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Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 19

1READ AND IDENTIFY TO WHICH TENSE IT BELONGS:"THEY HAD CARRIED"
2I ..... just ..... my lunch when my boss called me into his office.
3It's time you ..... your head down and ..... some revision.
4Why ..... you ..... (not tell) me you had sold the car?
5He (leave) his wallet at home earlier in the day.
6After I ..... the letter, I realized my mistake.
7By the time she arrived, we ..... discussing the issues.
8Choose the correct option:It's time you ..... this topic already.
9He (a) the bus before it started raining.
10We discovered that someone ..... into our house.
11Ev read so many Laura Ingalls Wilder books that in her childhood imagination, she seen herself living in a log cabin.
12By last year, he ..... games for 10 years.
13By the time my parents got home, the snow ..... (stop) yet.
14A teacher decides to explicitly teach the past perfect tense and follows up with error correction in speaking tasks. What is the advantage of this approach?
15Several staff members left the sales conference after the manager ..... his closing speech.
16Identify the correct form of past perfect simple
17I ..... (finish) my homework before you called.
18If he ..... a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for this post.
19It was too late, Mr. Smith ..... when I arrived.
20The shop owner ..... his shop that day because it was a holiday.
21When I got to the party all the food ......
22You look as if you ..... a toothache.
23Choose the correct sentence: By the time we arrived, they ..... dinner.
24The meeting ..... (organize) by the physical education department before all staff left the classroom.
25He told me that he ..... the film.
26He ..... his homework by the time dinner was ready.
27Donna started looking for a new job after she ..... her exam.
28They drank tea after they ..... dinner.
29It is formed by adding had to the past participle of the verb.
30I REMEMBER THAT CONCERT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ..... THE BAND PLAY ALIVE.
31If you ..... the instructions, you wouldn't have failed.
32Which tense describes an event that has already been completed before another event in the past?
33The dinosaurs ..... for millions of years before humans appeared on Earth.
34The movie was so boring that we ..... before it ended.
35She told me that her family ..... long in that town.
36For each sentence, choose the correct tense and its structure.They had already left when we arrived.
37She felt more confident because she ..... the presentation many times.
38Danny ..... the book before he met up with Nabil
39The class ..... started when we reached.
40The form used in the past perfect tense:
41Hardly ..... the work when they were asked to stop.
42By the time the rescue team arrived, the hikers ..... two nights without food.
43When Mrs. Dawson entered the kitchen, her baby ..... some dishes.
44The villagers ..... their homes when the volcano erupted.
45By the time we arrived, the bus .....
46The students had worked hard during the Family Day so they earned a pizza party.
47Debi ..... (study) for four hours when her father arrived.
48We ..... (not hear) about the earthquake before we watched the news.
49We ..... before the movie began.
50I thought that you (to call) the doctor
51After he ..... his English course, he went to England to continue his study.
52He ..... his homework before the teacher checked it.
53The research had revealed that Moderna vaccine effectively reduced the severity of Covid-19.
54Choose the correct tense: By the time we arrived, the show .....
55The car (disappear) round the corner before I could see who the driver was.
56We had already eaten when they arrived.
57The disputes ..... before the two parties started to dismiss the crowds
58..... badminton together before they went to Canada?
59Before last night, I ..... Dane for years
60She ..... for that company before she got promoted.
61I ..... to melodious songs before I started the work.