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Quiz:
Past perfect
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The Flatmates – Quiz – Past perfect

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For each of the six questions, choose the 5 words which complete the sentence:

1. When I got home, I realised that ... in my office.

left leave my have keys I had

2. ... Norwegian person before you went to Oslo?

you have a ever hadn't had met

3. ... the shower when the telephone rang.

had he stepped stepping hadn't just into

4. ... singing in an opera, but I never thought I would actually do it.

dreamed of I dreaming dreamer often had

5., so we didn't get a table.

a hadn't had made making reservation we

6. He prepared as much as he could, but when he sat down to take the test, he
forgot ...

had never ever learned everything he learn

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The Flatmates – Quiz – Past perfect

Answers

1. When I got home, I realised that I had left my keys in my office.

2. Had you ever met a Norwegian person before you went to Oslo?

3. He had just stepped into the shower when the telephone rang.

4. I had often dreamed of singing in an opera, but I never thought I would actually
do it.

5. We hadn't made a reservation, so we didn't get a table.

6. He prepared as much as he could, but when he sat down to take the test, he forgot
everything he had ever learned.

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