(Pasado perfecto simple – ejercicios)

Estos ejercicios te ayudarán a practicar el tiempo pasado perfecto simple en inglés.

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a) Oraciones afirmativas

-Completar las oraciones con la forma correcta del verbo entre paréntesis.

Ejemplo:

She ………….. London three times before she decides to move there. (visit)

She had visited London three times before she decided to move there.

1.He ………………. at a club for many years before he opened his own shop. (work)

2.I………………….. English for five years before I moved to London. (study)

3.We ………………. five books when the teacher told us to read two more. (read)

4.Max ……………..a lot for his exams that is why he passed all of them. (study) 

5.They…………….. the world before they met Tony. (travel)

6.She ……………… in a flat for 8 years before she bought this house. (live)

7. He ……………..medicine for four years when he realized he did not like it. (study)

8.She told me she ……………………. two books before 2021. (write)

9.The boss told the staff that they ……………… a great job. (do)

10.They …………… our country before they decided to buy a house here. (visit)

b)Oraciones negativas

-Completar las oraciones con la forma correcta del verbo entre paréntesis.

Ejemplo: –

He ……………….. French before he visited Paris. (not / study)

He had not studied French before he visited Paris.

1.He …………………  for the exam so he failed. (not / study)

2.Tom ………………. before last November. That is why he was so nervous. (not / fly)

3.They ……………….. abroad before 2019. (not / be)

4.He …………………… us he was working as a bus driver. (not / tell)

5.The boy …………….. ill until he started school. (not / be)

6.We ……………………. on a tent until last Summer. (not / sleep)

7.She ……………………. his dinner when we arrived. (not / start)

8.My teacher was angry because I ………………. my homework. (not / do)

9.Unfortunately, I ……………………. the photos before I lost my camera. (not / save)

10.Ana …………………… Thai food before. (not / eat)

c)Oraciones interrogativas

-Completar las preguntas con la forma correcta del verbo entre paréntesis.

Ejemplo:

……….. you ………. French before you visited Paris? (study)

Had you studied French before you visited Paris?

1. ……………. you ………….  to this city before? (be)

2………………they …………. for long before the bus arrived? (wait)

3……………….you …………. breakfast before you started working today? (have)

4.Where ………… she ………. before she built her own company? (work)

5……………….. you ………….. your teachers before you started this term? (meet)

6……………….. he …………… the book before he watch the film? (read)

7…………………you ………….. dinner at this restaurant before? (have)

8……………….they …………… their work before they left the office? (finish)

9…………… the match ………. when you arrived home? (start)

10…………….he ……………..  a lot before he found your house? (walk)

-Reaspuestas:
a)1.had worked / 2. had studied /3. had read / 4.had studied / 5.had travelled / 6.had lived /7.had studied / 8. had written /9. had done / 10.had visited
b)1. hadn’t studied / 2. hadn’t flown / 3.hadn’t been / 4. hadn’t told / 5. hadn’t been / 6. hadn’t slept / 7. hadn’t started / 8. hadn’t done / 9. hadn’t saved / 10. hadn’t eaten
c)1. Had – been / 2. Had – waited / 3. Had – had / 4. Had – worked / 5. Had – met / 6. Had – read / 7. Had – had / 8. Had – finished / 9. Had – started / 10. Had – walked