Cvičení pokročilí: předminulý čas vs. minulý čas prostý

Cvičení anglické gramatiky pro pokročilé

V tomto cvičení si procvičíte používání času předminulého prostého a minulého prostého a rozdíly mezi nimi.

Exercise instructions

Complete the sentences below by putting the verb in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.

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Past simple – common mistakes
Common mistakes	Correct version	Why?
I was work in London.	I worked in London.	In positive sentences, a helping verb such as was or did is not used.
He worked in London?	Did he work in London?	The helping verb did is used in past simple questions.
Worked he in London?	Did he work in London?	The helping verb did is used in past simple questions.
Did he wrote a letter?	Did he write a letter?	The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives.
He didn't wrote a letter.	He didn't write a letter.	The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives.
He writed a letter.	He wrote a letter.	Some verbs are irregular. Not all verbs end in -ed in the past simple form.

Past perfect simple – common mistakes
Common mistakes	Correct version	Why?
I didn't been to London.	I hadn't been to London.	We use the helping verb had (negative = hadn't) in the past perfect.
When I saw him, I noticed that he had a haircut.	When I saw him I noticed that he had had a haircut.	The action (a haircut) happened before the other past action (I noticed). We use the past perfect for the action which happened first to make the time order clear to the listener.
He told me has been to London.	He told me he had been to London.	His original words were: ''I have been to London.'' However, in reported speech we move the tense back – the present perfect (have been) becomes past perfect (had been).