Past Perfect Test

[sondra]

Hello!

Could you, please check my answers?

1. He can’t believe his sister … his pizza.

• had eaten
• ate:up:

1. When the teacher told us there wasn’t any time left we … the test.

• hadn’t even started:up:
• didn’t even start

1. My cat ripped my skirt! I was so mad, I … it!

• just bought:up:
• had just bought

2. My brother … to the market this afternoon to buy some cheese.

• had gone
• went:up:

2. I … for my test all the day so I was upset when I didn’t do well

• revised:up:
• had revised

1. What … today?

• did you do:up:
• had you done

Would it be possible to use both tenses in some of the sentences?

Thank you.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

Let's try renumbering the questions, shall we? If they're all 1. things could be a bit confusing.

All of your answers look OK to me, but for number 3. I would have given the other answer.

I believe that in AmE there is a preference for the simple past (please feel free to correct me everyone), but as for the sequence of events, the skirt was bought before being ripped or before I got angry about it, so the past perfect sounds more natural to me. Compare that with, 'My cat ripped my skirt! I was so mad, I just threw it away!'

So to answer your final question, 3. could support either tense.

 

[SlickVic9000]

(Not a Teacher)

The 5th sentence doesn't really make much sense. "Study" would be a more natural verb to use there:
"I (had) studied for my test all day so I was upset when I didn't do well."
--- You could use either simple past or past perfect in this sentence.

For the 3rd sentence, I would use the past perfect ("had just bought").

I agree with the rest of your answers.

 

[Roman55]

(Not a Teacher)

The 5th sentence doesn't really make much sense. "Study" would be a more natural verb to use there:

I am not a teacher.

Perhaps that is another AmE/BrE difference. In BrE it is perfectly normal to revise for a test or exam, if you want to pass it that is.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes, it is another AmE/BrE difference. We rarely, if ever, use "revise" that way.

I would also use the past perfect in #3.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

I see.

We study, initially, and revise what we studied when preparing for the exam.

 

[SlickVic9000]

I am not a teacher.

I see.

We study, initially, and revise what we studied when preparing for the exam.

No, no, no, one reviews for a test. Come to the Dark Side, Roman.

 

[tzfujimino]

Careful, Roman! The dark side I sense in you.:-D