Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 29

1Tiger was opening/had opened new doors for him, literally and figuratively.
2Mobile phones ..... when I was a child.
3Which tense is used in this sentence? "By the time he moved, he had learned new values."
4The room looked nice. Somebody ..... it
5If he ..... the instructions carefully, he wouldn't have made mistakes.
6Tom ..... his homework before he watched TV.
7When I arrived, Paul .....
8I ..... here for five years before I moved to Ho Chi Minh City.
9She ..... her letter before her mother arrived.
10My grandmother's stories ..... my understanding of values long before I studied social science.
11Martin had been hungry when he arrived at school.
12I ..... the letter before lunch.
13We became good friends almost immediately. After talking to each other for only a short time, we felt as if we ..... each other all of our lives.
14The children ..... to bed before their parents came home from work. A. were all going B. had all gone C. had all been going D. have all gone
15The door they ..... last night was full of mystery.
16When Arno got to school, the violin ..... to someone else.
17After all the workers ..... (go) home, the security guard locked the office.
18She spent money as if she ..... plenty of it.
19She ..... already left by the time we arrived.
20By the time the scientist published her paper, she ..... years of research.
21She ..... (hear) a strange noise when the baby began to cry.
22She ..... English for three years before she moved to Canada.
23Before I started the car, all of the passengers ..... their seat belts.
24She was tired because she ..... for five hours straight.
25Which verb tense is used in the following sentence? We had eaten before the movie started.
26They ..... their homework by the time we arrived.
27Before she came to England, she ..... English. A. studied B. will study C. had studied D was studying
28Had she gone home?
29Suppose you ..... in another country, how would your life have been different?
30Select the option that completes the sentence correctly:She ..... in this place before.
31The man ..... to stay alive for 5 days.
32John got to the cinema late and the film ..... when he arrived.
33..... you ..... your homework by the time I called yesterday?
34Sally (have) ..... a sound sleep when her parents were cleaning the house.
35Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/finish) their homework when I arrived.'
36He wanted me to go to the skating ring together. As he ..... I ..... my skates he ..... me his brother's.
37It was the first time I ..... such a beautiful sunrise.
38Many viewers ..... shows to watch later.
39Anna, Pedro's older sister ..... his answers before they ate dinner.
40If he ..... the opportunity, he could have gone.
41Vexaveras
42Which narrative tense do we use to express an action that happened before another action in the past?
43They weren't hungry because they ..... just ..... lunch.
44Complete the sentence:We couldn't get into the concert because we ..... our tickets at home.
45He ..... the exercise before the teacher came to class.
46She left before her friend ..... for forgiveness.
47My grandfather ..... a very exciting life. When he was young, he ..... on the farm in the country, where there ..... a lot of cattle and meadows.a. has / has lived / have been b. had / lived / werec. was having / had lived / had been d. has had / is living / are
48After she ..... her homework, she went out to play.
49If we ..... the weather forecast, we would have brought our raincoats.
50By the time I arrived, the cake had been eaten.
51If only I ..... your idea. Sorry.
52Ramesh said that he ..... his homework.(Fill in the blank with the right option)
53Which verb form completes: "Before I arrived, they (leave) ..... "?
54Before you wrote a letter, you ..... my diary.
55Alex did not come to see the film last night because he ..... it before.
56When I looked in my bag I saw that someone ..... my wallet.
57There was no sign of a taxi although I ..... it half an hour before.
58Define tenses of the verb forms in the Active Voice:The use of wood had developed into a strong material technology by the 1920-s.
59We took a taxi after we ..... (miss) the bus
60The house ..... by the time we arrived.
61Matt was horrified to realise that he ..... to pack his completed homework into his bag.