Past perfect for the earlier of two past events

Question 1

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. After she ___ her homework, she went for a run.

• A. had finished
• B. finishes
• C. will finish
• D. has finished

Question 2

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The scientists announced that they had discovered a new species.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 3

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. She ___ the book twice before she saw the film.

• A. has read
• B. reads
• C. had read
• D. will read

Question 4

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

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

Is this sentence correct in formal written English? They had been walking for three hours when the rescue team found them.

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 7

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. The scientists announced that they ___ a new species.

• A. will discover
• B. have discovered
• C. discover
• D. had discovered

Question 8

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

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 9

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. By 2010, the company ___ over a million phones.

• A. sells
• B. has sold
• C. had sold
• D. will sell

Question 10

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

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 11

Choose the verb form that shows the order of events correctly. After she ___ her homework, she went for a run.

• A. has finished
• B. had finished
• C. finishes
• D. will finish

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. She ___ the book twice before she saw the film.

• A. reads
• B. had read
• C. has read
• D. will read

Question 14

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

• A. correct
• B. incorrect

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

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

• A. correct
• B. incorrect