The Past Perfect
1. Open the brackets. Use the past perfect
1. I ____________ (translate) the text before the
bell.
2. She ____________ (do) her lessons by the
evening.
3. He ____________ (clean) his room by five
o’clock.
4. We ____________ (speak) to him before the
meeting.
5. Mother ____________ (cook) dinner by seven
o’clock.
6. Her son ____________ (not do) the
homework by nine o’clock.
7. She ____________ (not make) a dress before
party.
8. What __________________ (they do) by
three o’clock?
9. Who ____________ (not write) the task
before the bell?
10.Why ______________ (you not sweep) before
your mother’s coming?
11.__________________ (your child go) to bed
by ten o’clock?
12.__________________ (you reach) your house
before the sunset?
13.__________________ (they receive) the letter
by that time?
14.Why __________________ (they not have)
lunch by 12 o’clock?
15.We ______________ (have) dinner by 8
o’clock.
16.They ______________ (start) a fire before the
sunset.
17.He ________________ (not teach) me before.
18.I was upset because I __________ (lose) my
keys.
19.Native Americans ______________ (not use)
wheels before 1492.
20.I _____________________ (finish) doing the
housework before they came.
21.She _________________ (make) a cake by 6
o’clock.
2. Open the brackets. Use the past perfect
or the past simple.
1. When the police ____________ (arrive), the
car ____________ (go).
2. When she ____________ (get) to the shop, it
____________ (close).
3. The train ____________ (leave) when he
____________ (come) to the station.
4. I ___________ (know) that he ____________
(not learn) the poem.
5. Arthur ____________ (not know) that we
____________ (arrive).
6. When I __________ (come), I ____________
(see) that mam ____________ (cook) dinner.
7. My friend ____________ (study) English
before he ____________ (enter) the
university.
8. The car ____________ (go) when I
____________ (look) into the street.
9. He ____________ (take) the decision before I
____________ (come).
10.I ____________ (think) he ____________
(do) his homework.
11.Alan __________ (hope) they ____________
(not come) yet.
12.When he ____________ (find) his purse,
someone ____________ (take) all the money.
13.Cathy ____________ (say) that she
____________ (find) a puppy.
14.They already ____________ (leave) when the
accident ____________ (happen).
15.I ____________ (not can) get in because I
____________ (forget) my keys.
16.I ____________ (know) I ____________ (see)
that man somewhere before.
17.I ____________ (borrow) Karen’s newspaper
after she ____________ (read) it.
18.He ____________ (not have) enough money
because he ____________ (buy) so many
clothes.
19.The car ____________ (break) down because
I ____________ (forget) to put oil in.