Past Perfect Simple - Past Perfect Continuous Test A2 - B1 Grammar Exercises

Past Perfect Simple - Past Perfect Continuous Test A2 - B1

Grammar Exercises 6. 6. When Haluk ...... the door, he was surprised to see
her friend Havva, who he ...... for years.

1. 1. Bill and Jane were very tired because they ...... on A) had opened / isn't seeing
stage for hours. B) open's / didn't see
A) have danced C) opened /hadn't seen
B) were dancing D) was opening / wasn't seeing
C) dance
D) had been dancing

7. 7.It was too late for me to persuade Matt to return

because he..........on the bus whwn I.......him mobile
phone.
2. 2. George ...... about the song until he ...... it on the
TV show last night. A) had got / called
B) was gerring / had called
A) doesn't know/ will hear
C) will get / call
B) hasn't know/ hears
D) has got / am calling
C) hadn't known / heard
D) didn't know/ has heard

8. 8 : Where ...... Funda ...... when she went to

Barcelona? B: She ...... a room at a hotel by the beach
3. 3. I couldn't send you a postcard from Portugal last two months in advance, so she stayed there.
month because I .........your address before I ......
there for holiday. A) had ... stayed I was booking
B) did ... stay/ had booked
A) will lose / have gone
C) has ... stayed / booked
B) have lost/ go
D) was .. . staying / has booked
C) was losing / had gone
D) had lost / went

9. 9. Mr. Lewis was really angry because he ...... at the

hospital for over 2 hours.
4. 4.After we ............my grandparents, we.........by the
burger restaurant to eat lunch. A) waits
B) has been waiting
A) had visited / stopped
C) had been waiting
B) visit / have stopped
D) was waiting
C) have visited / are stopping
D) were visiting / had stopped

10. 1O. They ...... to find an answer to the problem for 3

hours when they ...... its solution.
5. S. Mrs. Henderson ..... the report for the boss before
he ..... at work in the morning. A) have tried / find
B) had been trying / found
A) is preparing / will arrive
C) were trying / had found
B) had prepared / arrived
D) tried/ find
C) prepares / has arrived
D) prepared / was arriving

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11. 11. My father ..... the broken window by the time my

mother ..... home from work.

A) had fixed/ returned 15. 15. By the time I ...... the attic, Mrs. Shannon ...... all
the other rooms in the house.
B) has fixed / returns
C) was fixing / has returned A) had cleaned/ cleaned
D) fixed/ was returning B) have been cleaning/ cleans
C) clean/ was cleaning
D) cleaned/ had cleaned

12. 12. Hayati ...... for the remote control for 3 days when
he ...... it under the sofa.

A) is looking/ finds 16. 16. When my wife ..... to the car park to take her car,
she discovered that someone ..... the car window.
B) looked/ was finding
C) had been looking/ found A) goes/ has been breaking
D) had been looking/ found B) went/ had broken
C) is going/ will break
D) had gone/ has broken

13. 13. The tickets of the concert ...... out by the time I
got to the venue, but thankfuly my friend Lee ...... the
tickets online.
17. 17. İpek.........her friend Mustafa move his house for a
A) had already sold/ had bought new days when she........sick.
B) has already sold/ is buying
A) has helped / will get
C) will already sell / has bought
B) helps / has been getting
D) already sold/ was buying
C) helped / gets
D) had been helping / got

14. 14.The traffic was terrible yesterday, and before

I......home from work, the footboll match..........
18. 18.The policeman..........traffic when the
A) get / has finished lorry.........into the taxi.
B) was getting / had been finishing
A) directs / is crashing
C) got / had finished
B) was directing/ crashed
D) had got / was finishing
C) had directed/ crashes
D) has been directing/ is crashing

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19. 19. When I ..... to the shoe shop, the shopkeeper ...... 20. 20. Mike ...... over the offer for almost a week until he
fora tea break, so I had to wait for a while. ...... a final decision.

A) had been going/ went A) had been thinking/ was reaching

B) will go / goes B) has been thinking/ will reach
C) went / had gone C) is thinking/ reaches
D) have gone / is going D) hadthought/reached

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Answer Key:

1: D 11: A
2: C 12: C
3: D 13: A
4: A 14: C
5: B 15: D
6: C 16: B
7: A 17: D
8: B 18: B
9: C 19: C
10: B 20: D

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