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Past Perfect Test

  • / Exercise 1.

    Complete the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Perfect.
    1. 1.
      I
      the book by 5 o’clock. (not / read)
    2. 2.
      We
      asleep before 3 o’clock. (fall)
    3. 3.
      The children
      the floor before he came. (sweep)
    4. 4.
      the team
      the presentation by 5 o’clock? (prepare)
    5. 5.
      they
      a new hospital by the end of the year? (open)
    6. 6.
      He said that he
      the cake. (not / buy)
    7. 7.
      Lilly remembered that she
      the front gate. (not / close)
    8. 8.
      The travelers
      the village before the sunset. (reach)
    9. 9.
      They wrote that they
      the competition. (not / to win)
    10. 10.
      you
      the dishes by the time your dad came home? (wash)
    11. 11.
      The teacher said that he
      the dictations. (check)
    12. 12.
      Andrew
      the rubbish before he left? (throw out)
    13. 13.
      Emily
      German before she decided to move to Germany. (not / study)
    14. 14.
      Kevin
      before I came? (arrive)
    15. 15.
      Matthew
      his homework by 7 o’clock. (to do)

  • / Exercise 2.

    Put the Wh-question to the word/‌phrase in bold. Use the Past Perfect.
    1. 1.
      She had traveled to Spain before she started her new job.
    2. 2.
      They had finished their homework before dinner.
    3. 3.
      They had known each other for years before they started dating.
    4. 4.
      Chris had read the book by Saturday.
    5. 5.
      They had lived in Lisbon before they moved to Porto.

  • / Exercise 3.

    Correct the mistakes and rewrite the sentences in full.
    1. 1.
      She had went to the store before it started raining.
    2. 2.
      We didn’t returned from the cinema by 11 o’clock.
    3. 3.
      We hadn’t saw the movie before our friends recommended it.
    4. 4.
      Did he watered all the flowers by 4 pm?
    5. 5.
      She hadn’t never traveled abroad before her 30th birthday.

  • / Exercise 4.

    Complete the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use Past Simple or Past Perfect.
    1. 1.
      Yesterday we
      the movie that we
      some days before. (discuss / see)
    2. 2.
      When my brother
      to the cinema, I
      to write a report. (go / begin)
    3. 3.
      My uncle
      us many interesting things he
      in Norway. (tell / see)
    4. 4.
      By the time I
      home, my family
      dinner. (get / eat)
    5. 5.
      She
      her keys before she
      the office. (lose / leave)
    6. 6.
      Liam
      us the bicycle his father
      for him. (show / buy)
    7. 7.
      Rachel
      that museum until she
      to the city. (not visit / move)
    8. 8.
      We
      the party after we
      goodbye to everyone. (leave / say)
    9. 9.
      He
      his teeth before he
      to bed. (brush / go)
    10. 10.
      They
      tennis before it
      raining. (play / start)
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