Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous or Past Simple: 1 It was a relief to find the documents. I ………………...(look) for them all afternoon. 2 He was dismissed, even though, in his opinion, he ……………..(not/do) anything wrong. 3 It was not the first time I'd met him. We ………………...(meet) many times before. 4 He called me at eleven in the evening to tell me that he ………………. (find/finally) a solution. 5 When he ………………….(finish) his speech, he waited for the reaction of the audience. But no one said a word. 6 By the time I came back from my business trip, a lot of things ………………..(changed) . 7 The doctor asked me how long I ……………..(have) the symptoms. 8 It was more than a month before we realised what ……………..(happen) to him. 9 We …………...(work/already) on this project for a month before we found a fundamental flaw. 10 The invoice ………………...(not/arrive/still) by the end of the week so we sent them a strong reminder. 1. They ………………. (chat) for over 2 hours when they…………….(realize) how late it was.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Simple, Past
Perfect Continuous or Past Simple:1 It was a relief to find the
documents. I ...(look) for them all afternoon. 2 He was dismissed,
even though, in his opinion, he ..(not/do) anything wrong. 3 It was
not the first time I'd met him. We ...(meet) many times before. 4
He called me at eleven in the evening to tell me that he
.(find/finally) a solution. 5 When he .(finish) his speech, he
waited for the reaction of the audience. But no one said a word. 6
By the time I came back from my business trip, a lot of things
..(changed) . 7 The doctor asked me how long I ..(have) the
symptoms. 8 It was more than a month before we realised what
..(happen) to him. 9 We ...(work/already) on this project for a
month before we found a fundamental flaw. 10 The invoice
...(not/arrive/still) by the end of the week so we sent them a
strong reminder.
1. They . (chat) for over 2 hours when they.(realize) how late
it was.2. I .(wait) there for ages before someone.. (answer) my
questions.3. Brianna. (sit) there for 20 minutes before the doctor
...(call) her name.4. You. (work) there for several years before
you ...(quit) your job.5. They. (jog) for a while before they
...(get) tired.6. I ...(wait) for the bus for 10 minutes when it...
(arrive).7. She . (want) to rest a bit because she. (clean) the
whole day.8. They .. (decide) to break up because they. (fight) for
a long time.9. Alex ..(play) golf for many years before he...
(retire).10. Susan.. (be) hungry because she... (fast) the whole
day.11. Peter . (drink) too much, so he.. (have) to run to the
bathroom a lot.12. Anna ...(fail) the exam because she.. (skip)
classes.13. I .(work) on my book for a year when I .(publish)
it.14. You ..(pass) the test because you .(study) very well.15. We
...(buy) the house after we.. (save) for many years.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).1. The
storm ...(destroy) the sandcastle that we .(build) .2. He ..(not /
be) to Cape Town before 1997.3. When she ..(go) out to play, she...
(do / already) her homework.4. My brother .(go) all of the cake
that our mum .(make) .5. The doctor.. (take) off the plaster that
he .(put on) six weeks before.6. The waiter .(bring) a drink that I
..(not / order) .7. I .(not remember) the poem we ...(learn) the
week before.8. The children .(collect) the chestnuts that.. (fall)
from the tree.9. ...(he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in
London?10. She ...(not / ride) a horse before that day.
