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Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous — Exercise 2

Complete the gaps in Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.
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Johnnie
computer games for about three hours before he went outside. (play)
Johnnie had been playing computer games for about three hours before he went outside.
  1. 1.
    Rosa
    some strange sounds before the shadow appeared on the wall. (hear)
  2. 2.
    Robin
    for ages until his friend arrived and told him that everything was settled. (wait)
  3. 3.
    Samuel
    around the city for about five hours before he decided to have dinner. (walk)
  4. 4.
    We
    a difficult project by the previous lesson. (complete)
  5. 5.
    Sebastian
    to his girlfriend on the phone for about half an hour before the connection suddenly disappeared. (talk)
  6. 6.
    It
    heavily the whole day yesterday so we could not leave our shelter. (rain)
  7. 7.
    Maggie
    her clothes for about two hours before she heard the telephone ringing. (wash)
  8. 8.
    Sandy
    the car on his own before the mechanic arrived. (repair)
  9. 9.
    Albert
    to Helena before they went to the party. (propose)
  10. 10.
    The dog got tired because it
    around the forest for two hours. (run)
  11. 11.
    The lesson
    by the time I entered the classroom. (finish)
  12. 12.
    The thief
    the painting before the police arrived. (escape)
  13. 13.
    Silvia
    her leg, so she couldn’t walk. (injure)
  14. 14.
    Cara
    her former classmate in the cafe before she paid the bill. (meet)
  15. 15.
    I
    the poem by heart for an hour by the time my parents came home. (learn)
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