Past perfect for the earlier of two past events

Question 1

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. When I got to the station, the train ___.

• A. leaves
• B. is leaving
• C. has left
• D. had left

Question 2

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? I realised I have left my keys at the café.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 3

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. Nobody told me that the meeting ___ cancelled.

• A. had been
• B. will be
• C. has been
• D. is

Question 4

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? By 2010, the company sells over a million phones.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 5

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. By the time we arrived, the film ___.

• A. will have started
• B. has already started
• C. had already started
• D. already starts

Question 6

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Nobody told me that the meeting is cancelled.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 7

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. I realised I ___ my keys at the café.

• A. have left
• B. leave
• C. had left
• D. am leaving

Question 8

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? She has read the book twice before she saw the film.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 9

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. I realised I ___ my keys at the café.

• A. have left
• B. had left
• C. am leaving
• D. leave

Question 10

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? I realised I had left my keys at the café.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 11

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. When I got to the station, the train ___.

• A. is leaving
• B. has left
• C. had left
• D. leaves

Question 12

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? When I got to the station, the train had left.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 13

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. They ___ for three hours when the rescue team found them.

• A. are walking
• B. had been walking
• C. have been walking
• D. will walk

Question 14

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? I realised I leave my keys at the café.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 15

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. When I got to the station, the train ___.

• A. has left
• B. is leaving
• C. leaves
• D. had left

Question 16

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? After she will finish her homework, she went for a run.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect