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I have written my exams well. (so I expect good grades and a promotion to the
next class.)

C. Fill in the blanks with the simple past or the present perfect form of the verbs
given in the brackets.

1. I (go) to Rome.

2. My grandmother (have) three sisters and six brothers.

3. Oh no! I (lose) my purse.

4. This weekend, my cousins and I (play) football and

(go) to watch The Lion King.

5. A month back, Simi and Tara (fall) out. They

(see) each other since then.

6. Ow! I (hurt) my toe.

7. Emperor Akbar (have) nine wise ministers who he

(call) the ‘Navaratna’.

8. (watch) Shrek?

Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense indicates that an action was completed at some point of time in
the past, before another action began.

Uses

The past perfect tense is used
1. to show that two actions occurred in the past but one action had been completed
much before the other. The past perfect is used for the earlier action. The simple
past is used for the later action. For example,
• When I reached the station, the train had left.
• The spectators had rushed on to the field
before the ball crossed the boundary line. Note

2. to denote an action completed before a given The structure of the past perfect
point of time. For example, tense is had + past participle. It
• I had finished my dinner by 8 o’clock. does not change with the person
• She had sent me a postcard a year ago. or number of the subject.

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