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Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 2

1He ..... there many times before he moved.
2If his father ..... to him, he wouldn't have gone away.
3The thieves already ..... the bank three times.
4Tom ..... in a bank before he was sent to Viet Nam.
5This tense is used for actions that started in the past and ended in the past.
6The teacher ..... taking the student attendance before the school bell rang.
7We ..... to visit Maggie in Belfast but there wasn't enough time.
8She ..... in New York for ten years before she moved to London.
9The cat had eaten all the cake.
10As soon as she arrived in London, she found that the English people spoke Englishdifferently from what she ..... A. will learn B. is learning C. has been learning D. had learnt
11We ..... on holiday when my father texted us about returning.
12By the time the movie started, we ..... (finish) our dinner.
13He ..... seen her before.
14I was disappointed when I saw the movie because it .....
15The secretary ..... the report by 10:00 yesterday.
16We had never been to Spain before.
17Choose the correct past perfect tense for the sentence:After the artist ..... the portrait, she signed her name.
18After Sofie ..... (finish) her work, she ..... (go) to lunch.
19She ..... far more books than we could read in a week's time.
20After I ..... my homework, I went for a walk.
21Choose the correct tenses of verb used on each sentences.He had graduated from high school before he took the program.
22He ..... the project before the deadline.
23By the time the movie started, we ..... our seats.
24She ..... her work long before the deadline so you should reward her.
25Past Perfect & Past Continuous: By the time she called, I ..... to bed.
26She told me she ..... seen him before.
27He ..... around the world before he came to Bangladesh.
28The insurance company answered the letter that I ..... (write).
29Before last night, I ..... the professor.
30After they ..... dinner, they watched TV together.
31I wanted to pay for dinner, but I ..... my wallet.
32By the time we came, she ..... the project.
33We ..... (never be) to London before our trip last summer.
34We ..... our tickets. (not/bring)
35He said that his car ..... a few days ago.
36Choose the correct answers with the correct tenses for the verbs:John ..... (go) out when I ..... (arrive) in the office.
37He felt sick because he ..... too much candy.
38The event ..... before breakfast.
39When Khaled arrived, the party ..... He was very sad.
40I didn't say anything until she (finish) ..... talking.
41He behaved as if nothing .....
42Before Jack arrived, Jill ..... up the hill.
43Which of these is a correct use of the past perfect:
44George ..... his furniture before he moved to Japan.
45I ..... the movie before you mentioned it to me.
46What is the tense of the verb in the sentence: 'He had left before I arrived'?
47The sun was shining and the birds were singing when she got out. What a lovely day, she said to herself. She looked at her car but it was not there. Somebody ..... it.
48All these years, some people ..... in poverty
49By the time we arrived, the film ..... (start).
50Eva was tired because she ..... the night before.
51I ..... the door before I realized that the keys were inside the house.
52Although he ..... not having the talent necessary to become a violinist, he ..... practising with great determination.
53I ..... all my emails before I had lunch.
54He was very tired because he ..... well.
55The students ..... the test before the teacher collected the papers.
56In which tense is the sentence below written in?I couldn't go out for dinner because I had left my wallet at home.
57By the time we got to the restaurant, Our friend .....
58Sasha was happy because she ..... (buy) a new laptop.
59The hijackers would threaten us if they ..... a bomb.
60She said she couldn't go in the water because she ..... her swimming suit.
61The teacher ..... before the test.