Question

Open the brackets using the verbs in Past Simple, Present Perfect or Past Perfect
1 The train (to leave) just five minutes ago.
2 By the end of the week we (to gather) all the necessary documents.
3 -You (to buy) the dictionary? -Yes, I (to buy) it yesterday.
4 - You ever (to be) to Paris? -Yes. -When you (to be) there? -I (to be) there two years ago.
5 We (to come) to the theatre when the performance already (to begin).
6 I already (to write out) the new words but I (to learn) them yet.
7 When my friend (to visit) me, I (to be) out.
8 Before Mr. de Winter (to come) to Monte Carlo he (to live) in his estate near London.

Answer 1

1 The train left just five minutes ago.
2 By the end of the week we have gathered all the necessary documents.
3 Did you buy the dictionary? -Yes, I bought it yesterday.
4 Have you ever been to Paris? -Yes. -When have you been there? -I was there two years ago.
5 We came to the theatre when the performance had already begun.
6 I have already written out the new words but I haven’t learnt them yet.
7 When my friend visited me, I had been out.
8 Before Mr. de Winter came to Monte Carlo he had lived in his estate near London.