Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 34

1Verb Tense: When I arrived, the meeting .....
2By the time we reached the theater, all the tickets ......
3We ..... our house for twenty years before we finally sold it.
4When I woke up this morning, my roommate ..... already.
5We were good friends. We ..... each other for years.
6He ..... the play before he saw it.
7She wouldn't have given them all that money if we ..... her to.
8..... they eaten before the movie?
9I had been in his house before. What perfect tense is this?
10I could have gone to the Engineering University if I ..... higher marks on the exam.
11He ..... home when I called him.
12He ..... the book before he returned it to the library.
13If you ..... the instructions, you wouldn't have made that mistake.
14Gina ..... in New York for ten years before she moved to California.
15She ..... the party before I arrived.
16They ..... all their work before they left the office.
17..... Adam ever ..... to the CEO before he was fired?
18Peter stayed in bed yesterday morning because he ..... to bed too late the night before.
19I didn't know about the earthquake because I ..... (not / watch) television.
20We ..... the risks before committing to the investment.
21When I came home I saw that the cat ..... all my meat.
22First, we ate at the cafeteria. Then, we went to class.After we ..... at the cafeteria, we ..... to class.
23She ..... to the market before it started raining.
24We were very hungry because we ..... eaten since morning.
25Last week I stressed out because I ..... the dress for my graduation ceremony yet.
26Change tense: They said, 'We have seen that movie.'
27Determine the tense of the verb in the sentence.Until yesterday, I had not ever eaten at that restaurant.
28After she ..... her work, she went home.
29..... someone else when you applied for the job?
30The teacher ..... (teach) 4 lessons when they gave students Assignment #1.
31Complete the sentence:No sooner ..... the movie started than it began to rain.
32Decide on the right tense: She ..... in Paris for two years before she moved to Rome.
33It's a pity I didn't have my camera with me. If I ..... it, I would have taken some pictures.
34Before I ..... eating my dinner, the light went out.
35Cum gladiatores leonem interfecissent, spectatores plauserunt.
36He ..... his homework before his parents came home.
37The Martins ..... their house robbed last night.
38While he stood in front of the Speaker's corner, she was not convinced he ..... a side.
39I needed to know what ..... to my cat
40Students ..... (do) the formative test even before the teacher taught the material last month.
41Before we took a look around the shops, we ..... (have) lunch.
42He couldn't believe his eyes! His father ..... him a new laptop as a birthday gift.
43What is the tense?had kicked
44By the time the show began, all my friends ..... (to arrive)
45By the time of his retirement, Freddie ..... himself as one of the most prominent musician.
46How long ..... English before moving to Canada?
47He ..... for three hours before he took a break.
48By the time she arrived, the meeting ..... already started.
49What made you think he ..... in the Royal Air Force?
50We (just sit) down to dinner.-A fire (break out) in the kitchen.
51Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence.Saul was distraught because he ..... his grandfather's pocket watch.
52We ..... (come) if we ..... (be) invited.
53By the age of ten, Helen ..... Braille as well as the manual alphabet and even learned to use the typewriter.
54She ..... the cake before I arrived.
55Select the correct past-tense helping verb for the following sentence: We ..... gone home before the storm began.
56She ..... her homework by the time her mother came.
57He ..... (live) in Laos before He went to Vietnam.
58Barbara looked at me as though she ..... me before.
59I ..... my assignments before I watched television.
60They ..... the movie by the time I reached.
61I didn't recognize her because she ..... her hairstyle.