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Past Perfect and Continuous Exercises

The document provides examples of completing sentences in the past perfect simple tense (positive and negative) and past perfect simple questions. It also provides examples of sentences combining the past continuous and past simple tenses using example verbs provided in brackets. Finally, it provides sentences to complete using the past perfect tense.

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Past Perfect and Continuous Exercises

The document provides examples of completing sentences in the past perfect simple tense (positive and negative) and past perfect simple questions. It also provides examples of sentences combining the past continuous and past simple tenses using example verbs provided in brackets. Finally, it provides sentences to complete using the past perfect tense.

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  • Past Perfect Simple Exercises: Contains exercises for completing sentences in the Past Perfect Simple tense with sentence completion and question formation tasks.
  • Use the Verbs in Past Perfect: Activities focused on using verbs in the Past Perfect tense, including gap-filling and sentence correction exercises.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

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


2. She told me that she (see) a ghost.
3. I went downstairs because I (hear) a noise.
4. When they came home, Sue (cook) dinner already.
5. We could not send you a postcard because we (forget) our address book.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

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


2. He went to Alaska where he (not / be) before.
3. She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear) for ages.
4. He (not / play) tennis before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / help) her with the shopping.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

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


2. (why / you / clean) the bathroom before you bathed the dog?
3. (you / have) breakfast before you came here?
4. (she / find) a place to stay when she went to Boston?
5. (where / she / live) before she moved to Chicago?

In each sentence, fill the gaps with one Past Continuous verb and one Past Simple verb.
Use the verbs in brackets.

1. While I ________________ for the bus, I ________________ my friend Ercan. (meet / wait)
2. She ________________ dinner when the telephone ________________. (cook / ring)
3. It ________________ to rain while they ________________ in the garden. (sit / begin)
4. While she ________________ home, she ________________ an accident. (have / drive)
5. While we ________________ TV, the cat ________________ the dinner. (steal / watch)
6. I _______________ a letter when my friend _______________ into the room. (write / come)
7. The robber ________________ the window while she ________________ upstairs.
(sleep / break)
8. The computer _______________ down while he _______________ an e-mail. (break / write)
9. When I ________________ Ayşe, she ________________ with her boyfriend. (quarrel / see)
10. While they ________________ a video, Mum ________________ lunch. (watch / cook)
USE THE VERBS IN THE PAST PERFECT

1. Before I came home I _________________________________(buy) some bread.


2. When we reached the theatre the performance_________________________(already/start).
3. I knew I ________________________(see) the man somewhere.
4. She _______________________ (never/write) a letter to the Queen.
5. I tried my friend’s bike. I ________________________________(not ride) a bike before.
6. Tom did not come to school yesterday because he _________________________ (fall) ill.
7. My friend __________________________ (never/eat) snails before.
8. Why _________________________________ (he/choose) the sports car?
9. Kate was so unhappy because she ________________________ (lose) her new hairband.
10. The rabbit ran away because he ___________________________(forget) to close the door.

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