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Past Perfect Vezbanja 5
Past Perfect Vezbanja 5
1. When the bus finally arrived, I ........................ (wait) in the quene for over half an hour.
2. How long .................. you .................... (live) in İzmir when you were appointed to a school
in Balıkesir?
3. How long .................. the baby .................. (sleep) when the naughtyboy caused it to wake
up?
4. I was exhausted last night because I ....................(work) all day yesterday.
5. When the rain started at noon today, we ............... (play) football for oven an hour.
6. When I became an English teacher in 1966, I .................. (teach) at a primary school for 18
year.
Complete the sentences, using the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. I ..................... (feel) tired and sleepy yesterday because I ...................(not sleep) well
the previous night.
2. He ................... (take) a driving course for six months when he ................. (take) the
driving test.
3. When he ...................... (be appoint) as manager, he .................... (work) for the
company for over ten years.
4. We...................... (be) good friends since we ................... (start) to work in the same
hotel .
5. The candidate ........................ (tell) the the interviewer that he .................... (used)
computers for over three years.
6. He .................. (denty) that he ......................... (participate) in the robbery.
7. The witness .................... (insist) that he ........................ (see) the robbery clearly.
8. He finally ...................... (realise) that she ....................... (take) the wrong turning to
the station.
9. She ........................ (remember) that she ....................... (leave) her camera in the cfe next
to the museum.
10. When he ....................... (be invited) to the party, he .................... alredy .............. (make
up) his mind not to go.
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past perfect continuous.
1. Sophie had been painting (paint) the walls all day before she finished them.
2. ........................... (you / wait) long when the boss announced that he could’nt see you?
3. Tom ....................... (look) for a job for six mounth when he found one.
4. We ......................... (watch) TV. For half an hour when the doorbell rang.
5. They ......................... (sunbathe) for an hour when it started to rain.
6. Stan ........................... (work) as a postman forty years when he retired.
7. I .............................. (live) in France for ten years when I met my husband.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Put the verbs in the correct from of the past perfect.
A
Kate: When I got back from school today, I found my mother climbing through the bedroom
window.
Anna: (she / lose)had she lost her keys?
Kate: yes, she had.She (leave) ................................(1) them somewhere at the airport.
Anna: At the airport?
Kate: Yes, she had to collect my sister, Linda, from the airport this morning.
Anna: Where (Linda / go) .............................. (2) ?
Kate: She (be) ............................(3) on holiday in India.
Anna: Wow! How long (she / spend) .................................(4) there?
Kate: Two months. It was’nt her first visit. She (go) ...........................(5) there before.
Anna: Did she get you any thing nice in India?
Kate: Yes, she did. A lovely scarf. Come and I’ll show you.
B
Zoe: I went back to Ditchling last weekwnd.
Ben: When (you / last / go) ...................................(1) there?
Zoe: Twelve years ago!
Ben: It / change) ................................(2) a lot?
Zoe: Yes it had. They (knock) ...........................(3) down my parents old house and they
(build) ............................ (4) a supermarket instead. It was horrible!
Put the verbs in brackets in to the correct form of the past perfect simple.
1. Jason had returned (return) home before the storm broke out.
2. ......................................... (Lucy / pack) her suitcase by the time you called her?
3. The children ........................................ (finish) doing their homework by nine o’clock.
4. ........................................ (Juile / type) the letters by the time you called her?
5. I ....................................... (not / finish) my lunch when uncle Bill came.
6. After Sarah ................................(do) the shopping, she had coffee with her friends at a cafe.
7. When I got to the garage, the mechanic ............................ (not / repair) my car.
8. The boys were frightened because they ............................ (not / be) on a plane before.
In each sentences put one in the verb in the past simple and in the past perfect.
Complete the sentences with a verb from the box in the past perfect simple, positive or
negative.