Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (what / Bob / do) that he was kept in after school?

2. (you / eat) anything before you went to the theatre?

3. (he / live) in London before he moved to Glasgow?

4. (she / find) a new job by that time?

5. (they / book) a room before they went to Dublin?

6. (how often / you / ring) the bell before he answered the door?

7. (why / they / have) dinner before they came to the party?

8. (Carla / wash) the dishes when her mum came home?

9. (you / read) the contract before you signed it?

10. (who / live) in the house before we moved in?

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).

1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build).

2. He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.

3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.

4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make).

5. The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) six weeks before.

6. The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order).

7. I could not remember the poem we (learn) the week before.

8. The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) from the tree.

9. (he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?

10. She (not / ride) a horse before that day.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. I lost the key that he (give) to me.

2. She told me that she (see) a ghost.

3. I went downstairs because I (hear) a noise.

4. When they came home, Sue (cook) dinner already.

5. We could not send you a postcard because we (forget) our address book.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order).

2. He went to Alaska where he (not / be) before.

3. She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear) for ages.

4. He (not / play) tennis before that day.

5. His mother was angry because he (not / help) her with the shopping.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (you / finish) your homework before you went to the cinema?

2. (why / you / clean) the bathroom before you bathed the dog?

3. (you / have) breakfast before you came here?

4. (she / find) a place to stay when she went to Boston?

5. (where / she / live) before she moved to Chicago?

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. They spent their honeymoon in Paris where they (meet) two years before.

2. When Alice (do) the shopping, she picked her children up from school.

3. He showed us the place where he (hurt) his leg.

4. I looked at the photos that he (send).

5. Yesterday I read an interesting article which my teacher (recommend) to me.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. I (not / touch) a snake before that day.

2. Andy won the match although he (not / play) squash before.

3. When I left the house, I (not / have) breakfast yet.

4. Jim crashed into another car because he (not / see) the red traffic light.

5. I worked on Saturday, so I (not / go) to the party the day before.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (what / you / say) before you opened the window?

2. (he / speak) to you before he called us?

3. (you / switch) off the cooker before we left?

4. (you / take) the laundry in when it started to rain?

5. (who / live) in that house before the Smiths bought it?

PASST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

Form

• A: He had been talking.
• N: He had not been talking.
• Q: Had he been talking?

Use

• action taking place before a certain time in the past
• sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple
• puts emphasis on the course or duration of an action

Signal words

• for, since, the whole day, all day

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 2172