complete the sentences with the words in brackets.
1. A: (you, enjoy) the concert last night?
B: Very much. I (go, not) to a concert in a long time.
2. A: (you, see) John yesterday?
B: Yes, I did. It (be) good to see him again. I (see, not) him in a long time.
3. A: Hi, Jim! It’s good to see you again. I (see, not) you in weeks.
B: Hi, Sue! It (be) good to see you again, too. I (see, not) you since the end of
last semester. How’s everything going?
4. A: (you, get) to class on time yesterday morning?
B: No. By the time I (get) there, it (already, begin).
5. A: (you, go) out to eat last night?
B: No. By the time I (get) home my husband (make, already) dinner for us.
A: How (be) it?
B: Terrific. We (have) chicken, rice and a salad. While we (eat) George Drake
(stop) by to visit us, so we (invite) him to join us for dinner. But he
(eat, already) his dinner so he (be, not) hungry.
A: What (you, do) after dinner?
B: I wanted to go to a movie – Galaxy Invaders. But George and my husband
(see, already) it, so we (go) to Ghost Ship instead. It (be) pretty good.
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