Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (affirmative form.

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

2. He told me that he (see) the film .

3. I went outside as I (hear) a noise.

4. When they came home, Liza (cook) dinner.

5. We could not send you a postcard because we (lose) your address.

Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (negative).

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

2. He went to the country which he (not / visit) before.

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

4. He (not / swim) in the beach before that day.

5. His mother was angry because he (not / do) the shopping for her.

Complete the questions in past perfect simple.

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

2. Why (you / not /clean) the bathroom before you took a bath?

3. (you / have) breakfast before you left the house?

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

5. Where (she / stay) before she moved to live with her friend?

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

1. The storm (destroy) the house that they had built .

2. The children (clean) the blackboard they had used to do the mathematics exercise.
 3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.

4. She (eat) all of the food that we had made .

5. He took off the jacket he (put on) before.

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense (past perfect simple or continuous.)

1. I (try) to get tickets for that play for months before my friend finally got them.

2. When I arrived at the theater, my friend (pick, already) up the tickets.

3. He was really angry because he (wait) for more than half an hour when I arrived.

4. When the play started, I (already, apologize) to my friend.

5. We (watch) the play when the lights went off.

Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

1. Peter was Sally's best friend. She (know) him all her life.

2. The children were wet because they (play) football in the rain.

3. We were very hungry because we (not / eat).

4. I was delighted when I found my keys. I (look) for them for hours.

5. She was exhausted because she (work) since eight o'clock that morning.

6. Everything was white because it (snow).

7. The passengers were cross because the airline (lose) everyone's bags.

8. I (not / see) Jacob for several years, but I recognised him immediately.

1. He (marry) her two years before we met.

2. I (want / always) to travel that's why I was delighted to go abroad with

them.

3. She was no stranger to him. They (be introduced) to each other a few days
before.

4. We (stay) there since 1980, you know.

5. I (stay / never) in London before. How expensive hotels are !

6. Did I tell you that when I saw you, I realised that we (meet / already) ?
 7. James told me you (buy) the old vicarage two years before your son's
birth.

8. I wish we (buy) it before.

Julie (walk) for hours when she suddenly noticed that the sun was sinking in the sky.

She (lose) track of time because she (think) about the most important

decision she'd ever had to make in her life. Things (not be) the same between Julie and

her fiance, David, since he accepted a job in Paris. They (know) each other for almost five

years, and in that time, they had never argued much. Lately, though, their relationship
(become) stormy. They seemed to be finding fault with each other and disagreeing about everything.
For the first time, she was starting to wonder if she was ready for marriage. And with the wedding only

twenty days away, she needed to make up her mind soon. Everything in Julie's life (go)

well until her world fell apart just a month before. A large company (offer) David an
important position that would require him to move to France. As his wife, Julie would have to go, too.
Why hadn't he discussed his decision with her? Although Julie

(always want) to live abroad she felt very confused. Was she ready to move halfway
across the world, leaving behind her friends and family and the only home she had ever known? If the

answer was no, was she ready to say goodbye to the only man she (ever love)?