Name: ________________________.

Q1. Complete the sentences with the past simple, past perfect, or past perfect
progressive form of the verb in parentheses according to the meaning.

1. We left (leave) after we had filled (fill) up with patrol.

2. We were extremely tired. We had been traveling (travel) for more than 24 hours.
3. The secretary had finished (finish) the report by the time her boss returned
(return).
4. Sally had been attending (attend) lectures all semester and was ready to take the
exams.
5. After she had written (write) the email, she sent (send) it to all the employees.
6. At last, the bus came (come). I had been waiting (wait) for 20 minutes.
7. Cindy left (leave) the hotel room after she had looked (look) everywhere for her
earrings.
8. The ground was (be) wet. It had been raining (rain) since early morning.
9. Pamela hadn’t been arranging (not /arrange) for the party for long. She asked (ask)
us to help her.
10. Nathalie had been saving (save) up for years before she bought (buy) a small
house.
11. The girls had put (put) their uniforms on before they went (go) to school.
12. Jessica and Rose had been studying (study) all evening and were (be) exhausted.

Teacher’s name: Ms. Nora Mashhour Academic Supervisor

Mrs. Nadia Ahmed