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Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 38

1Paul was late for school because he ..... to set the alarm clock.
2He ..... the scene before the accident occurred.
3We ..... English for 3 years before we graduated.
4Change to past perfect: "After she (finish) her homework, she watched TV."
5Al Capone went to prison because ..... a lot of money. (steal, past perfect)
6Convert the following past simple sentence to past perfect tense:He ate lunch at 12 o'clock.
7Before the cotton gin had been invented in 1794, American farmers had cheap slaves remove seeds from thecotton fiber.
8They ..... a lot of preparations by the time the match .....
9Select the sentence that shifts past progressive to past perfect meaningfully.
10We ..... eaten before the meeting started.
11Insert the correct past perfect verb tense into the sentence.My pedometer said I ..... 5 miles today.
12Complete the sentece with the correct conjugation: We eat cherries from the tree that my grandfather ..... before we moved in with him.
13By the time he came back, we ..... (eat) all the pizza.
14Complete the sentence with the past perfect form of the verb in parenthesis.I decided to try a simple recipe for frozen treats after I ..... (find) it while doing research on my food project.
15I ..... to phone the workers three times before I got an answer.
16If I ..... the lottery last year in a parallel universe, and decided to sail round the world, how is that "me"?
17Convert the following sentence from past simple to past perfect: 'They finished the project.'
18Eddie suddenly realized that he ..... (leave) his laptop on the bus.
19He ..... cooking the dinner by the time I arrived home.
20Last Sunday I was at that concert. It was the best gig I ..... in years.
21He claimed that he ..... the issue before it became a serious problem.
22They (discuss) several important matters before I (get) there.
23I ..... the house when my brother arrived.
24Fill in the blank. "She ..... seen people sweep many times."
25Use the past perfect tense in a context sentence.
26My mom (come back) We (clean)
27By the time we got to the train station, the train ......
28By the time I ran to the lake, several ducks ..... away.
29What is the second person, past perfect tense of the verb study?
30Before the police arrived, the thief ..... (got) away
31She ..... (already finish) the book by the time I got home.
32He explained that he ..... his keys the day before.
33Before he turned 14, Mozart ..... a few lesser piece for the piano.
34Everybody noticed that you ..... a mistake.
35The athlete ..... for years before finally qualifying for the Olympics.
36Fill in the blank: "He ..... sick for two weeks when I visited him."
37What is the formula of a verb in the Past Perfect tense?
38By the time he phoned her, she (find) ..... someone new.
39By the time the police arrived at the bank, the robbers ..... (already escaped).
40I had the impression I ..... you somewhere before.
41By the the he came, I ..... the party
42By the time we got there, the movie .....
43John came home when we ..... dinner already.
44She ..... one hundred before write the article
45The farmer acted too late. He locked the barn door after his horse ......
46Click on the correct verb phraseWhen Charles Lindbergh was born, no one (had heard, will hear) of jets, or even motorized airplanes
47Change to past perfect: 'They play soccer before it rains.'
48What is the past perfect tense called in Spanish?
49We learned about the perfect tense.Past perfect: had + past tense verbPresent perfect: has/have + past tense verbFuture tense: will have + past tense verbMaya had read the whole book.
50After she ..... baseball, she ate a lot of sweets.
51We ..... lunch before the guests arrived.
52Fill in the blank with the correct verb: They ..... (arrive) at the station by the time we left.
53Harry was upset because he ..... his mobile phone.
54They their car at our disposal for our entire stay.
55Which sentence correctly explains why the team lost using the past perfect tense?
56Complete the sentence in past perfect with the correct option. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we ......
57He was in the garden and he hadn't ..... the cat had turned it on.
58They say Hatta went mad when the woman he ..... as his bride chose Adam instead.
59He was not able to define the process by which the body had protected by the immunologic system.
60By the time I came, he ..... already.
61Complete the sentence by providing the correct form of the verb following the Past Perfect Tense.The man (stand) ..... in front of the store's door because he (wait) ..... for it to open.