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Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 77

1She ..... the answer when I called her.
2She ..... been working there long.
3Smith went abroad last year. ..... abroad before
4We should have had a really good holiday for what we paid, but unfortunately we discovered that they didn't organise/hadn't organised anything very much so it was rather a disappointment.
5I ..... breakfast when he arrived.
6He ..... to Cape Town before 1997.
7"He ..... (never/see) such a beautiful painting before he visited the gallery."
8Complete the sentence. Use the past perfect form of the verb in brackets: I didn't go out last night because I ..... (not finish) all my work.
9When I saw my old friend at the concert, I ..... him for years.
10She (not / be) ..... to Hanoi before 2018
11We ..... the report by the time the teacher asked for it.
12I should have apologised to John.
13She felt humiliated when she realized that she had cheated.
14Which of the following HAD NOT taken place before the Declaration of Independence was written?
15MOTHER ..... (NOT-BUY) HER NEW DRESS.(PAST PERFECT)
16Choose the correct form of the verb.Charlie ..... all night and looked really tired.
17Several people were killed by Typoon Haiyan although they ..... to move to the safer place.
18The engine failed because it ..... properly for months.
19I ..... a salesman before I worked for this company.
20If you (not break) ..... the law yesterday, the police wouldn't have punished you.
21Damia ..... finished her work yesterday.
22Until I bumped into Alexi last week, ..... her since we left university
23We ..... not ..... any mails since we moved here a year old.
24I couldn't leave at six because I ..... finished the report.
25We ..... finished eating dinner when the bell rang.
26To form a negative sentence in the past perfect tense, the correct structure is:
27Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form:She ..... (not finish) her assignment before the deadline.
28If the Apollo 13 crew ..... a critical oxygen tank explosion, NASA might not have learned valuable lessons for future missions.
29Complete the sentence:I wanted to go to the party, but I ..... my chores yet.
30I (not / see) that movie before it won the award.
31Liz ..... (not/ride) a horse before that day.
32Choose the correct sentence from each pair of the Past Perfect Tense form.
33We were utterly surprised when we understood that we ..... the test.
34The CEO ..... furious if all the work had not been perfunctorily done after he admonished his employees.
35I ..... to a trade fair until I went to the one in Las Vegas last month.
36He ..... about moving abroad until his friend suggested it.
37She didn't go to work because she ..... her leg. (break)
38Before you mentioned him, I ..... of that name
39Because he ..... the instructions carefully, he made several mistakes.
40Give an example of using past perfect tense in a negative sentence.
41She ..... a marathon before, so she was nervous about running one.
42I ..... to Greece until Sally and I went there last summer.
43GRAMMAR: Choose the correct answer (A, B, or C) to complete the sentence. Mum was annoyed because I ..... my room.
44The footballer ..... the game until he was told by the coach.
45It ..... all summer, so the grass was completely dead.
46If we ..... to the party, we wouldn't have met them.
47She ..... (never/see) snow before she went to Canada. (Past Perfect)
48He was punished, but he felt he ..... anything wrong.
49I looked in the letter box yesterday and the letter still .....
50Derick was very tired. He ..... at all.
51What is the structure in the negative Form?
52True or False:To make the past perfect tense negative, you add 'not' after the main verb.
53They ..... each other before.
54Complete the sentence:My friend was late for the movie because she ..... the correct showtime.
55Before the update, I ..... never ..... such an interesting quest.
56My sister ..... when I went to the school.
57Choose the correct answer in the box:I ..... (not meet) my uncle and aunt before I went to live with them.
58He ..... that movie before we watched it together.
59Last summer vacation, Susan visited Disneyland. She ..... really happy because she ..... Mickey Mouse in real life before.
60My friend ..... (obtain) pure hydrogen when I came up to him.
61He ..... finished his report before the meeting started, which caused some problems.