Past Perfect Tense & Past Perfect Continuous

A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PER FEC T TENSE:

1. They WENT(go) hom e after they HAD FINISHED (finish) their work.

2. She HAD JUST GONE (just / go) out w hen I called her.

3. My brother HAD EATEN(eat) all the pie before we got back.

4. H e w ondered w hy I HAD NOT VISITED (not / v isit) him before.

5. She said that she HAD ALREADY SEEN (already / see) the Py ram ids.

6. The fire HAD SPREAD(spread) to the next building before the firem en
ARRIVED. (arriv e).

7. They drank sm all cups of coffee, after they HAD FINISHED (finish) dinner.

8. H e told m e he HAD CATCH(catch) a y oung lion.

9. H is m other HAD WORRIED (w orry ) a lot about him before she

HEARD (hear) that he w as safe.

10. H e HAD ALREADY LEARNED (already / learn) English before he

LEFT FOR ENGLAND(leav e) for England, but before he arriv ed in England, he HAD

FORGOTTEN (forget) som e.

11. Mary HAD GONE SWIMMING (go) sw im m ing after she CAME

(com e) hom e. After she SWAM(sw im ), she CALLED (call) her friend Judy .

12. I WENT(go) to the theatre w ith m y friends y esterday .

I HAD NOT (not / go) to the theatre for a year. W e HAD(hav e) a very good tim e.

13. After they HAD FINISHED (finish) their breakfast, they LEFT (leav e) for school.

14. Linda HAD PLAYED (play ) tennis after she DID (do) her hom ew ork.

15. My father HADWATERD(w ater) the flow ers after he CLEANED (clean) the car.

After he AFTER HE WATERED(w ater) the flow ers, he HE HAD HO (hav e) dinner.
 B) ) C om bine the follow ing sentences by using AFT ER / B EFOR E:

1. My m other took her um brella. She w ent out.

My mother took her umbrella. She BEFOREwent out.

2. Frank called m e. I w ent to school.

Frank called me. I AFTER went to school.

3. I w ashed the dishes. I w atched TV.

I washed the dishes. I AFTER watched TV.

4. She washed her hands. She had lunch.

She washed her hands. She BEFORE had lunch.

5. The boy s bought a ball. They play ed football.

The boys bought a ball. They AFTER play ed football.

6. My m other m ade a cake. The guests cam e.

My mother made a cake. The guests BEFORE came.

7. H e put sugar in his tea. H e drank it.

He put sugar in his tea. He BEFORE drank it.

8. I got up. I had breakfast.

I got up. I AFTER had breakfast.

9. The children ran aw ay . They broke the w indow .

The children ran away . They BEFORE broke thew indow .

10. I fastened m y seat belt. The plane took off.

I fastened my seat belt. The AFTER plane took off.

C ) C om plete the follow ing sentences:

1. After I had w atched that horror film , I WAS AGHAST

2. She finished her hom ew ork after SHE HAD EATEN

3. W hen I cam e hom e, m y sister HAD already GONE

4. 4. B efore he w ent out, MY FATHER HAD TAKEN HIS UMBRELLA

5. They had telephoned m e before

I WENT OUT
 D) ) R ead the passage and answ er the questions:

I had an am using experience last y ear. After I had left a sm all v illage in the south of France, I

drov e on to the next tow n. On the way a young m an wav ed to m e. I stopped and he asked m e for a lift. After he had got into

the car, I said good m orning to him in French and he replied in the

sam e language.

Except a few w ords, I do not know any French at all. Nei ther of us spoke during the journey .

I had nearly reached the tow n, when the young m an suddenly said, very slow ly , “D o you speak English?”

As I soon learned, he was English him self!

1. W hen did the w riter driv e on to the next tow n?

AFTER HE HAD LEFT A SMALL VILLAGE IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.

2. W hen did he say good m orning to the m an in French?

AFTER HE HAD GOT INTO THE CAR

3. W hen did the y oung m an say , “D o y ou speak English?”

WHEN I HAD NEARLY REACHED THE TOWN

E) Fill in the follow ing sentences by using PAST PER FEC T C ONTINUOUS TENSE:

1. W E had been playing (play ) football for half an hour w hen it started to rain.

2. I had been studying (study ) English for a short tim e when the electricity w ent off.

3. She had been doing (do) her hom ew ork before y ou cam e in.

4. H is knees and hands w ere v ery dirty . H e had been crawling (craw l) in the garden.

5. I he had been driving(driv e) the car for fiv e y ears w hen I sold it.

6. W e w ere v ery tired. W e had been traveling (trav el) for about sixteen hours.

7. They w ere out of breath. They had been runing(run) for a

long tim e.

8. H e had been living(liv e) in London for ten y ears w hen he had an accident.

9. H e w as tired because he had been writing (w rite) letters all

m orning.

10. H e had been repairing(repair) the radio for an hour w hen y ou arriv ed.

F) Fill in the follow ing sentences by using PAST PER FEC T C ONTINUOUS TENSE:

1. I w as tired because I he had been typing (ty pe) for a long tim e.

2. H er boss was very angry with her because she had been coming (com e) to w ork v ery

late.

3. I didn’t know about the earthquake because I hadnot been whatcing (not /

w atch) telev ision.

4. She w as too fat because she had not been keeping (not / keep) her doctor’s adv ice.

5. I took my car to the garage because the brakes

Had not working(not / w ork).

6. She had to go to the dentist because she had not been cleaning (not / clean) her teeth.

7. H e got bad m arks because he had not been studying (not / study ) hard.

8. She w asn’t at hom e. She had been gioing (go) out w ith her boy friend.

9. I thought I had been behaving (behav e) like an ididot.

10. He had been studying (study ) English) very hard for the last few day s.