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Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 45

1I ..... my handbag when I found out that I forgot my wallet.
2Choose the right form of Past Perfect Tense:We were late. The meeting (start) an hour before.
3This was the first time I ..... to NY!
4Choose the helping verbs for the perfect past tense.
5Choose the correct form of the verb.Before you arrived, the participants ..... the library.
6The radio news said there ..... a road accident an hour earlier.
7One of the biggest surprises in the former governor's memoirs was the news that he did not seek re-election because he had fallen ill.
8The students had already completed the work when the teacher entered the class.
9Jack ..... (be) very tired because he ..... (work) until late.
10The marketing team ..... all possible taglines before they chose the final slogan.
11Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect to explain why Maria was happy?
12What did you do this morning? We ..... the room whitewashed
13I couldn't get into the house because I ..... my key.
14Select the correct affirmative formula in Past Perfect tense:
15By the time we arrived, the meeting ..... (already start). (Past Perfect)
16Correct or incorrect?:Never before had I been able to see the actors' faces so well
17The athlete ..... for months before winning the gold medal.
18I didn't really want to go and see the film again because I ..... it twice.
19By the time I reached the station, the train had already left.
20Before the tournament, I ..... my serve for weeks.
21Identify the tense of the blue verb phrase in sentence.Two hundred years had passed before Pasteur finally discovered the connection.
22Which sentence correctly uses the time marker 'already' with the past perfect tense?
23By the time the hail started, we had already ran into the library.
24Part 1-Multiple Choice (10 points): When we got there, the movie ..... already.
25USE OF TENSES Which of the following sentences is correctly using the past perfect tense?
26Choose the right variant: When we came in, the film ..... already begun.
27My brother ..... a student before 2015.
28When I got home I realized I ..... my umbrella.
29What is the past perfect tense of "to go" ?
30Yesterday, by 2 pm all the students ..... the school.
31The woman ..... the police before her father came.
32Complete the sentence by adding the past perfect form of the verb reply. Dana ..... to the email, but we don't know if it was received.
33Fill in the blanks:Luigi apologized for not coming to my birthday party. He said he ..... busy .....
34No sooner ..... he made a mistake than he apologized.
35Which sentence uses a past tense verb with a helping verb?
36What's the structure of "Past Perfect"?
37Before deciding to go to Oxford, he ..... lots of doubts.
38After many years working and saving, Mr Clark ..... all the money he needed to take all his family to the United States.
39James told me you ..... (buy) the old vicarage two years before yourson's birth.
40Hani thought he ..... his phone at home
41Imagine Hannah is working on a project and says, 'I had already sent the file before you asked.' What does this statement mean?
42Experiments in the photography of moving objects ..... in both the United States and Europe well before 1900
43The girl was holding the knife carefully because her parents ..... her how to do it.
44By the time the ship reached the island, more then twenty sailors .....
45What is the correct structure for the past perfect tense?
46Only after she had finished the course did she realize she ..... a wrong choice.
47By the time we (arrive) ..... at the station, the train (already leave) ..... for 15 minutes.
48Which of the following is NOT a correct past perfect sentence?
49Select the most suitable Past Perfect tense in the sentence;We waited until the match ......
50Choose the correct ..... when I arrived at the theater, the movie .....
51Use the correct tense: By the time he arrived, I (finish) my homework.
52All the tickets ..... before we got there.
53When Jane got home, we ..... dinner.
54The teacher ..... (already/start) the lesson when we arrived.
55Part B-Perfect Aspects7. "We had gotten permission before we started." This shows-
56They ..... English before they went to London.
57Complete the sentence:After the teacher ..... (explain) the lesson, the students started their assignments.
58The documents ..... by the manager before they were approved.
59They would have realized the true If they ..... in themselves
60Christine had never been to an opera before last night.
61Choose the past perfect form of the verb "BREAK"