Past Perfect — Negative | English Grammar Exercises

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps to make negative sentences. Use the Past Perfect.

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his presentation by Monday. (not / to prepare)

He had not prepared his presentation by Monday.

1.
Sam
German before he decided to move to Germany. (not / to study)

had not studied
2.
I
all the dishes before my mother entered the kitchen. (not / to wash)

had not washed
3.
They
the book by 5 o'clock. (not / to copy)

had not copied
4.
He said that he
the cake. (not / to buy)

had not bought
5.
She wrote that she
the competition. (not / to win)

had not won
6.
I remembered that I
the front gate. (not / to close)

had not closed
7.
My daughter
her homework by the time I came home. (not / to finish)

had not finished
8.
We
from the cinema by 11 o'clock. (not / to return)

had not returned
9.
My friends were disappointed to find out that they
all the exams successfully. (not / to pass)

had not passed
10.
I
dinner by that time. (not / to cook)

had not cooked
11.
He said that he
her. (not / to recognize)

had not recognized
12.
The policeman said that he
this thing before. (not / to see)

had not seen
13.
She
the table by 4 o'clock. (not / to serve)

had not served
14.
They remembered that they
the gas. (not / to turn off)

had not turned off
15.
When I came home, my husband
the last piece of chocolate cake yet. (not / to eat)

had not eaten

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