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Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 31

1Scholars said mass media ..... society for decades before social media appeared.
2Terry wasn't at home when I visited his place. He ..... out.
3I didn't recognize him because he ..... a lot.
4Choose the sentence with the same meaning:"Before I left the office, I had been working on the report all day."
5Social scientists said people ..... those rituals for decades.
6The teacher ..... (already / leave) when I ..... (get) to school.
7Choose the correct options.Mike explained that he .....
8The train ..... before we reached the platform.
9She ..... gone before we arrived.
10We had spent all the money.
11Which example illustrates the use of the past perfect tense?
12He heard that his brother .....
13My parents came when when the party ......
14She ..... a scary movie.
15We ..... to the mosque when the pray time began.
16She regretted that she ..... not followed his advice
17Until recently, I ..... an alarm clock, because my dad always woke me up. But since I started university, an alarm clock has been an absolute necessity for me.
18What structure is used to form the past perfect?
19When John picked me up, ...... So, he came here alone.
20By the time John and Kate arrived at the auditorium, all the doors .....
21Choose the correct tense.She had met him before the party.
22You ..... Italian before you moved to Rome
23I ..... Japan before that trip.
24Identify the tense of the verb in the sentence: "She had already eaten when I called her."
25What tense is the following sentence? Ellen had traveled with her parents before.
26It seems that somebody ..... to my father before the meeting, complaining that I ..... late for school four times last week.
27Use the past perfect tense correctly: 'They (had/have) already left when I arrived.'
28Since its inception this nonreligious and nonpolitical holiday had developed worldwide acceptance.
29When I got back, I saw that my sister ..... all the chocolates! The box was empty!
30Sorry, but if the plane ..... on time, I wouldn't have been so late!
31I had washed my hair.
32Read carefully the following statements, then select the best option using Past perfect.If you ..... (listen) to me, you would have got the job.
33The intern ..... a fax machine before.
34He ..... finished the report when the boss asked for it.
35We had gone to the store to buy some flowers for Grandma.
36When Hoa arrived at the theater, the film ..... (start).
37Sabrina had felt uneasy before she went out onto the stage.
38The scientist's latest paper ..... to the journal before the conference began.
39Hardly anyone noticed that the policy ..... during the previous term.
40If he ..... his phone, he wouldn't have missed the call.
41By the time he arrived, the meeting .....
42A) We were totally amazed by what people ..... to the auction.
43The situation would have become better if the weather ..... good.
44The roads were wet because it ..... heavily during the night.
45After they ..... work, they went out.
46Tenses & Time Expressions: By the time the lecturer arrived, the class ..... started.
47She ..... him for 10 years before he moved.
48I wouldn't have told you if I ..... known that you would get upset.
49She'd rather that ..... with her homework.
50He wished he ..... her the money. She never returned it.
51Coskun ..... to fix the computer for two hours, but he couldn't do it.
52Nicole Kidman got an oscar after she ..... brilliantly in "The Hours" .
53Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! If you had ..... to me, you would have got the job.
54He had cried for help.
55Hardly ..... the bell rung when the students rushed out.
56No sooner ..... the lights than the power went out.
57The instructions before they switched on the mobile phone?
58The new stadium ..... before the World Cup started.
59The report ..... by the committee before the meeting.
60By 2019, they ..... over a thousand trees in the community park.
61My teacher told me that I ..... attend the math course for the higher level programme that I ..... for.