- After he had invested/was investing more money, the bussiness took off.. - The entrepeneur gave/had given another billion dollars to charity after he had already given three billion..
Trang 1A) Choose the correct tense.
- We launched the second version once we
first one was
- By the time he was applying/’d applied,
the job had already gone
- After he had invested/was investing
more money, the bussiness took off
- He called while I tried/was trying to
finish this essay
- The entrepeneur gave/had given another
billion dollars to charity after he had
already given three billion
- We didn’t need to clean the house
because he had already done/already did
it
- I studied bussiness in the evening while
I was working/had worked in the kitchen
- She left before anyone had had/was
having a chance to explain the situation
- The bussiness went/was going bankrupt
last month and they couldn’t save it
- All last year, the company had
looked/was looking for ways to survive
- When Akio Morita was 26, he had
- After he had been/was in bussiness for
a year, we had made/made our first
profit
- Before she started/had started this
company she’d worked/worked in a fashion
industry
- He had made/made a fortune before he
B) Complete the text Use Past Simple and Past Perfect
Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the world has given almost his $44 billion fortune away Buffett (buy) shares before he _ (be) 12, and by the time he (be)
14, he _ (make) his first purchase of land After he (complete) his Masters degree in Columbia Business School, he _ (begin) his own investment partnership in 1956 Buffett’s wife was going to supervise his charity work and donations but she (die) in 2004 They (not live) together since 1977
Buffett has given his fortune to a charity run by the world’s richest man, Bill Gates Once Gate’s _
(make) a fortune with Microsoft,
he (set up) the Gates Foundation Before he _ (be) 50, Gates (give) $26 billion to charity The Gates Foundation is now the biggest charitable trust
in the world
C) Complete the sentences Use Past Perfect or Past Simple
- Pat _ (live) in London before he (move) to Rome
- After Fred (spend) his holiday in Italy, he _ (want) to learn Italian
- Jill (phone) Dad at work before she _ (leave) for her trip
- Susan _ (turn on) the radio after she (wash) the dishes
- When she _ (arrive) to the match already _ (start)
- After the man (come) home, he (feed) the cat